A laboratory to test tourists for the novel coronavirus at an international airport in an ultra-luxury tourism zone in the northern part of Maldives has been commissioned. Soneva, which owns luxury resorts in the Maldives, funded the set-up at the airport located on the island of Maafaru in Noon

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has partnered with Sitata, a Canadian travel risk management company, to launch an interactive travel map on etihad.com, the airline’s official website. Etihad Airways’ guests now have easy access to a comprehensive overview of the situation...

Emirates Airline confirms they will operate cargo flights to Maldives in a bid to expand their cargo services.Moreover, the international carrier is among top airlines commencing their operations to Maldives following border reopening of the island nation. As per Emirates their cargo flights will...

from the 15th July 2020 you can book flights to the Maldives from one of several international airlines find out more on Maldives.com

A military airplane carrying medical supplies from China arrives at an airport in Minsk, Belarus, June 2, 2020. A fourth batch of Chinese humanitarian medical aid sent to Belarus arrived Tuesday, on board a military aircraft belonging to the Belarusian Defense Ministry. The 22 tons of cargo...

Luxury tourism players are expected to be the first in the industry to see a revival of Chinese outbound travellers who will also be drawn to safe and secure hotels as well as attractive travel discounts and promotions, opined an expert in Chinese hospitality and tourism marketing technology.

(Reuters) - Travellers are hitting the road again and taking vacations even as the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of abating in many countries, a survey on Tuesday showed. About 51% of people in North America and Latin America plan to book trips in the next six months, compared with 38% in A

The travel market is splintering three ways: steady recovery, slow recovery, and stalled progress. While sales in post-lockdown China show a domestic

As Covid-19 began to spread in China, the travel industry braced for impact. Despite the fact that borders and hotels at the epicenter (and throughout China) closed for business, I still don’t think that the rest of the world was ready for what was coming. Today, however...

There are now several platforms capable of layering a customized ecommerce webpage on top of a hotel’s payment gateway provider so that your employees don’t need to touch credit card data anymore.

By the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

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UNWTO also calls upon the sector and travelers to address this challenge with sound judgment and proportionate measures.

Follow the latest news about coronavirus and its impact on hotels, airlines, cruise lines, tourism destinations, and other sectors of the travel industry.

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How many cases are there in Singapore?

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 158 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Wednesday (Jul 8), including a 69-year-old Singaporean man who was found ...