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COVID-19

20% of German Travelers to High-Risk Countries Falsifying Documents

2020-12-02 by Argophilia Travel News

Frankfurt Airport

The German federal police report that one-in-five German travelling to countries designated “high-risk” for COVID-19, falsify their documents.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, German police, German tourists, German travelers, high-risk countries

Come and Get Your Red-Hot IATA Travel Pass: While Supplies Last

2020-11-24 by Phil Butler

IATA Travel Pass

COVID-19 has shaken the world. It’s just too bad that the Air Transport Association (IATA) and other leadership were not more proactive.

Tags: 2020 flights, air passengers, airlines, COVID-19, COVID-19 second wave, IATA, Muhammad Albakri, quarantine, second wave, summer restart, Travel Pass

Top Greek Tourism Officials Go Into Precautionary Quarantine

2020-11-24 by Phil Butler

Haris Theocharis

Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis and Deputy Tourism Minister Manos Konsolas are now in a precautionary quarantine.

Tags: COVID-19, EODY, Greece’s National Public Health Organization, Harry Theoharis, Manos Konsolas, Positive for COVID, quarantine

Greece Records 2,198 new COVID-19 Infections in Last 24 Hours

2020-11-17 by Argophilia Travel News

Covid-19

According to infectious disease expert Professor Gkikas Mangiorkinis, most of the new COVID-19 cases are being detected outside of the regions of Attica and Thessaloniki.

Tags: Athens news, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Greece pandemic, pandemic countries, pandemic second wave

Markets Rally on News of Effective Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine

2020-11-10 by Argophilia Travel News

BioNTech Pfizer

International markets are rallying on news Pfizer will distribute a Covid-19 vaccine in collaboration with German BionTech.

Tags: BionTech, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, pandemic, pandemic vaccine, Pfizer, Pfizer COVID vaccine, Pfizer research

Lockdown II: On the Trail of Greece’s COVID-19 Fumblefest

2020-11-05 by Phil Butler

Vancouver Rally

Greek decision makers have been crazily optimistic since the first COVID-19 lockdown. Their optimism seems misplaced now.

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 deaths, Destination Greece Health First, Endless Greek Summer, Greece from Home, Greece lockdown, GTP, Harry Theoharis, Kathimerini, Minister Harry Theoharis, Mitsotakis administration, SETE, TUI, Vassilis Kikilias, Yiannis Retsos

A WTTC Report Says 174m Travel & Tourism Jobs May Fall to COVID-19

2020-10-30 by Argophilia Travel News

Covid-19

According to recent data from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) as many as 174 million jobs in the tourism sector will be lost this year on account of the negative effects of the coronavirus outbreak.

Tags: COVID-19, travel, travel industry, travel news, travel restrictions, Travel Trends, world travel, WTTC

Greece Reports Yet Another Record Day of New COVID-19 Cases

2020-10-29 by Phil Butler

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The Hellenic National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced on Wednesday at total of 1,547 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Greece outbreak, Greece school, Greek school closings, Greek schools, ICU, Mitsotakis, Niki Kerameus, outbreak, pandemic second wave

Tunisia’s Tourism Industry Collapses Due to COVID-19

2020-10-21 by Phil Butler

Habib Ammar

Tunisia’s tourism sector has collapsed, with losses exceeding 60 percent. The reports indicate many hotels at risk of closing permanently.

Tags: COVID-19, Habib Ammar, Hichem Mechichi, Mediterranean, North Africa, Tunis, Tunisia, Tunisia economy, Tunisia hospitality, Tunisia hotels, Tunisia tourism, Tunisia tours, Tunisia travel

Greek Officials Announce 436 New Coronavirus Cases and Six Fatalities

2020-10-09 by Argophilia Travel News

Covid-19

The Hellenic National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced yesterday 436 new Covid-19 cases and 6 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Tags: COVID cases, COVID-19, Greece coronavirus, Greece tourism, pandemic Greece, The Hellenic National Public Health Organization

The Tourism Story Nobody in Tourism Wants to Tell the World

2020-10-07 by Phil Butler

Gambling. This is what the world’s top leaders are up to where the coronavirus pandemic is concerned. Here’s a look at some facts.

Tags: coronavirus recovery, COVID-19, COVID-19 policy, Greece tourism, Greek coronavirus, Japan Coronavirus, Japanese strategies, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, pandemic playbook, SARS-CoV-2, Zeynep Tufekci

The Coronavirus Pandemic Could Set Tourism Back by $1 Trillion

2020-10-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Vaccine

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres just released a new report today citing UNWTO data on the level of devastation COVID-19 will exact on the tourism industry.

Tags: coronavirus recovery, COVID-19, economy, pandemic, tourism, tourism losses, tourism season, travel sector, world economy, world tourism

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

Greek Health Officials Say There are Enough ICU Beds for Now

2020-09-28 by Phil Butler

Covid-19

The Hellenic Intensive Care Society President Αnna Kotanidou assures citizens of enough ICU beds.

Tags: Coronavirus, coronavirus Greece, COVID lockdown, COVID restrictions, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Greece lockdown, Greece tourism, Greece tourists, lockdown, travel

The World’s 5 Biggest Hotel Chains Lose $25.2bn in Market Cap

2020-09-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Wyndham International

Five of the biggest hotel groups lost in excess of $25 billion in market cap up until now. Experts say recovery is years down the road.

Tags: Choice Hotels International, COVID-19, Hilton, InterContinental Hotels, InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriot International, StockApps, Wyndham Worldwide

Germany’s Lufthansa Announces More Cutbacks and Layoffs

2020-09-23 by Argophilia Travel News

Lufthansa

Lufthansa Group just announced permanent, group-wide cuts on capacity and further reductions of personnel, due to the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) on travel.

Tags: airline companies, airline failures, airlines, bailout, COVID-19, COVID-19 response, German companies, Germany airlines, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Group

Some “Get Real” Hospitality Insights for Hotels Post-COVID

2020-09-19 by Phil Butler

remote business

Netherlands hotel innovators citizenM comes out with a subscription business plan that could drive profits. But is loyalty only about stable revenue?

Tags: citizenM, Claudia Scharf, COVID-19, hotel management, hotel programs, Lennert De Jong, Loyalty Prime, loyalty programs, Michael Levie, subscription based business, subscription travel

Squaremouth Data Reveals Top Destinations Impacted By COVID

2020-09-18 by Argophilia Travel News

Panoramic view over Scilla Italy by © mRGB

New data from travel insurance experts at Squaremouth now reveals how travel to top tourist destinations has been affected since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.

Tags: COVID-19, insurance, pandemic effects, SquareMouth, travel data, Travel Insurance, World Health Organization

30-plus Greek Hotels to Be Auctioned Off in the Coming Weeks

2020-09-16 by Argophilia Travel News

Some 30-plus hotels across Greece are to be auctioned in the next few weeks on acccount of inactivity related to COVID-19.

Tags: bankruptcy filing, COVID-19, Greek economy, Greek hotels, hospitality, hotel industry, hotels

Israel Goes Into Second Lockdown Over COVID Pandemic

2020-09-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Israel

Israel will go into a new national lockdown for three weeks starting Friday, September 18th, and ending October 11th.

Tags: coronavirus pandemic, COVID Pandemic, COVID-19, Israel, pandemic lockdowns, second wave

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