coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact for tourism and hotel operators in New Zealand over the past 5 weeks or so since the government locked down borders to visitors. This week, LATTE chatted with Kiwi tourism figurehead and CEO/General Manager of The Rees Hotel Queenstown, Mark Rose, to get an update on how his luxury property is…

The Qantas Australian Tourism Awards have been a longstanding and significant program for our tourism industry. In its 36-year plus history, the Australian…

Virgin Australia has withdrawn a controversial proposal to enable it and other airlines to collective bargain with airports as part of a wider application…

The global cruise industry has weathered a battering over the past few months in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Almost all cruise companies, whether it be ocean, river or expedition, have halted operation until late June 2020 due to mandates abroad and national domestic and international travel bans. But despite the current COVID-19 turmoil,…

The national peak body for tourism organisations, the Australian Chamber – Tourism, has revealed the formation of the Tourism Restart Taskforce. The Taskforce…

The regional head of the Virtuoso luxury travel network says the ongoing coronavirus pandemic travel lull offers partners and agency members a chance to…

Quark Expeditions has launched its 2021/2022 Antarctica program which will be the debut season in the White Continent for the polar expedition cruise specialist's new ship, Ultramarine.

A newly released report by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has determined that only 4% of the world's destinations have not imposed travel restrictions…

Thai luxury resort Pimalai Resort & Spa is forging ahead with recovery plans despite the recent closure of Koh Lanta island in the southern Thai province of…

Reed Exhibitions has confirmed the postponement of the Arabian Travel Market for 2020. Originally delayed from its 19 to 22 April 2020 time-slot to a new late-June/early-July date due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers have since also evaluated rescheduling the annual show to the last quarter of the year. However, the "changing global…