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EU Plan Leaves Saving Summer Vacations to the Member States

2020-05-14 by Phil Butler

The European Commission

The EU has published key guidelines to help member states save summer vacations, but most feel they’ve been left to their own devices.

Tags: COVID-19, EU, EU Travel, Europe vacations, European commission, Greece travel, Greece vacations, pandemic, pandemic response, tourism industry, vacations

European Union Extended Travel Ban Until June 15th

2020-05-09 by Argophilia Travel News

EU Airport

The European Commission has called for extending measures to minimalize the spread of the coronavirus until June 15th.

Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, EU, Europe COVID-19, Home Affairs, pandemic, travel, travel ban, Ylva Johansson

Greeks Eager for Summer Breaks When COVID-19 Restrictions Pass

2020-05-01 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Heraklion shopping

A survey this week tells of Greeks anxious to take their Summer vacations as soon as the COVID-19 Coronavirus restrictions are lifted.

Tags: COVID-19 effects, Greek vacations, local tourism, local travel, pandemic, Summer 2020, Tourism in Greece, vacations

UNWTO: All World Destinations Have COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

2020-04-29 by Argophilia Travel News

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) says the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted every world destination to introduce restrictions on travel.

Tags: coronavirus pandemic, pandemic, travel, UNTWO, world destinations, WTTC

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis Announces Coronavirus Restrictions Easing

2020-04-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced that the nationwide coronavirus lockdown is to be gradually lifted as of May 4.

Tags: Coronavirus, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, Greece lockdown, Greek news, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, pandemic

Greece Heads Into Post-Coronavirus Land With Zero Deaths News

2020-04-26 by Phil Butler

Archanes Village

Greece’s leadership is expected to lift of many of the restrictions put in place to stem the spread of the coronavirus starting next week.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, Greece, Greece economy, Greece lockdown, pandemic, school openings

Greece Leads Europe in Flattening COVID-19 Curve [Video]

2020-04-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Bridge

Greece has the best results in Europe in terms of flattening the curve for the number of confirmed coronavirus cases.

Tags: Athens News Agency, Coronavirus, coronavirus response, COVID-19, Europe, pandemic, The Bridge

A 2020 Travel and Hospitality COVID-19 Reality Check

2020-03-29 by Phil Butler

coronavirus

In the not too distant future, tourism and hospitality industry officials are going to wake up to the fact that the 2020 touristic season has been canceled by a pandemic. Already, Europe’s airlines stand to lose more than €76 billion according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). And for every euro the airlines lose, destinations […]

Tags: 9/11, air travel, airlines, Coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, cruise lines, depression, financial collapse, global depression, government response, Great Depression, Greece travel, hospitality, pandemic, recession

The Day After the Tourism Industry Grinds to a Halt

2020-03-25 by Phil Butler

People

Yesterday, thousands of tourism businesses canceled millions of reservations. Tomorrow, every cruise line, hotel, and air carrier will wake to a new world.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, health advisory, Level 4, marketing, pandemic, Santorini, Sustainable Santorini, tourism ads, tourism industry, tourism marketing, tourism strategies, travel, world leaders, Yuval Noah Harari

Heraklion Quarantines and Treats Cruise Ship Passenger

2020-03-24 by Phil Butler

Costa Victoria

The Costa Victoria arrives in Heraklion, Crete carrying a confirmed case of COVID-19. Officials quickly quaranteen and treat the passenger.

Tags: Costa Cruises, Costa Victoria, cruise lines, Greek ports, Heraklion port, Italy, Italy cruises, pandemic, port closures, quarantine, Venizelio Hospital

A Solemn But Positive Message from Thomas Magnuson

2020-03-23 by Phil Butler

Tom Magnuson

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

Tags: American hotels, Coronavirus, COVID-19, hotel business, Magnuson, Magnuson Hotels, Melissa Magnuson, pandemic, Tom Magnuson, World hotels, worldwide bookings

TUI Temporarily Quits Operations Over COVID-19 Pandemic

2020-03-16 by Phil Butler

TUI Family Life

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 […]

Tags: Bloomberg, COVID-19, COVID-19 cancellations, COVID-19 Italy, pandemic, tourism, travel agencies, travel agents, travel industry, travel stocks, TUI, TUI Group, TUI stocks, TUI Travel, Wall Street, world travel

Scientists Now Say Worldwide COVID-19 Spread a Near Certainty

2020-02-26 by Phil Butler

Turkey pedestrians

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

Tags: CDC, China travelers, Coronavirus, Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, Grand Hotel Europa, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Hotel H10 Costa Adeje Palace, Marc Lipsitch, pandemic, reece, SARS, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece, WHO

Pandemics and Other World Health Cataclysms

2012-07-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

World Health Assembly United Nations

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.

Tags: conspiracy theory, disasters, epidemic, health, Health education, health industry, health organizations, horror, MPHonline, pandemic, public health, schools, WHO, world health, World Health Organization, worst case

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