Opinion

Royal Caribbean’s enormous loss highlights cruise industry woes

Royal Caribbean Group’s newly-released Q2 2020 results show the second quarter net loss of $1.6 billion comes on top of a net loss of $1.4 billion in the first quarter of 2020. According to the industry analysts, these kind of losses are clearly not sustainable and highlight the enormous financial pressure that COVID-19 has put […]

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Opinion

SKÅL Meetings Live and In Person

On my road trip visit to Krabi and Phuket, I was fortunate to attend SKÅL meetings in both towns. As President of SKÅL Bangkok it is always a great opportunity to visit my sister clubs in Thailand. Throughout the world we have 345 clubs in 104 countries. SKÅL is represented locally, nationally, and regionally, and […]

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Opinion

Travel Agents Association of India on Air India Express Crash

The Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) has expressed shock and concern over the Air India Express aircraft AXB1344 that crash landed at Kozikode Airport the evening of August 7, 2020. The Air India Express crash occurred when the aircraft overshot the runway amid heavy rain and broke into two pieces. According to Flightradar24 data, […]

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Opinion

Turkey’s tourism is going through hard times

Turkish tourism sector is going through hard times. World’s sixth most popular travel destination has been dented by waves of travel restrictions and cancellations worldwide amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Turkey enjoyed an all-time high in 2019 with over 45 million foreign visitors. The tourism sector is an important source of foreign currency for Turkey, helping […]

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Opinion

Mauritius is fighting for the survival of its tourism industry with thousands of residents joining in

Mauritius is in a fight for the survival of their much-needed tourism industry. COVID-19 took this country back, but strict rules and discipline spared the Island Republic a health disaster. Now a different health disaster may get Mauritius after all. Mauritius is known for its stunning beaches and relies heavily on tourists for income. A […]

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Opinion

Will meetings return? Can hotels really open safely?… or should we stay home

Tourism Encounters a New Paradigm Up to, and including the beginning of 2020, many professionals in the hotel, travel, and tourism industry would have agreed that “bigger is better.” Demand created a need to build larger cruise ships, more and differentiated hotels, additional stadiums and convention centers, faster and bigger aircraft. There appeared to be […]

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Opinion

Reopening Tanzania Tourism Mafia Island Style

A persona around the idea of “new tourism”: Slow, immersive, kind, local, sustainable, climate-friendly. This type of new tourism includes food, drinks, dancing, swimming, white sandy beaches, diving, bird watching, turtle hatching, a lighthouse, nature walks, and an amazing cultural experience. All of this comes with a climate-friendly focus and is designed to leave COVID-19 […]

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Opinion

World Lion Day: No reason to celebrate in South Africa

World Lion Day (10 August) celebrates one of South Africa’s most iconic species, yet despite dwindling wild lion numbers, they are also threatened by a burgeoning trade sanctioned by the Department for Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF). Since the Cook Report exposed South Africa’s canned lion hunting industry in 1997, captive lion numbers have steadily […]

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US Travel Association: Talks on COVID-19 relief must continue

U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes issued the following statement on reports that congressional and administration leaders are suspending negotiations on the next phase of pandemic-related legislative relief: “It is critical that leaders in Washington resume talks and move forward on much-needed coronavirus-related economic relief. The travel […]

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