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News / Online

Lasting effects of tech-led coronavirus lockdowns on travel and tourism

By Kevin May | April 24, 2020

Travel, tourism and hospitality will return in some form, but how people interact with it will undoubtedly be shaped by their experiences of being stuck in their homes for months. Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: It's unknown where tours and activities fit in the distribution mix

By PhocusWire | April 24, 2020

Will travel intermediaries be as interested in tours and activities as they have been once travel resumes post-coronavirus? Read More

News / Distribution

Scenarios for what the travel industry might be dealing with after COVID-19

By Linda Fox | April 24, 2020

For travel companies looking at how and when they might emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, outcome planning is a big part of the equation. Read More

News / Online

InPhocus, episode 7 - Travel crises often ignite revolutions in the industry (sorry, not this time)

By PhocusWire | April 23, 2020

History shows us that the travel industry has a track record of seeing huge changes to the fabric of how it works whenever something hits it in such a major way. Read More

Opinion / Online

How does a decimated activities sector find a route to recovery, part 1

By Peter Syme - 1000 Mile Journeys | April 23, 2020

The coronavirus crisis is affecting all aspects of the tours and activities sector - but some more than others. Read More

News / Distribution

Over a third of consumers have lost money as a result of canceling travel plans

By Linda Fox | April 22, 2020

A survey from Bankrate gauges level of cancelations in travel and where consumers are turning for refunds. Read More

News / Distribution

Adventure travel suppliers expect business to be down 40% in 2020

By Linda Fox | April 20, 2020

The coronavirus has hit the adventure travel industry just as hard as other segments with suppliers saying they have seen a 63% drop in demand in Q2 of 2020. Read More

News / Online

Tiqets CEO moves to president role, Laurens Leurink steps in

By Kevin May | April 20, 2020

Leurink was most recently CEO of medical technology brand Docly, based in Scandinavia, but he has an extensive background in travel technology stretching back to 2008. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

What experiences providers can do now to maximize their downtime

By Chris Atkin - Rezdy | April 17, 2020

Tours and activities brands that use their time as an opportunity to innovate will be in a better position post-COVID-19. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

The best guess for the future of travel is just a guess

By Christian Watts - Magpie Travel | April 16, 2020

Nobody knows what will happen next week, never mind three years from now. Where are you getting this data from to form your future predictions? Read More

News / Online

Airbnb takes further COVID-19 protection measures with $1B loan

By Kevin May | April 15, 2020

The support comes just a week after it announced a funding round - a combination or debt and equity securities - from Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners, also to the tune of $1 billion. Read More

News / Online

More than 530,000 travel and tourism industry workers laid off or furloughed

By Mitra Sorrells | April 15, 2020

A new online tool is tracking layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts across the global travel and tourism industry. Read More

News / Online

Tripadvisor, Airbnb and many others switch to virtual tours and activities

By Kevin May | April 13, 2020

As demand for tours and activities has fallen away to almost nothing in many countries around the world, a string of brands are putting their efforts into temporarily digitizing their products. Read More

News / Technology

Destination X - Five coronavirus recovery strategies for the tourism industry

By PhocusWire | April 7, 2020

The industry has the chance to reset and rethink as it looks to a future beyond COVID-19 - Destination X is a way to understand that opportunity. Read More