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Thursday, Jan 28, 2021

Working together for a quick, safe & sustainable recovery of Europe’s hospitality sector

*The below signatories call for the immediate setting up of a hospitality task force across the EU Institutions to discuss the impact that COVID-19 has had on business and jobs and deliver a road map ...

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Thursday, Jan 28, 2021

MBB and International Partners launch Project TAPROOM

The *Malta Business Bureau*, in collaboration with four other partner organisations based in Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany and Italy, have recently launched* TAPROOM*, a project co-funded by the EU’s Era...

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Thursday, Jan 28, 2021

Drinking-Water Directive entered into force - HOTREC

On 16 December 2020, the European Official Journal of the EU published the outcome of Directive 2020/2184 ( L435/1 [1] ) on the quality of water intended for human consumption, commonly known as “*Dri...

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Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021

Effective Enforcement Key for Recovery - MHRA

*The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA)* reiterates that the relevant authorities must be adequately resourced and instructed to ensure that the rules related to COVID-19 and Licences are...

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Tuesday, Jan 26, 2021

Tourism, Hospitality & Travel Webinar - Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow

2020 has tested our resilience and has transformed the way we live, work and play perhaps forever. At the eye of the storm the hospitality industry is facing the full impact of this new normal. The to...

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Monday, Jan 25, 2021

Top 7 Hotel Industry Trends in 2021

*The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the hotel industry. It has set new standards in the sector and has led to faster changes than ever seen before. Besides the obvious negative e...

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Monday, Jan 25, 2021

Minister launches Tourism Strategy 2021-2030, emphasises recovery and improving quality

The tourism sector’s success in the coming ten years is not solely based on recovery from the pandemic, but also on increasing the quality of the islands’ tourism product and services,  *Tourism Minis...

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Monday, Jan 25, 2021

Urgent coordination needed to ensure travel and tourism drive recovery

*NET welcomes the decision of EU heads of state or government to coordinate their response to the COVID-19 pandemic as regards travel restrictions, testing and vaccinations to stem the spread of the v...

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Monday, Jan 25, 2021

Fly Dubai will start flights to Malta on 12 May

*Fly Dubai will operate four weekly flights to Malta via Catania from 12 May, becoming the first airline to link the island to the Persian Gulf since the pandemic* * Fly Dubai [1] *has announced that ...

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Sunday, Jan 24, 2021

Microsoft Deals Blow To Chrome With A Bunch Of Exciting New Edge Features

*Microsoft has dealt a sudden blow to Google Chrome with a bunch of exciting new features for its Edge browser.* Microsoft is wasting no time this year trying to catch up with its biggest browser riva...

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Sunday, Jan 24, 2021

The New Architecture Of Tech Innovation Looks Very Much Like This

The last year has accelerated the tech innovation cycle, unlike anything before it. Over the past eight months, as professionals across the globe transitioned into working from home, technologists and...

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Saturday, Jan 23, 2021

Stressed out? Blame bad technology

*There is no question that we are all more dependent on technology than ever. So what happens when that tech does not work?* In the past, Emily Dreyfuss used an old-school strategy: She yelled. When A...

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