WTTC calls for borders to remain open and safe travel to continue
Julia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO, said: “WTTC supports the World Health Organization (WHO) position in calling for borders to remain open and safe travel to continue.
“Closing borders will not prevent the spread of new variants. The latest variant is increasingly being detected in countries around the world. The way to keep safe is to focus on the vaccination status of individual travellers rather than placing whole countries onto red lists.
“Rather than stigmatising countries such as South Africa, which rely heavily on a strong Travel & Tourism, we should be applauding them for identifying this new variant so quickly.
“Until we fully understand this new variant we must focus on prioritising the world distribution of vaccines while adopting sensible measures such as wearing masks’
Published on : Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Zane Kerby, President & CEO of the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), releases the following statement in support of the #StopAsianHate movement and the Asian American Day of Action: “The recent senseless acts of violence against Asian Americans has …
Published on : Wednesday, March 31, 2021
U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow issued the following statement: “The standard of evidence should be exceptionally high for rules that effectively single out certain industries as other parts of the economy are allowed to reopen. Restrictions have …
Published on : Thursday, March 25, 2021
Zane Kerby, President & CEO of the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), releases the following statement in response to this week’s introduction of the Securing Access for Venue Equity (SAVE) Act (H.R. 2120), which would include travel agencies and …
Published on : Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Zane Kerby, President & CEO of the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), releases the following statement on the state of the cruise industry: “Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the two busiest cruise ports in the world were both located …
Published on : Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Informa Markets in India ( formerly UBM India ), India’s leading B2B exhibition organizer, is all set to bring in its first physical exhibition post the lockdown with the 28th edition of SATTE (South Asia’s Travel and Tourism Exchange) from …
Published on : Tuesday, March 23, 2021
As the Caribbean tourism and hospitality industry continues to respond and adapt to challenges arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), the region’s leading association representing the interests of the private sector, has launched …
Published on : Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Leaders of the U.S. travel and aviation industry called on the Biden administration Monday to set a May 1 deadline to commit to a plan for reopening the country to inbound international visitation. The U.S. Travel Association is among the …
Published on : Tuesday, March 23, 2021
The Hotel Association of India (HAI) called upon industry stakeholders to treat Tourism as a ‘Common Agenda’ and also highlights the need to make tourism viable, sustainable, accessible and affordable for all. Addressing the recent BITB conclave attended by 150 …
Published on : Tuesday, March 23, 2021
As the Caribbean tourism and hospitality industry continues to respond and becomes accustomed to challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), which is the region’s chief association representing the interests of the private sector, …
Published on : Friday, March 19, 2021
U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow issued the following statement on the Senate’s confirmation of Katherine Tai to serve as U.S. Trade Representative: “Katherine Tai brings strong expertise and experience to the post of U.S. Trade Representative at …
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