AIDA Cruises Rough seas Cruise firms extend cancelations into May Cruise operators are starting to cancel sailings in May due to worldwide Covid-19 travel restrictions, going beyond German package tour operators who ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, April 09, 2020
Privat Government support State-backed vouchers for cancelled package holidays The German tourism industry has welcomed the government’s decision in favour of money-back vouchers for cancelled package holidays, saying it will prevent widespread insolvencies and job losses throughout the sector. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, April 09, 2020
Christian Wyrwa/TUI Sales moves German tourism industry pushes for vouchers The German tourism industry is lobbying hard for money-back vouchers like in other European countries to save holiday bookings for this year. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, April 02, 2020
DER Touristik Financial turbulence Cost-cutting, state aid and insolvencies German travel companies are rapidly cutting costs but smaller firms are starting to close down as the corona crisis sweeps over the industry. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, April 02, 2020
fvw/IL fvw video conference German tourism bosses call for cash The German tourism industry needs cash as quickly as possible to survive the coming weeks as well as possible and save something of the summer 2020 season, top managers said in an fvw video conference. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, April 01, 2020
DRV Survival call German tourism industry faces dramatic financial hit The German travel and tourism industry is calling for an urgent government aid programme and state-backed ‘holiday vouchers’ to prevent a massive short-term €4.8 billion financial hit that could result in countless insolvencies within weeks. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, March 26, 2020
Eurowings Corona crisis Tour operators fly customers home and cancel Easter holidays Leading tour operators and airlines in Germany have flown up to 100,000 customers home in the country’s biggest-ever repatriation programme and all holiday bookings have been cancelled until the end of April. ...more by Paul Needham – Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Condor Worldwide airlift Germany flies all holidaymakers home Tens of thousands of German holidaymakers are being flown home in a worldwide 'airlift' after the foreign ministry issued a global travel warning as countries around the world close their borders. ...more by Paul Needham – Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Thinkstock Foreign ministry advice German tour operators cancel all bookings to end-March TUI, FTI, Alltours, Schauinsland-Reisen and other tour operators today cancelled all bookings until at least late March after the German foreign ministry officially advised against all international travel in the next few weeks. ...more by Paul Needham – Monday, March 16, 2020
Viking Cruises / fvw Coronavirus crisis Tourism firms cancel holiday bookings Tourism firms are starting to cancel German bookings as sales slump and more and more countries worldwide impose drastic travel restrictions to combat the spread of the Covid-19 ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, March 12, 2020
DRV Coronavirus crisis German tourism chiefs seek state support German tourism leaders have called on the government to provide financial support amid a dramatic bookings slump as worried consumers delay holiday bookings, companies cancel business trips and destinations impose travel restrictions to combat the spread of the Covid-19 virus. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, March 11, 2020
fvw Virtual ITB Read fvw Daily 3 now! Fvw has published its final e-Daily covering the ‘virtual ITB’. We look forward to seeing you in person in Berlin at ITB 2021! ...more by Paul Needham – Friday, March 06, 2020
Gettyimages Crisis management Don't panic travellers, tourism chiefs urge Global tourism leaders are calling on governments and consumers not to panic and over-react to the coronavirus crisis as more and more destinations ban visitors from countries or areas affected by the rapid spread of the coronavirus. ...more by Paul Needham – Friday, March 06, 2020
Tourism Authority of Thailand Covid-19 hit South-East Asia tackles virus crisis Destinations in South-East Asia are urgently drawing up plans to combat the spread of coronavirus and the resulting slump in international tourism, especially from China. ...more by Paul Needham – Friday, March 06, 2020
SKR Australia Down Under seeks upturn Australia has launched a worldwide tourism recovery marketing campaign to try to overcome a ‘double whammy’ from the recent devastating bushfires in parts of the country and now the coronavirus impact on international travel demand. ...more by Paul Needham – Friday, March 06, 2020
Fraport AG Demand tails off Airlines fly towards $113bn losses International airlines are heading towards dramatic losses of up to $113 billion this year, IATA warned on Thursday as carriers stepped up flight cancellations around the world in response to a slump in new bookings and a flood of cancellations. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, March 05, 2020
Messe Berlin Online platform Messe Berlin launches 'virtual ITB' website ITB Berlin is going online with the launch of a new platform under www.itb.com to offer news, networking and an ITB Virtual Convention to the global tourism industry. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, March 05, 2020
Lufthansa Coronavirus impact Airlines slash flights and call for government help International airlines are cutting even more flights and appealing for aid as passenger bookings slump in response to the worldwide spread of the coronavirus. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, March 05, 2020
Thinkstock Coronavirus hit German holiday bookings slump Summer holiday bookings in Germany have slumped dramatically over the past few weeks as consumers worry about whether their destination will be safe. Sales crashed by a third alone in the final week of February, affecting destinations worldwide, new figures show. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, March 05, 2020
TUI Blue Fewer tourists Balearics suffer visitor slump The number of international tourists visiting Majorca and the other Balearic Islands has fallen dramatically, according to regional tourism authorities. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, March 05, 2020
