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The platform offers online learning modules led by industry and subject matter experts as well as Expedia Group executives.

Expedia launches online learning platform for displaced travel executivesExpedia Group has rolled out a new complimentary education programme to help displaced or furloughed travel workers expand...

Agoda, Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia Group have come together to form the Asia Travel and Technology Industry Association.

New travel association lobbies Asian governments for clear reopening guidanceOnline travel companies Agoda, Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia Group have come together to establish the Asia Travel...

Delivering Group Founders Mark Simmons and Michael Yates set up the platform to help travel businesses plan for recovery.

New platform Good to Go to aid travel businesses in recoveryHospitality and tourism consulting firm Delivering Group has launched Good to Go as a platform to help businesses plan and...

The Crisis Resource Center was first launched by PATA during the initial stages of the Covid-19 outbreak.

PATA's revamped Crisis Resource Center rolls outThe Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), with the support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), has rolled out the expanded...

Moderated by Brian King, associate dean and professor at the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at the Hong Kong Polytechnic, the HKTB Global Online Forum discussed the new norm in travel with speakers including Steve Saxon of McKinsey & Company, Hermione Joye of Google and Jane Sun of Trip.com

Online global forum calls for end to quarantines, seeks coordinated restart to travelTravel industry leaders speaking at Hong Kong Tourism Board’s (HKTB) global online forum, Beyond COVID-19: Global Tourism’s New...

Tourism is beginning to restart in some areas, most notably in Northern Hemisphere destinations, according to the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Credit: gopixa/Getty Images

Make responsible restart of tourism a priority: UNWTOAs tourism slowly restarts in a growing number of countries, UNWTO is emphasising the need to restart tourism in a responsible...

Six travel organisations have come together to form The Future of Tourism Coalition. (Credit: tadamichi/Getty Images)

Global tourism coalition formed to aid destination recoveryLONDON – Six organisations have joined hands to form “The Future of Tourism Coalition” to help destinations recover from the...

The scheme, when implemented, would initially allow 1,000 foreign visitors to enter Thailand without needing to be in quarantine for 14 days. (Credit: Getty Images)

Thailand to trial ‘travel bubbles’ allowing foreign arrivalsBANGKOK – A plan to implement “travel bubbles” with selected countries that have shown they can effectively contain the spread...

ASEAN countries will share digital media facilities as a means of disseminating information through one gateway.

ASEAN agrees to speak with one voice on Covid-19JAKARTA - ASEAN countries have agreed to be on the same page to address issues relating to Covid-19.

The World Tourism Organization’s research finds that 156 out of 217 destinations have continued to close their borders to international tourists.

WTO research: Nearly three-quarters global destinations remain closedMADRID – Even as destinations debate measures to lift travel bands, new research from the World Tourism Organization (WTO)...