Newsletter - 05th April 2020

Daily News Updates / 05th April 2020

Hospitality
France’s Accor closing two-thirds of hotels over coronavirus Over the past three weeks, the crisis has severely deepened with over half the worldwide population either confined and/or under lock-down. This has resulted in a virtual st... READ MORE

Hospitality
Luxury hotel Villa Copenhagen to open in 100-year-old post office – Villa Copenhagen – Opening May 2020 The 390-room Villa Copenhagen is set to open on May 14 under the Nordic Hotels and Resorts group. It is also a member of the Preferred Hotels and Resorts high-end LVX collection.&... READ MORE

Associations
COVID-19 impacts Indian Tourism & Hospitality Sector Travel and tourism alone account for 9.2% of India’s GDP (2018). The tourism sector generated 26.7 million jobs in 2018. The cascading effect of the coronavirus has been fo... READ MORE

Aviation
UK plans 7 special flights from Delhi, Mumbai, Goa for stranded Britons An estimated 35,000 British nationals are currently in India, out of whom over 20,000 have contacted the British High Commission to say they wish to return to the UK as soon as po... READ MORE

Hospitality
Radisson Hotel Group announces its first beach resort in Dubai Radisson Hotel Group is proud to announce the signing of the Radisson Resort Dubai Palm Jumeirah, its first beach resort in Dubai and third Radisson hotel in the United Arab Emira... READ MORE

Business Travel
Sharp Increase in International Business Travel Suspensions : GBTA Survey Corporate suspensions or cancellations especially of international business travel in the past two weeks have increased sharply due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to a Glo... READ MORE

International
It’s time to pause and refocus! Turismo de Portugal launches #CantSkipHope The Portuguese Tourism Board has transformed the communication of the tourism destination from #CantSkipPortugal into #CantSkipHope, a message of hope for all, adjusted to the mom... READ MORE

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