by Admin | Aug 17, 2020 | Business, News, Travel
After the SARS epidemic in 2003, which infected 8,422 and killed an estimated 774 people before vanishing entirely in 2004, it took air travel around China and Hong Kong three years to recover, and many small local airlines never did. At the time, SARS was a...
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 | Aug 7, 2020 | News, Travel
On March 11, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. On March 12, Disney Parks announced that it would be closing Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida. It would be the first time since opening that either park was closed for...
by Admin | Jul 31, 2020 | News, Philanthropy, Travel
Ibiza is a Spanish island in the western Mediterranean Sea, a little more than 53 miles off the coast of Spain. Known for its vibrant summer nightlife, the place is a hot spot for European tourism, especially among young adults. In 2019, approximately 3 million...
by Admin | Jul 24, 2020 | News, Travel
Late last month, Disneyland California announced plans to reopen on July 17, 2020, after its longest-ever closure. It would have been an auspicious date: it’s the 65th anniversary of the park’s opening in 1955. But the hoped-for date turned out to be too optimistic....
by Admin | Jul 17, 2020 | News, Travel
Perhaps more than any other one industry, the travel industry has been flattened by the COVID-19 crisis. Airlines, hotels, destination businesses, and theme parks are all struggling to survive while their would-be clientele are kept away by travel restrictions,...
by Admin | Jul 10, 2020 | News, Travel
Everyone knows that flying—standing for hours in crowded lines and then being packed in uncomfortably close proximity with 200 strangers, sharing stale recycled air, squeezing past each other in the inches between seats, using a bathroom with surfaces that are always...