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Many countries are removing Covid-19-related restrictions due to the increasing vaccination coverage and the mild form of the recent virus variants. In line with this, Finnair is now lifting the requirement to wear a face mask on board all flights.
As of 25 April, customers and crew are no longer required to wear a face mask onboard Finnai… read more
HotelHub, a leading hotel technology solution provider for TMCs and their corporate customers has revealed that recovery in the hotel sector is well underway and bookings via the platform are likely to reach pre-pandemic levels ahead of previous forecasts.
According to the latest HotelHub Index for Q1 2022, global hotel transactions droppe… read more
Russia is set to resume flight connectivity with 52 countries, including Seychelles, as the country lifts restrictions put in place to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, Russia remains the top tourism market for Seychelles for the first quarter of 2022.
According to TASS, the Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishust… read more
The Expo 2020 Dubai comes to an end, marking a memorable experience for not just the residents of the UAE, but visitors from around the world - including political leaders, heads of states, royal family members, and global celebrities. The first World Expo of the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia (MENASA) region has welcomed over … read more
During the pandemic, industry-watchers forecast that corporate travel would take a long, long time to come back.
In South Africa, where the vast majority of international air tickets
purchased up to early 2020 were for business travel of one sort or
another, this was bad news indeed. Some highly experienced agents who
had worked in… read more
Carnival Cruise Line said that the one-week period of March 28-April 3 was its busiest booking week in the company’s history, showing a double-digit increase from the previous record seven-day booking total.
With 22 of its 23 ships back in guest operations across all its year-round U.S. homeports, Carnival has led the industry in te… read more
The latest EUROCONTROL Traffic Scenarios for the period April to December 2022 predict steady growth between April and peak-summer, reaching 89% of 2019 traffic by August in the Base Scenario, with this level gently rising to end the year at 92%.
This sustained recovery will translate into around 9.3 million flights operated through… read more
Registration is now open for TravelTech Show, the global meeting place for travel technology leaders, which returns in-person on 29-30 June 2022 alongside The Meetings Show and Business Travel Show Europe at new venue, ExCeL London, following a two year hiatus and a fully virtual offering in 2021.
Visitors to this year… read more
Turkish Airlines will add Seattle (SEA… read more
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) was forced to suspend its operations already at least until half of April. Depending on the continuation of the war that Russia started on Ukraine, the airline will face many months of grounding. Therefore, the airline decided to offer its fleet for wet-lease operations.
“UIA now has the o… read more
Finnair removes the face mask requirement on flights where it is not an authority requirement
Hotel recovery well underway according to latest quarterly HotelHub index
Moscow Gives Green Light to Resume Flights to 52 Countries
Corporate travel gallops ahead
Carnival Cruise Line sees its highest booking week ever
EUROCONTROL expects 9.3 million flights in 2022, 84% of pre-pandemic level
TravelTech Show announces conference agenda and opens registration
Turkish Airlines plans Istanbul-Seattle route launch
