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Widespread flight cancellations. Excruciating waits for customer service. Unruly passengers. And that was all before the holiday travel season. Even in normal times, the days around Thanksgiving are a delicate period for the airlines. But this week is the industry’s biggest test since the pandemic …
(CNN) — Countries around the world imposed travel restrictions after the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant in South Africa, more than 2.3 million Americans traveled by air for Thanksgiving, and in Asia-Pacific, New Zealand and the Philippines revealed new reopening plans.
Here are some of the biggest developments in travel this week:
Only a small number of cases of the new strain, named Omicron, have been identified so far, but the World Health Organization has said it’s a cause for concern and experts warn it could spread rapidly.
The opening of Austria’s Ischgl resort has been delayed until December 3 because of the national lockdown.
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Foreign vaccinated tourists will be allowed to visit the Philippines quarantine-free from December 1, provided they’ve stayed within “green list” countries for at least 14 days beforehand.
The more than 3,000-year-old road, linking two Egyptian temple complexes, was first discovered in the late 1940s and has since undergone decades of excavation and restoration efforts.
The site has undergone decades of excavation and restoration efforts and today features hundreds of traditional sphinxes and ram-headed statues lined up on its path.
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities described the site as the “largest open museum in the world.” According to Reuters, Egypt lost around $9 billion in tourism revenue in 2020, so there will be high hopes for this new project.
In addition to money for flights and those many, many Covid tests, the workers will also receive extra weeks of unpaid leave to help them undergo Hong Kong’s hotel quarantine, which the company is paying for, too. The city’s famously strict entry restrictions mean returning residents have to spend a mandatory two or three weeks in designated hotels.
Black Sheep restaurants will also deliver their employees nightly meals to their quarantine hotels. To qualify for this impressive staff perk, they need to complete one year of service at the company upon their return.
Scientists say the event is a positive sign that the reef is able to regenerate despite ecological threats.
Amsterdam Airport has a pig pilot project
The first recorded flight to the continent was in 1928.
France has suffered a wine ‘disaster’
Strange symbols are carved in the Qatar desert
CNN’s Celine Alkhaldi, Ghazi Balkiz, Chris Dwyer, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, Jack Guy, Marnie Hunter, Caitlin McGee, David McKenzie, Sandee LaMotte, Pete Muntean, Francesca Street, Gregory Wallace and Lizzy Yee contributed to this report.
LONG-HAUL holidays to the Caribbean are now so cheap that they cost less than a seven-night break in Europe. Destinations such as St Lucia and Barbados – which remain above 30C in the winter months – have bargain package deals that will set you back …
If you are planning to travel for Thanksgiving, you won’t be alone. AAA is predicting that 2.2 million Ohioans will be traveling this year on the roads, which will represent the single-highest increase in one year and air travel is also expected to be busy too. …
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For those of you celebrating Thanksgiving this week, happy
holidays. This week’s Update features a wide variety of
stories, including PhocusWire’s annual list of the 25 hot
travel startups. Enjoy.
(“Expedia and Key Travel create ‘carbon
neutral’ hotel stays,” November 18, 2021 via Travel Weekly
(UK) – News)
Expedia Partner Solutions (EPS) and Key Travel are collaborating
to offer travelers the opportunity to offset the carbon emissions
associated with their stay through the purchase of carbon offsets.
With each stay booked through EPS, EPS and Key Travel will pay the
amount of the carbon offset to nonprofit, Cool Effects, which will
then invest the funds in verified carbon reduction projects around
the world.
(“TMCs Unveil Tech Enhancements at GBTA,”
November 17, 2021 via Business Travel News)
(CWT Plans $100 Million Technology Investment,”
November 16, 2021 via Phocus Wire)
Last week, two stories detailed investments being made by some
the largest traditional offline travel companies into new travel
technology. At last week’s Global Business Travel
Association’s Convention, travel management companies, BCD
Travel, Corporate Travel Management and TripActions, announced new
technologies focused on risk management and trip disruption. The
new mobile application, passenger notifications and risk-based trip
approval system are all designed to address clients’
COVID-induced travel risk, security and well-being concerns.
Separately, CWT – fresh off its one-day Chapter 11 bankruptcy
— announced plans to invest $100 million in its myCWT travel
management platform, which include improvements to its online hotel
booking experience.
Amazon Ads Wants to Help Travel Outfits by Sharing its
Customers’ Buying Habits,” November 17, 2021 via Skift
Travel News) (subscription may be required)
Over the past 18 months, Amazon’s advertising business
(Amazon Ads) has been targeting travel and hospitality industry
businesses. The new ad program allows customers to leverage
Amazon’s wealth of customer data (think Prime members
purchasing luggage tags or travel guides) to deliver targeted ads
to users of Amazon’s many platforms (including Alexa).
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