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GBTA member companies worldwide, report an emerging willingness to permit employees to engage in domestic business travel, according to the latest poll conducted between August 5-9, 2020, by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). 

A new analysis revealed the United States Tourism & Leisure Industry mergers & acquisitions deals in Q2 2020. 

A new report reveals that the recent UK Government stimulus, designed to help businesses and the economy, falls short and won’t help a significant number of valuable companies in the inbound tourism industry, that are in a critical state.

Europe’s tourism & leisure industry saw a drop of 53.1% in overall deal activity during Q2 2020 when compared to the four-quarter average.

U.S President Donald Trump on Saturday signed orders to extend unemployment benefits, suspend payroll taxes, and offer federal eviction and student loan relief.

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First scheduled to start filming in May but paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hollywood blockbuster, Jurassic World 3, will start filming in Malta towards the end of August.

Nearly three million jobs in the UK - and 197 million worldwide in the Travel & Tourism sector globally - look set to be lost due to the collapse of travel, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is calling on destinations to recognize the needs of travelers with disabilities or specific access requirements as they open up to visitors again.

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has today become a signatory of the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative, led by the United Nations Environment Programme and World Tourism Organization, in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has unveiled its Insurance Guidelines to rebuild global consumer confidence to help encourage the return of travelling.

According to the latest data from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) the enormous toll of COVID-19 on international tourism up to May 2020 was already three times that of the 2009 Global Economic Crisis.

DFS Group, the world’s leading luxury travel retailer, has partnered with leading Okinawan brewery Orion for the first time to offer customers a chance to receive a limited edition beer*.

U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow issued a statement on Senate introduction of the next phase of coronavirus relief.

Following the news that people coming into the UK from Spain will have to isolate for 14 days, Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO released the following statement,