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Travel industry layoffs could begin Thursday as Congress fails to come up with a new relief package
With the federal stimulus due to run out Thursday, airlines, hotels and other travel-related businesses are trying desperately to urge Congress to act on a new relief plan to head off mass layoffs. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met with House…
Air travel industry 'hugely depressed'; Mideast passenger demand plummets 92.3%
The international air travel industry continues to be “hugely depressed” and is heading into a slow winter season, as the second wave of coronavirus cases and return of travel restrictions dampened passenger confidence, the…
Ski, Party, Seed a Pandemic: The Travel Rules That Let Covid-19 Take Flight
The World Health Organization said open borders would help fight disease. Experts, and a global treaty, emphatically agreed. But the scientific evidence was never behind them. ISCHGL, Austria — They came from across the world to ski in the…
The collapse of global air travel is putting 46 million jobs at risk
London(CNN Business) The collapse in aviation caused by the coronavirus pandemic could wipe out 46 million jobs worldwide, according to new research that highlights just how damaging a prolonged downturn in air travel and tourism is for the global…
Flight Centre is closing another 90 stores as border restrictions continue to shatter the travel industry
Photo: Scott Barbour/ Getty Images. Flight Centre is closing around 90 stores. The company is continuing to struggle through border closures trigged by the pandemic. Around 4000 workers have been made redundant in Australia over the last six…
Already Weak, Air Travel Demand Is Fading. And Business Travel Demand Will Be Soft Whenever It Returns
The global decline in air travel will be worse than previously forecast and a new report on corporations' plans for travel through 2021 shows that the recovery of business travel demand will continue to be sluggish even after one or more Covid-19…
UK government has 'shattered' Britons' confidence in travel, says Abta chief
Confidence in travelling abroad has been “shattered” by government policies, the leading travel trade association has said. Abta, representing travel agents and tour operators, is accusing ministers of creating “a straitjacket…
Take Care of Your Friends and Family in the Airline Industry, Today is a Bad Day | Andy's Travel Blog
I was flying to Colorado Saturday and overheard the flight attendants talking in the galley. “Well, what are you going to do? How many do you have left after this one?” “I don't know yet, and none. This is my last flight. No…
Travel agent breaks down as Covid looks set to close her business
Kate Harris has run her own business, Inspired Travel, for 20 years but says the Covid crisis has seen her applying for jobs to stack shelves as bookings dry up Told Travel Weekly webcast she's made just £120 this month but still has to find…
COVID-19: vaccine candidate shows promise in older adults; travel industry may lose as many as 46 million jobs globally
Here are your local, national and worldwide COVID-19 updates for September 30, 2020. The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. EDT on Sept. 30, 2020, via The Canadian Press: There are 156,967 confirmed cases in Canada.
Here's how virtual reality could shape the future of travel
By Erin Daley of | < PREVIOUS SLIDE SLIDE 1 of 21 NEXT SLIDE > With the COVID-19 pandemic halting most travel over the past few months, the tourism industry is turning to virtual reality (VR) as an alternative way for wannabe globetrotters to…
Physicist proves time travel is 'mathematically possible'
Scientists in Australia claim to have proved that time travel is theoretically possible after solving a logical paradox. Physicists from the University of Queensland used mathematical modelling to reconcile Einstein's theory of general relativity…
Tokyo residents become eligible for $12.3b Go To Travel subsidies
TOKYO -- Residents of Tokyo will from Thursday be able to take advantage of national travel subsidies, as Japan seeks to revive its coronavirus-battered tourism industry. The government is offering 1.3 trillion yen ($12.3 billion) in inducements…
Travel latest news: Sicily may have next 'island corridor' despite rising Italy cases
Italy is at risk of being added to the UK's quarantine-list as infection rates rise; in this case Sicily could be granted a regional travel corridor allowing restriction-free trips to the Italian island to continue. Cases have risen to a seven-day…
46 million jobs on the line due to air travel collapse
Published: Sep. 30, 2020 at 4:35 PM EDT|Updated: 56 minutes ago (Gray News) – Up to 46 million jobs are at risk because of the downturn in aviation caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The industry numbers come from a report by the Air…
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