SWISS TOURISM FACES A WAVE OF REDUNDANCIES

Kevin Eagan -
After a record year, Swiss tourism is now experiencing a crash. According to a KOF study, the corona pandemic is causing an unprecedented slump. A wave of redundancies and bankruptcies is likely to fo ...

AUSTRIA’S TOURISM: WINTER SEASON WITH 18.1% FEWER STAYS

Laura Loss -
The corona-related closure of tourist facilities from mid-March onwards caused the number of overnight stays in Austria in the winter season 2019/20 (November to April) to fall by 18.1% to 59.72 milli ...

THE FUTURE OF AIR TRAVEL: CONNECTIVITY OF GLOBAL AIR TRAFFIC WILL SUFFER

Joe McClain -
There is currently a great deal of uncertainty about air traffic. What measures can be expected onboard? What will the air travel experience be like? ...

THE WAR OF PLATFORMS: FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO LAUNCH AN AIRBNB COMPETITOR

Dan Rang -
The American giants Airbnb and TripAdvisor as well as their Dutch group Booking.com will soon have a competitor in France. The French government plans to set up a national booking platform dedicated t ...

EUROPEAN STATES ARE CAUTIOUS ABOUT REOPENING BORDERS Video

Joe McClain -
The European tourism ministers agreed to reopen their borders on the basis of bilateral agreements between countries with the same epidemiological data. However, the 27 ministers were unable to agree ...