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The hospitality sector has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic as we saw hotels around the world forced to close their doors for an uncertain and extended period of time. Hotels have used lockdown to prepare for reopening, taking into account new…

IHG® Hotels & Resorts (one of the world’s leading hotel groups) launches their newest upscale brand voco™ in France with the opening of voco Paris Montparnasse. Launched in 2018, voco™ combines the reassurance of a big brand with the informality and…

Alexandria, VA – The majority of Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) companies expect their employees to return to in-person events in 2021. Almost half (45%) expect attendance to resume in the first half of the year, according to the latest p…

All undergraduate students at the École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) – one of the most prestigious hospitality management schools in the world – have been placed in quarantine after several coronavirus outbreaks. Until September 28, around 2,500 bach…

The ‘old’ Thomas Cook Group PLC was a British global travel group, founded in 1841. The group was the second largest vertically-integrated tour operator in the world after TUI. The group operated in three separate segments: a tour operator, an airli…

TrustRadius has recognised global property management software provider, RMS Cloud with a 2020 Tech Cares Award, which celebrates B2B companies that have gone above and beyond to support their clients during the COVID-19 crisis. “For the past 35 yea…

There is no doubt that COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on the travel and tourism industry. With massive layoffs and closures, many hospitality professionals have noted that they had never seen such a detrimental event to the industry in the…

As growing numbers of countries around the world ease restrictions on travel, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has launched a new Tourism Recovery Tracker to support global tourism. This represents the latest concrete action undertaken by the …

London, United Kingdom – Following various meetings with governments around the world and a letter signed by 120 CEOs of private companies, addressed to the Heads of State of the G7, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC, for its acronym in Eng…

(CNN) — In the current COVID-created travel maze, passengers face constantly shifting rules as airports, countries and even airlines impose their own restrictions on who can cross international borders. Testing has been adopted by various places as …