Italian Government Tourist Board Update on Effects of COVID-19

This week’s ENIT bulletin (Agenzia nazionale del turismo, known in English as the Italian Government Tourist Board) returns a new overview of Italian tourism which represents 13% of GDP. The percentage of positive sentiment on social networks has increased from 4.0% to 4.3%, which is accompanied by solidarity with Italy, whose values are trendy and […]

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Tourism Vancouver announces new President & CEO

Today, Tourism Vancouver Board Chair Robyn McVicker (Vice President, Operations and Maintenance, Vancouver Airport Authority) announced the appointment of Mr. Royce Chwin as President and Chief Executive Officer of the 117-year-old destination marketing organization. Tourism Vancouver’s Board of Directors conducted an extensive global search to fill the role at the internationally respected organization. Mr. Chwin’s impressive […]

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Russia announces $320 million in ‘COVID-19 compensation’ for airlines

In a statement posted on its official website, Russia’s government announced that it has earmarked 23.4 billion rubles (about $320 million) to ‘compensate’ for Russian airlines’ losses incurred as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. “Domestic air carriers will receive 23.4 billion rubles in compensation for losses entailed as a result of the novel coronavirus infection […]

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Tourism companies targeting customers through social media marketing

As the financial strain continues to burden the global tourism industry due to the impact of COVID-19, many companies will be forced to focus all their financial resources into the present threats they face. However, businesses need to stay relevant through social media marketing as it is relatively a cheaper way to promote, say data […]

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Lufthansa: Flying with sunlight

Representatives of the Lufthansa Group and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) with its spin-offs Clime-works and Synhelion have signed a joint Letter of Intent for a possible cooperation. This should help to accelerate the market launch of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF). The researchers and engineers at ETH Zurich have developed innovative processes […]

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Can Italy Promise COVID-safe Events?

“We have worked on this plan,” said Corrado Peraboni, CEO of the Italian Exhibition Group (IEG), “with the aim of providing a complete  and reliable answer for our customers and the international public which, now more than ever, is asking us to be able to count on trade shows and conferences re-starting,” commenting of its […]

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Carnival strengthens ability to manage through extended pause in operations

Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest leisure travel company and cruise operator, announced today a number of additional actions it is taking to further strengthen its liquidity position in the event of an extended pause in guest operations due to COVID-19. Carnival Corporation was the first to pause the guest cruise operations of some […]

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Boeing: Minimizing air travel health risks amid COVID-19 pandemic

Boeing today appointed Mike Delaney to lead the company’s Confident Travel Initiative, effective immediately. Working across the industry, Delaney’s team will work to develop new solutions to help minimize air travel health risks amid the COVID-19 pandemic and drive awareness of health safeguards already in place. Delaney brings 31 years of Boeing experience to the […]

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Delta retires its Boeing 777 widebody fleet amid COVID-19 pandemic

Delta Air Lines plans to retire its 18 widebody Boeing 777s by the end of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The retirement will accelerate the airline’s strategy to simplify and modernize its fleet, while continuing to operate newer, more cost-efficient aircraft. “We’re making strategic, cost-effective changes to our fleet to respond to […]

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Lufthansa Group airlines significantly expand service in June

With the June flight schedule, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group are significantly expanding their services compared with the previous weeks operation. Lufthansa, SWISS and Eurowings are again adding numerous leisure and summer destinations to their flight schedules in June, as well as more long-haul destinations. With over 106 destinations in Germany and Europe and […]

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