News & Articles

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2021

New site aids hotel booking for Covid-anxious

Hotels across England can finally reopen on 17 May but research suggests that concerns about catching Covid still hamper consumer confidence about booking a trip away.* RightRooms.co [1] , a new trave...

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Wednesday, Mar 24, 2021

Government extends series of measures for struggling businesses

Finance Minister says focus right now is on safeguarding economy. The government is extending a series of measures for businesses struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with *Finance Minister Cl...

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Wednesday, Mar 24, 2021

Covid-19 vaccine tracker: the global race to vaccinate

More than 458 million vaccine doses have been administered worldwide up to March 22nd, equal to 6.0 doses for every 100 people. There is already a stark gap between vaccination programs in different c...

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Tuesday, Mar 23, 2021

Air Malta welcomes the Digital Green Certificate proposal

*Air Malta* has welcomed the European Commission’s proposal of a “digital green certificate” that would allow EU citizens who have been vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from Covid-19 to travel...

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Tuesday, Mar 23, 2021

Big two tour operators still planning for May 17 restart

The UK’s two largest tour operators confirmed they are still planning to resume holidays on May 17 as they await confirmation on travel’s restart. Both *Tui *and *Jet2holidays* responded to reports s...

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Monday, Mar 22, 2021

MEPs want safer and more sustainable tourism after COVID

* Tourism will need help to become cleaner, safer and more sustainable after the pandemic, according to MEPs. They will vote on a report on this on 25 March. Society  * *Tourism and COVID-19* Tourism ...

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Monday, Mar 22, 2021

Web-Series promoting Financial Literacy launched by Malta Business Bureau and HSBC Malta Foundation

The *Malta Business Bureau (MBB)*, in collaboration with the *HSBC Malta Foundation*, is launching a mini web-series which seeks to increase levels of financial literacy in Malta. The production of th...

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Sunday, Mar 21, 2021

European Vaccination Certificate: Between Ethics and Economics

The president of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, last week proposed a digital certificate that will serve to reactivate travel among European countries this summer, in order to save tourism in its most ...

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Friday, Mar 19, 2021

British Airways to continue work-from-home plan after Covid

*British Airways will let staff split their working lives between the head office and home in another example of big firms offering flexible employment.* The airline is also exploring the sale of its ...

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Thursday, Mar 18, 2021

A New look for the Foundation for Tourism Zones

The *Tourism Zones Foundation* is launching a new corporate identity. The new identity reflects the ongoing changes within the Foundation in order to meet industry demands and ties with efforts by oth...

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Wednesday, Mar 17, 2021

Europe’s travel & tourism sector welcomes Digital Green Certificate proposal and urges parallel effort on wider restart plan to maximise benefit

*Over 60 travel and tourism organisations express their support for the European Commission’s initiative and call to ensure swift implementation in time for summer 2021.* The *European Tourism Manifes...

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Wednesday, Mar 17, 2021

EU Funds contributed €662M to Malta’s GDP during 2014-2020

*Majority of businesses that apply for funds manage to obtain them, but administrative procedures should be simplified more.* The *Malta Business Bureau (MBB)* published a report on the impact of EU f...

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