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COVID-19 economics

Airlines Expect Volatility Because of the Omicron COVID Mutations

2021-12-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Norwegian Airlines

Fitch Ratings has revised private forecasts of the global passenger traffic for the 2021 and 2022 on account of the Omicron mutations.

Tags: air travel, airline news, airlines, COVID-19 economics, economy, Fitch Ratings, Omicron

The Deadly Pandemic Game Greece Is Losing

2021-10-25 by Phil Butler

Anti-maskers

Greece health experts say a fourth wave of COVID-19 is on the horizon, but Greek leadership maintains course to bolster the economy.

Tags: anti-vaxxers, COVID strains, COVID variants, COVID-19, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 economics, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 response, Delta variant, EODY, Mitsotakis administration, new strains

Israeli & Greek Leaders Sign Tourism Deal

2021-02-10 by Argophilia Travel News

Israel and Greece have reached an agreement to clear the way for vaccinated tourists to travel between their Mediterranean nations.

Tags: COVID-19 economics, Greece tourism, Israel relations, Israeli tourists, Mediterranean islands, Mitsotakis, Netanyahu, pandemic

The WTTC Reports On the Future of Travel & Tourism Post-COVID

2020-09-29 by Argophilia Travel News

Beach

The World Travel & Tourism Council [WTTC] has just released a new report that examines the implications of trends for each of four key Travel & Tourism stakeholders groups: travellers, businesses, workforce, and communities.

Tags: 2020 economy, 2020 revenue, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 economics, hospitality, Oliver Wyman, pandemic, travel and tourism, World Travel & Tourism Council, WTTC, WTTC report

COVID-19 Second Wave Nixes Predicted Economic Rebound

2020-09-26 by Phil Butler

Santorini

As the ECDC predicts a rising COVID-19 curve, Europe economies stand poised to suffer double-dip recession.

Tags: Coronavirus cases, COVID cases, COVID recession, COVID-19 economics, ECDC, EU economies, EU economy, EU recession, Europe economy, Europe pandemic, pandemic

Greece’s Mitsotakis Pleads for Citizen Vigilance to Combat COVID-19

2020-09-25 by Phil Butler

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is pleading with Greek citizens to be vigilant and to respect COVID-19 safety measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

Tags: COVID-19 economics, Covid-19 pandemic, Greece lockdown, Greece pandemic, lockdown, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

UNWTO Launches a Covid-19 Technical Assistance Package for Recovery

2020-05-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Zurab Pololikashvili

The UNWTO has released a Tourism Recovery Technical Assistance Package that offers guidance to the Member States in response to COVID-19.

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 economics, Europe COVID-19, European Union, hotels, tourism, tourism recovery, UNWTO, Zurab Pololikashvili

Fraport Group Becomes Poster Boy of “No Good” Pandemic News

2020-04-16 by Phil Butler

airport

News from Fraport Group’s reveals the latest industry wounds from the coronavirus pandemic. The Germany company is digging a deep debt hole.

Tags: airlines, airports, COVID-19 economics, flight cancellations, flight news, Fraport Group, World airports

Greek Tourism Businesses Offer 18-month Vouchers Instead of Refunds

2020-04-08 by Argophilia Travel News

Haris Theocharis

The Greek Tourism Ministry backs tourism enterprises on offering vouchers in leu of refunds in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 advisory, COVID-19 cancellations, COVID-19 economics, Greece recovery, tourism

COVID-19: EU Approves €2bn Greek Business Support Measures

2020-04-05 by Phil Butler

Margrethe Vestager

The European Commission has approved a €2 billion-euro aid package to help Greece weather the economic effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Tags: Coronavirus, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, COVID-19 economics, EU, Greece economy, Greek debt, IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, Margrethe Vestager, world economy

Will the COVID-19 Outbreak Reset the Airline Industry?

2020-03-06 by Phil Butler

Flybe Airlines

Flybe, Europe’s biggest regional airline has folded because of COVID-19. How many more transportation and tourism related business will fail?

Tags: airline industry, airlines, conferences, COVID-19, COVID-19 economics, cruises, Europe airlines, Flybe, rail travel, tourism, tourism data, tourism figures, tourism industry, transporation

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