pandemic

A Solemn But Positive Message from Thomas Magnuson

2020-03-23 by Phil Butler

The following is a message from Thomas Magnuson, CEO of Magnuson Hotels, the world’s largest independent hotel network.

TUI Temporarily Quits Operations Over COVID-19 Pandemic

2020-03-16 by Phil Butler

TUI has temporarily suspended most of its travel operations due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Company spokespersons say the move is a “compliance” and “industry adjustment” move. The news comes as the whole industry is in a state of shock as to “next moves.” TUI is on a shortlist of companies investing gurus say may be […]

Scientists Now Say Worldwide COVID-19 Spread a Near Certainty

2020-02-26 by Phil Butler

Tourism professionals should not hold out false hope for a kill-off of COVID-19 spread. Experts say the virus may affect all countries.

Pandemics and Other World Health Cataclysms

2012-07-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

You don’t have to be a rabid conspiracy theorist to imagine calamity. For many people in the world, living today, calamity has been a fact of life. Just look at Fukushima residents, Japan as a whole, or dozens more places anyone could name. Nothing is more horrifying, and somehow interesting too, as the dynamic of human catastrophe. Maybe this fact is because we are often at our very best during such times.