October 14, 2020

Competition

Australia is talking with Japan, South Korea, Singapore & South Pacific countries regarding travel reopeningedit

Travel and Tour World – Online

In March 2020, Australia had shut down its international borders to arrest the virus spread and is now looking to renew its tourism to help pull the country out of its first recession in almost three decades.

Singapore Airlines offers tourists meals for Rs 34k in Airbus A380, tickets sold out in 30 minutesedit

India Today – Online

Singapore Airlines recently started a service in which it is offering meals inside the grounded Airbus A380 for SGD 642 (Rs 34,645).

Singapore adjusts border measures for travellersedit

Newsd – Online

People entering Singapore with a recent travel history to Malaysias Sabah state will be required to serve a 14day Stay Home Notice (SHN) at dedicated facilities, the Ministry of Health (MOH) here said.

Singapore Eases Quarantine Rules for Travelers From Hong Kongedit

Bloomberg Quint – Online

Travelers from Hong Kong will have their quarantine requirement reduced from 14 days to a seven day stay-home notice, as Singapore adds Hong Kong to the list of places where the virus.

Industry

LTC Stimulus: Travel, tourism & hospitality sector feels deprivededit

Free Press Journal – Online

The travel, tourism and hospitality sector has been deprived of the governments latest stimulus to spur discretionary spending ahead of the festive season, an industry body said. The governments LTC Cash Voucher Scheme and Rs 10,000 festival advance to its employees will provide more liquidity to the customers for discretionary spending and boost demand.

Global travel strategist cites case studies of innovation during pandemic to enthuse Indian tourism stakeholdersedit

Travel Biz Monitor – Online

Travel Biz Monitor in association with MyTravelResearch.com (MTR) and Big Blue Road (BBRi) organised an eWorkshop titled Relaunch Your Business, Learn from Global Case Studies for the travel & tourism stakeholders in India, today.

EC convenes meeting over sustainable recovery of tourismedit

Newsd – Online

The European Commission convened a meeting aimed at exploring paths out of the coronavirus crisis and chances of gaining a sustainable recovery of the tourism sector badly hit by the pandemic. Following nine consecutive years of growth, the tourism ecosystem of the European Union (EU) is among the hardest hit by the global Covid19 pandemic, reports Xinhua news agency.

COVID transmission inflight is very low, says IATA Travel And Tour Worldedit

Travel and Tour World – Online

IATA urged the European countries for months to reopen their frontiers and relax the preventive measures as ways to help the aviation and tourism. The Transport and Tourism Committee previously declared that tourism is on the edge of a massive fall down and almost 22 million people who work in this sector showed danger of losing their jobs, due to the pandemic situation.

Mention

Disneylands Space Mountain Will Be Turned Into Liveaction Movie Soon: Reportsedit

Republic World – Online

A similar version of the ride was replicated at Tokyo Disneyland in 1983 and Hong Kong Disneyland in 2005. One fan mentioned Space Mountain was my all time favorite ride at Disneyland as it was the most thrilling, or so I thought as a youngster.

Browse by Month
Browse by Month