Urgent Emergency Support Requested for Airlines
Geneva (Switzerland) – March 20, 2020 (travelindex.com) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is appealing to governments in Africa and the Middle East, as part of a worldwide campaign, ...
UNWTO Convenes Global Tourism Crisis Committee
Madrid (Spain) – March 20, 2020 (travelindex.com) – The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) hosted a high-level virtual meeting yesterday, bringing together key UN agencies, the chairs of its Executive Council ...
Kenyan President: Travel Ban Freezes 88pc of Foreign Visitors
Nairobi (Kenya) – March 18, 2020 (travelindex.com) – The travel restrictions announced on Sunday in Kenya will lock out residents of countries that account for 88 percent of foreign travellers ...
Thailand Property Awards to be Held in November 2020
Bangkok (Thailand) – March 18, 2020 (travelindex.com) – The long-running PropertyGuru Thailand Property Awards programme is marking its 15th anniversary with title sponsor Hitachi Escalators & Elevators, as well as ...
Sustainable Destination Costa Navarino to Develop Three New Areas
Costa Navarino, Messinia (Greece) – March 18, 2020 (travelindex.com) – Costa Navarino the sustainable destination in the Greek region of Messinia, is developing two new luxury beachfront eco resorts close ...
Seychelles Reports Fourth Confirmed COVID-19 Case
Victoria, Mahé (Seychelles) – March 17, 2020 (visitseychelles.org) – Reference is made to our call to the Government of Seychelles for an open dialogue between the politicians, our Head of ...
Ray Bloom Announces IMEX Cancellation
Frankfurt (Germany) – March 16, 2020 (travelindex.com) – IMEX has been cancelled this year but what makes the cancellation of the event so unique is that IMEX group chairman, Mr ...
Introducing Newton a New Competitively Priced Swiss Watch Movement
Les Reussilles (Switzerland) – March 14, 2020 (travelindex) – Mechanical movements embody a philosophy testifying both to the history of the first artisans and to the most innovative mechanisms ever ...
Putting People First: All UNWTO Events Until 30 April Suspended
Madrid (Spain) – March 15, 2020 (travelindex.com) – In response to the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak, UNWTO is implementing public health protocols based on the recommendations of the World Health Organization ...
UNWTO: Be Part of the Solution
Madrid (Spain) – March 15, 2020 (travelindex.com) – Protect yourself and others when traveling. Follow prevention practices you also use in daily life. As we face up to #COVID19 the ...
IATA Welcomes EU Suspension of Slot Use Rules
Geneva (Switzerland) . March 13, 2020 (travelindex.com) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the announcement by the European Commission (EC) granting the temporary suspension until June 2020 of ...
UNWTO Update: Tourism and Coronavirus Disease COVID-19
Madrid (Spain) – March 13, 2020 (travelindex.com) – The tourism sector, like no other economic activity with social impact, is based on interaction among people. Against a backdrop of travel ...
Coronavirus – Testing Times for Leaders
Bangkok/Milan/Seoul – March 13, 2020 (travelindex.com) – Delays in testing set back the coronavirus response. Independent research projects in several countries concluded that early and wide testing makes containment of ...
UNWTO and WHO Agree to Further Cooperation in COVID-19 Response
Geneva (Switzerland) – March 12, 2020 (travelindex.com) – The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili led a high- delegation to the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in ...
And the Winner of the Climate smART Award 2020 is…
Brussels (Belgium) – March 12, 2020 (travelindex.com) – In 2017, Leading Culture Destinations (LCD) and SUNx introduced the inaugural ‘Climate smART Award‘, which recognises a museum or large-scale public art ...
WTTC Plans to Hold its Global Summit in Autumn 2020
London (Great Britain) – March 11, 2020 (travelindex.com) – World Travel & Tourism Council plans to hold its Global Summit in Autumn 2020. The 2020 Global Summit will take place ...
Fewer Italian Tourists and Uncertain Future for Seychelles Tourism
Victoria, Mahé (Seychelles) – March 11, 2020 (travelindex.com) – The outbreak and spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 are pushing local authorities to assess the economic impact especially tourism which ...
Seychelles Closes Cruise Ship Season Amidst Fears of COVID–19
Victoria, Mahé (Seychelles) – March 11, 2020 (travelindex.com) – Top government officials met on Monday to discuss the imminent arrival of a new cruise ship and the 2019-2020 cruise ship ...