Global Travel News
PATA Calls for Urgent Action to Address COVID-19 Impacts on Thai Tourism
Bangkok, Thailand, April 9, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is calling for urgent action from all Thai travel and tourism industry stakeholders from both...
Haitham Mattar Joins IHG Hotels as Managing Director of IMEA Region
Denham, United Kingdom, April 9, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / IHG Hotels & Resorts has announced the appointment of Haitham Mattar as Managing Director of India, Middle East & Africa (I...
GreenStep Sustainable Tourism Standard is a GSTC-Recognized Standard
Wakayama, Japan, April 9, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) is pleased to announce that the Japan Sustainable Tourism Standard for Destinations (JSTS-D)...
Startup Competition to Accelerate Rural Development Through Tourism
Madrid, Spain, April 8, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has launched a new competition to identify the best ideas that will help rural communities recover f...
Utopia Launches Exciting Island-Wide Membership Program Club Utopia in Phuket
Phuket, Thailand, April 8, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / Utopia Corporation, Phuket’s pioneering property developer and hospitality company, is forging even closer bonds within the island’s busi...
SpaceFund Venture Capital Announces First Close of Second Fund
Houston, Texas, United States, April 7, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / SpaceFund announced it has reached and surpassed the planned first close of $5 million for its $20 million BlastOff Fund tod...
WISeKey and SUNx to Introduce First Ever Climate Change and Sustainability NFT
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 6, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / WISeKey to launch the NFT auction of the original SWATCH created for the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, on Earth Day, April 22, 2021. This ...
Singapore Accepts IATA Travel Pass
Singapore, April 7, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed Singapore’s acceptance of pre-departure COVID-19 PCR test results on the IATA Travel...
World Tourism Forum Lucerne Postpone its Innovation Festival
Lucerne, Switzerland, April 4, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / The World Tourism Forum Lucerne announced that the Innovation Festival, Moving Forward, will not go ahead as planned on 29-30 April...
New Research Backs Rapid Testing for Safe and Efficient Restart of Air Travel
Geneva, Switzerland, April 5, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments to accept best-in-class rapid antigen tests in fulfillment of COV...
