by Beth Holmes | May 3, 2021 | News, Politics, Travel
Transatlantic tourism has been virtually nonexistent for over a year now, for obvious, pandemic-related reasons. And it hasn’t opened up yet, even though vaccination numbers are climbing and infection numbers are falling in both the United States and the...
by Admin | Mar 15, 2021 | Business, News, Politics, Travel
The idea of vaccine passports isn’t new. It existed before the pandemic–Israel, for instance, requires travelers to be vaccinated for a variety of diseases before entering the country–and it was an immediate part of the conversation when borders...
by Admin | Aug 14, 2020 | Business, International, News, Politics, Travel
Of all the flight paths in the world, the route between New York and London, and to a lesser extent between New York and the other major EU airports, are the most profitable routes in the world. Most international airlines have at least a toehold in that transport...
by Admin | Jun 26, 2020 | International, News, Politics, Travel
On March 17, 2020, a tweet and a video summit of EU leaders announced that for the first time in its history, the European Union was closing its borders almost entirely to outsiders (exceptions were still made for essential travel, but standards for that qualifier...
by Admin | May 29, 2020 | Politics, Travel
The U.S.-Canada border has been closed since March 21—that is to say, non-essential travel has not been allowed. Essential travel, which has never halted, includes freight, people with jobs across the usually extremely open border, and more needed services such as...
by Admin | May 15, 2020 | Politics, Travel
So far, Australia has recorded fewer than 7,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with fewer than 100 deaths and downward-trending numbers. The country’s chief medical officer credits Australia’s rather aggressive response to the pandemic; they closed their borders in and...
