After waiting almost three weeks longer than other European countries to issue the EU Digital COVID-19 Vaccination Passport, Irishmen are warned to carefully check their country of destination travelling restrictions, as they are constantly changing, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports. Unlike Germany, Czechia, Poland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Denmark, which have started issuing the EU COVID-19 vaccination passport first, on June 1, Ireland waited... Read more
The European Union has reached an agreement to add the United States and several other countries and regions to the list of countries that will be allowed to travel to the block without an essential purpose. The recommendation aims to establish unified travel rules within the block and is expected to be finalised during the […] Read more
Italy’s new Covid-19 green pass for travel this summer will be valid for non-EU citizens, tourism minister Massimo Garavaglia said on Wednesday. “It is valid for everyone, also and above all for tourists from outside the EU”, Garavaglia told news channel Sky TG24, answering a question about the Italian travel pass announced on Tuesday by Prime Minister Mario […] Read more
Some habits are hard to break — but that doesn’t seem to be the case when it comes to travel. Travelers’ habits are changing — quickly and en masse. People are bypassing big cities in favor of smaller destinations that attract fewer tourists, and outside activities such as hiking and biking are attracting more interest […] Read more
With Australians still unable to travel abroad due to pandemic restrictions, flag carrier Qantas is launching a series of “Mystery Flights” to encourage domestic travel. Travelers who book one of the three journeys on offer will put their fates into the hands of the airline. The one-day trips, which go on sale March 4, fly out […] Read more
Countries most vulnerable to climate change are often the ones with the least financial resources to respond, and rich countries, which are accountable for the majority of global greenhouse gas emissions, are failing to support them. In response, six climate finance experts on Thursday called for radical reform to the ways in which international climate finance is […] Read more
Sweden’s government has announced that it will extend the entry ban until March 31, while it also has adopted a new exemption from the entry ban due to the Brexit transition period, adding the United Kingdom to the list of countries the citizens of which cannot enter Sweden amid COVID-19. The temporary ban on entry […] Read more
Ron Williams wants to know when it will be safe to travel again. It’s not now. At 72, he’s in a high-risk group that makes him especially vulnerable to a covid-19 infection. But even if he weren’t, what kind of trip would it be? “My wife and I like hanging out at the pool and […] Read more
The lifestyle hotel sector is increasingly crowded with bigger brands, but Dream Hotel Group is one of the few genuinely boutique players left on the field. Independence may be its trump card for brand identity moving forward.” — Cameron Sperance It continues to be a brutal year financially for New York-based Dream Hotel Group. But […] Read more
Senior Chinese media officials in Australia have been targeted and the visas of two leading Chinese scholars have been revoked in an unprecedented foreign interference investigation into a NSW political staffer, provoking a furious response from the Chinese Government. The Chinese Government has used state media to accuse Australian authorities of secretly raiding the homes […] Read more
