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Health checks at hotel entrances: venues for meetings and conventions will be adjusted for social distancing. Credit: Sands Resorts Macao

Sands Resorts Macao launches Sands SafeStayMACAO - Sands Resorts Macao has launched its health and safety protocol, Sands SafeStay, which focusses on sanitisation,...

Finland has been ranked the world’s happiest nation for three years running.

Fancy a fling with a Finn? Here’s your chanceHELSINKI – Visit Finland - the Finnish travel promotion organisation – is making the most of Finland’s United Nations ranking...

Silversea credits Dutch shipyard De Hoop’s ingenuity to keep working on the ship during a national lockdown.

Silversea praises Dutch shipyard for efforts during Covid-19 lockdownTHE NETHERLANDS - Before the Covid-19 crisis, 24 cruise vessels were slated to debut in 2020, possibly setting a record for...

Latest data shows fares have risen more than one third during Covid-19 crisis

Soaring APAC-EU air fares: Is this the new norm?LONDON - The rise in the cost of flights between Asia Pacific and Europe has been dramatically exceeding prices from the...

Airbus has slashed production goals by more than a third, in view of retreating demand.

Job cuts loom at Airbus and BoeingEDINBURGH – Permanent job cuts are looming at Airbus and Boeing as plane makers grapple with the severe collapse in demand for...

Accor wants guests to feel ‘All Safe’

Hotel group offers guests safe ‘shelters’PARIS - Accor has struck a partnership with insurance giant AXA to help guests look upon 5,000 Accor hotels worldwide as safe...

Arnold Donald: “There will be enough people who love cruising to fill the ships.”

Carnival Corp chief: Industry will be ‘wildly successful’ againST LOUIS - Carnival Corp CEO Arnold Donald has been looking beyond the Covid-19 pandemic to visualise what the cruise industry...

Sailings on luxury expedition ship Scenic Eclipse have been halted through the end of September.

Scenic scraps summer tours and cruisesBOSTON, Mass. - Scenic Group has joined the growing list of companies cancelling their summer travel season because of...

Global Dream’s Space Cruiser will be the highlight of the Dream Park at the Pier.

Thrills at sea: Global Dream’s roller coaster takes shapeHONG KONG, MUNICH – New Global Class cruise ship, Global Dream is on track to be equipped with the world's longest...

Macau focuses on supporting the tourism industry rather than impose a tourist tax on visitors to the territory

No tourist tax for MacauMACAU - Macau’s government has shelved a proposal to levy a tourist tax on the territory, a move floated as a means of reducing...