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Europe’s biggest tourism group TUI is scaling back capacity for winter 2020/21 even further amid volatile demand and after an 83% slump in bookings this summer due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. ...more

Greece managed to keep tourism alive this summer despite dramatic conditions amid the corona crisis and is now cautiously optimistic about a recovery next year, officials said at last week's fvw workshop in Thessaloniki. ...more

What about the re-start of travel and tourism in Greece? Which are the future perspectives? These are the core questions of the fvw Workshop held in Thessaloniki. On fvw.com, there was a live streaming of the conference with leading Greek and German tourism experts. ...more

Tour operators in Germany are trying to save what is left of the disrupted summer 2020 season and are expecting to offer cheaper holidays next year. ...more

Destinations in Southern Europe have low expectations for the German market in the coming months due to a combination of weak consumer demand and frequent changes in German government travel advice about COVID-19 risks, a discussion at the recent virtual fvw Kongress made clear. ...more

The German government has decided to end its global travel warning for more than 160 countries outside the European Union on September 30 and replace it with differentiated travel advice for individual countries from October 1. ...more

The world's biggest travel trade show should be able to take place as a live physical event again next year thanks to a comprehensive health and safety concept, according to ITB Berlin chief David Ruetz. ...more

The COVID-19 pandemic still has the travel industry in its grip but travel agents and tour operators are already working on post-crisis planning, a round-table at this week’s ‘virtual’ fvw Kongress made clear. ...more

The travel industry will see a rapid post-pandemic recovery but also changing demand trends while market leader TUI may sell off more businesses such as hotels in the coming months, according to CEO Fritz Joussen. ...more

Germany has added the Canary Islands to its list of Covid-19 high-risk areas. The extension of the travel warning to the whole of Spain sends another shock wave through the tourism industry. ...more