About 35 percent of U.S. businesses are currently engaged in any business-related travel, said U.S. Travel Association president and CEO Roger Dow during a Tuesday press conference that focused on the steps needed to ignite business travel and meetings and events. Additionally, business travel won't fully recover to 2019 levels of either spend or number […]
The United States and United Kingdom have agreed to establish a working group of experts to develop recommendations for restarting international travel, according to a joint statement from President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The statement, issued after Biden and Johnson met before this week's G7 Summit in the U.K., is part of […]
The beginning of the recovery of demand in the car rental industry after the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked one consequence for business travelers: a lack of availability for shorter, last-minute rentals, a result of changing travel patterns, car rental revenue management strategies and, in some areas, a rental car shortage. "That's so frustrating for corporate […]
Climate change, rather than the pandemic, will drive the latest business travel trend tipped for next year — the cluster meeting. These are meetings that will have the lowest carbon emissions possible at their core, rather than restrictions dictated by coronavirus, and they’ll mostly avoid flying. For an international company planning a large gathering, for […]
The European Union announced the United States has been added to its safe travel list on Wednesday, clearing the path to make it easier for Americans to visit Europe. According to CNBC.com, ambassadors from the 27 European Union nations recommended the region allow nonessential travelers from eight new countries and territories, including the U.S., Albania, […]
The United States and the European Union today settled a long-time dispute over government subsidies given to airline manufacturers Boeing and Airbus, numerous media outlets are reporting. Boeing, based in the U.S. in Seattle, and Airbus, based in France, agreed to suspend tariffs imposed as part of the trade battle for a period of five […]
United Airlines today announced a commercial agreement with Denver-based aerospace company Boom Supersonic to add aircraft to its global fleet as well as a cooperative sustainability initiative – a move that facilitates a leap forward in returning supersonic speeds to aviation. Under the terms of the agreement, United will purchase 15 of Boom's 'Overture' airliners, […]
The number of meeting planners with face-to-face programs on the books for the second half of 2021 is increasing quickly, according to the latest i-Meet survey of meeting and event planner sentiment. About 52 percent of 262 respondents surveyed May 24-30 had contracted in-person events for the third quarter of 2021, up from the 39 […]
The Iata Travel Pass, a Covid health app being tested by airlines around the world, is set to go live within weeks, according to the International Air Transport Association's chief. A number of Middle East and global carriers will launch the digital travel pass for Covid-19 test results and vaccine certification, Willie Walsh, director-general of […]
Delta Air Lines announced the return of service to top travel destinations in France as the country reopens to visitors from the United States. Beginning June 9, vaccinated travelers will be welcomed back to France without quarantine requirements as long as they can prove they are fully inoculated with a vaccine approved by the European […]
