Press play to listen to this article A guide to navigating Europe and beyond during coronavirus. By DOUGLAS BUSVINE Full guide to travel restrictions here | Subscribe for free | View in your browser OMI-STACLE COURSE: The highly contagious Omicron variant is already dominant in much of Europe, with COVID-19 infection charts pointing almost vertically…
BEIJING (Reuters) – The northern Chinese city of Tianjin tightened exit controls and is requiring residents to obtain approval from employers or community authorities before leaving town in an effort to block the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. The port city to the southeast of Beijing reported 21 domestically transmitted cases with confirmed…
Skift Take Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, January 11, in New York City. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Rashaad Jorden Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast discusses how Omicron has hit hotels in Europe harder than elsewhere, the somewhat sneaky return of business travel, and the continued…
(NEXSTAR) – When the travel industry (and pretty much every industry) went quiet in March 2020, we didn’t think we’d still be thinking about the coronavirus much in 2022. But here we are, heading into year three of the global pandemic. Some of us still have leftover airline credits to use from canceled trips, and…
Almost 5,000 flights were canceled across the world over Christmas weekend as holiday travel plans were brought to a halt amid the rapidly spreading omicron variant of Covid-19. About 2,800 global flights were canceled on Christmas Day alone, according to flight tracker FlightAware, with some airline companies citing the spread of the new variant as…
The discovery of the Omicron COVID-19 variant has shaken the travel and tourism industry, especially in countries that were struck with travel restrictions such as those in Southern Africa. Many business leaders are hoping to return to in-person engagements, but ever changing regulations and travel policies remain the biggest challenges to date. Here’s what you…
