Travel anxiety study finds 70% of Britons feel nervous about the future of travel with COVID

A new travel attitudes survey from Medical Travel Compared reveals how Britons across the UK are feeling about holidays abroad in 2021. 58% of Britons worried they’ll catch COVID-19 abroad; 80% of Britons expect...

ITB Berlin presents a virtual platform for 2021

This global, virtual event format targets the B2B community, namely exhibitors, trade visitors and buyers from every segment of the global tourism value chain, as well as journalists and travel bloggers.

IATA Travel Pass Key to reopening borders safely

The first cross-border IATA Travel Pass pilot is scheduled for later this year and the launch slated for quarter one 2021.

Deep losses continue into 2021, says IATA

The COVID-19 crisis challenged the industry for its very survival in 2020. In the face of a half trillion-dollar revenue drop (from $838 billion in 2019 to $328 billion) airlines cut costs by $365...

The Middle East hotel construction pipeline continues to decline

Forty-four percent of the projects in the construction pipeline In the Middle East are found within these five cities: the Provincial region with 65 projects/13,852 rooms; Riyadh with 58 projects/11,796 rooms; Doha, Qatar with...

Nine in 10 young Saudis look towards tourism and hospitality careers as the country’s economy diversifies

Research finds that tourism and hospitality are regarded as the top jobs that young Saudis are interested in, with 91% keen to pursue a career in tourism. Two thirds believe that the sector will...

SAS destinations during holiday season

SAS will offer a total of 129 routes to 82 destinations, including major cities such as Berlin, London, Paris, Rome and Athens.