Category: People in Travel & Tourism
People are the driving force in the travel and tourism industry. Executives, GM, Ministers, Leaders, ordinary travelers, etc. This story is about the people running travel and tourism, people that have a story to tell traveling the world and people who need to have a voice and about people that are the voice of travel and tourism.
Indonesia imposes new health protocols on tourism destinations
Harry S. Johnson- May 30, 2020Indonesian Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry has prepared health protocols called the program of cleanliness, health and safety (CHS), that ... Read More
Tourisme Montréal looked back on 2019 at its 2020 Annual General Meeting
Chief Assignment Editor- May 29, 2020Tourisme Montréal today held its Annual General Meeting, an event that fell during Tourism Week in Canada and 77 days ... Read More
CDC confirms COVID-19 was detected in US already in January
Chief Assignment Editor- May 29, 2020From January 21 through February 23, 2020, public health agencies detected 14 U.S. cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), all ... Read More
Safe Travels Stamp by WTTC: Rebuilding.travel has a question
George Taylor- May 29, 2020Bringing back business for aviation, airports, MICE, and tour operators are the intention of the World Travel & Tourism Council ... Read More
Flights to Hawaii: Get ready for 72 hour testing prior to boarding
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 29, 2020The United States and the world can learn a lot from the State of Hawaii. The world should learn from ... Read More
Africa Day Celebrates Virtually with African Tourism Board Uniting Mother Africa
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 29, 2020"We all?came out of?Africa,” said Dr. Taleb Rifai, patron of the African Tourism Board (ATB), and former UNWTO Secretary-General. “That ... Read More
Wizz Air announces new base in Larnaca
Harry S. Johnson- May 28, 2020Wizz Air announced today its 28th base in Larnaca. The airline will base 2 Airbus A320 aircraft at Larnaca airport ... Read More
WTM Portfolio reschedules global trade shows
Harry S. Johnson- May 28, 2020Reed Travel Exhibitions has rescheduled the dates for the three spring global trade shows in its WTM Portfolio: WTM Latin ... Read More
Grenada: Official COVID-19 Tourism Update
Harry S. Johnson- May 27, 2020Grenada and Carriacou are now welcoming registered yachts under new protocols. Yacht arrivals began in mainland Grenada on Wednesday May ... Read More
Dominica: Official COVID-19 Tourism Update
Harry S. Johnson- May 27, 2020Dominica continues to ease COVID-19 related restrictions 46 days after the last confirmed case.? The announcement was made by Minister ... Read More
United Airlines CEO sends message to nearly 100,000 carrier’s employees
Harry S. Johnson- May 27, 2020J. Scott Kirby, Chief Executive Officer of United Airlines, today issued the following message to nearly 100,000 United Airlines employees: ... Read More
Finance Minister Boddenberg elected as new Chairman of Fraport’s Supervisory Board
Harry S. Johnson- May 27, 2020Fraport AG’s Supervisory Board, in an extraordinary meeting today, elected Hessian finance minister Michael Boddenberg as their new chairman. ?Michael ... Read More
Lufthansa AG postpones decision on convocation of General Meeting
Harry S. Johnson- May 27, 2020At its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG discussed the acceptance of the stabilization package offered by ... Read More
Thailand opens for Domestic Tourism
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 27, 2020Thailand’s domestic tourism reopening is shaping up to see Bangkok as the hub for an early return of daytrips, staycations ... Read More
Sandals Corporate University: Higher Education with a Higher Purpose
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- May 27, 2020Always there to greet visitors with a warm smile, the staff at Sandals Resorts is committed to making its guests’ ... Read More
Global tourism & leisure industry deals total $4.86 billion in April 2020
Harry S. Johnson- May 27, 2020Total tourism & leisure industry deals for April 2020 worth $4.86 billion were announced globally, according sector's tracking database.. The ... Read More
US Travel Industry covered with the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 26, 2020U.S. New York Congresswomen Carolyn Bosher Maloney today introduced the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act. This law is meant to cover ... Read More
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center is ready to welcome events back
Harry S. Johnson- May 26, 2020The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (HKCEC) is ready to welcome events back to Hong Kong. With a series ... Read More
Fraport AGM 2020: Shareholders approve all agenda items
Harry S. Johnson- May 26, 2020At Fraport AG’s first virtual-only Annual General Meeting (AGM) today, shareholders approved all agenda items. ? Shareholders ratified the actions ... Read More
LATAM Airlines files for bankruptcy protection in US
Harry S. Johnson- May 26, 2020LATAM Airlines Group SA, the largest airline in Latin America, said today that it is seeking to restructure its debt, ... Read More
Airline debt to balloon by 28% to $550 billion by the end of year
Chief Assignment Editor- May 26, 2020The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released analysis showing that the?airline industry’s global debt could rise to $550 billion by ... Read More
Summer holidays for Germans expand to 31 countries
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 26, 2020Germans rather don't eat instead of not going on a holiday. Summer holidays are around the corner and Germany has ... Read More
Guam Visitors Bureau has a new incredible President and CEO
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 26, 2020The new person in charge of Guam Tourism is? In the US Territory Guam former Governor Carl Guitierrez. Guitierrez was ... Read More
Russia to begin relaxing domestic travel restrictions on June 1
Harry S. Johnson- May 26, 2020One of Russia's top government officials today announced, that on June 1, the country's authorities will start cautiously easing domestic ... Read More
Protecting marine tourism: Divers at work on Great Barrier Reef coral nursery
Harry S. Johnson- May 26, 2020A team of seven Reef Restoration Foundation divers are continuing to maintain coral nurseries and plant corals off Cairns on ... Read More
Caribbean is the most COVID-resilient zone in the Western World
Hon Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism Jamaica- May 25, 2020Through a combination of decisive leadership, swift action, and effective communication, the Caribbean has been largely spared the direct onslaught ... Read More
Hawaii beat the Virus!
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 25, 2020Let Florida, California, Spain, or Italy reopen their travel and tourism industry. Beaches in Florida, California, Spain or Italy can ... Read More
Spain to end mandatory two-week quarantine for new arrivals on July 1
Chief Assignment Editor- May 25, 2020The government of Spain announced that the decision was made to cancel? ?mandatory two-week quarantine for new arrivals from abroad, ... Read More
Montenegro declared first COVID-free state in Europe
Harry S. Johnson- May 25, 2020Montenegro's Prime Minister Dusko Markovic announced on Monday that the Balkan republic of 620,000 people, which relies heavily on revenues ... Read More
Hertz VP: Business as usual for Hertz in Asia
Harry S. Johnson- May 25, 2020Eoin MacNeill, Hertz's Vice President, APAC made the following comments to reinforce that it is business as usual for Hertz ... Read More
ATM Virtual to focus on potential Chinese outbound travel market
Harry S. Johnson- May 25, 2020One of the most eagerly awaited sessions during the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) three-day ATM Virtual event that takes place ... Read More
EasyJet hit with ￡18 billion lawsuit over customer data breach
Harry S. Johnson- May 25, 2020International law firm PGMBM have issued a class action claim in the High Court of London on behalf of easyJet ... Read More
Why Tourism is the key to win a presidential election?
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 25, 2020How important is the travel and tourism industry for a country, its people, and the world that a former tourism ... Read More
Having fun in Las Vegas will no longer be a sin
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 24, 2020MGM Resort International CEO Bill Hornbuckle said: "We all know what we’ve gone through for the last 10 weeks. No ... Read More
Seychelles Tourism Board: We are Corona Safe now!
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 24, 2020After 9 weeks of battling tirelessly the deadly Covid-19 worldwide pandemic, Seychelles- the small island holiday destination in the Indian ... Read More
EHMA President urges European leaders to save tourism
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- May 23, 2020Ezio A. Indiani, President of the largest and most important European association of luxury hotel managers, together with the National ... Read More
