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The chairman of Dubai’s flagship airline is optimistic about a return to travel between the United Arab Emirates and the U.K. — one of its top tourism and investment partners — even as a new Covid-19 variant threatens to complicate reopening plans. The mostly-expatriate desert sheikhdom of roughly 10 million has been on the U.K.’s

Move in or check out? Shares of Airbnb are down 36% from their February highs heading into the vacation rental company’s earnings announcement after Thursday’s closing bell. It will be the company’s second report since going public in December. With the shares falling 3.5% to around $135 in Thursday’s trading session, there’s limited hope for

Aerial images of Kea island also known as Gia or Tzia, Zea, and, in antiquity, Keos, is a Greek island in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Kea is part of the Kea-Kythnos regional unit. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images LONDON — Andreas Patiniotis can’t help sounding cheerful as Greece once again welcomes

In this article TVAG-FF Axel Hefer, CEO of Trivago Trivago It’s been said there’s no gain without pain and that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Online travel search firm Trivago seem to have taken the sentiment to heart amid an ongoing pandemic that’s put its industry through the wringer for some 14 months.

In this article PEJ Money is pouring into one exchange-traded fund tied to the reopening trade. Invesco’s Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment ETF (PEJ) has seen its assets climb from around $50 million a year ago to $700 million at the start of 2020 and more than $1.5 billion as of this Thursday, said John Hoffman,

Are any airline stocks worth buying on sale? Two traders grappled with that question on Tuesday as the group slid on concerns around a fuel shortage stemming from this weekend’s cyberattack on a major U.S. pipeline. The U.S. Global Jets ETF (JETS), a basket of 39 airline stocks, ended trading down more than 1.5% on

In this article AAA Las Vegas is the top road trip destination for Memorial Day travel in 2021, says AAA Travel. Hisham Ibrahim | Photographer’s Choice RF | Getty Images Travel looks set to continue its rebound during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, which traditionally marks the start of the summer vacation season, with AAA

In addition to on-site yoga classes and ergonomic desks, companies may have a new wellness initiative up their sleeves — granting workers an annual period of remote work.   Remote work has proved popular with many workers, with 54% of employees saying they want to keep working from home after the pandemic ends, according to

For some homebound travelers yearning for a vacation, the question isn’t whether to book a vacation this year, but when.  Enthusiasm for travel is at its highest point in a year, with 87% of American travelers expected to take a trip this summer, according to a survey conducted last week by travel market research company

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is allowing cruise ships to resume operations this summer, but Norwegian Cruise Line CEO Frank Del Rio says that will be unlikely given the agency’s tough requirements. “I seriously doubt we will be able to stand up a vessel out of a U.S. port in July. August is

Tycoons and Bollywood stars may be among the most high profile residents fleeing India’s shores on private jets as the coronavirus crisis escalates — but they are by no means the only ones, according to private jet charter company JetSetGo. The situation in India has become so dire that even upper-middle class families are pooling

Visitors walk along the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Yan Cong | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Millions of Chinese rushed to travel during the five-day Labor Day holiday, in yet another sign of gradual recovery in domestic consumption. May 1 to 5 marked the

People walk past the official sign marking the Dubai Expo 2020 near the Sustainability Pavilion in Dubai on January 16, 2021. – The six-month world fair, a milestone for the emirate which has splashed out $8.2 billion on the eye-popping venue in the hope of boosting its soft power and resetting the economy, will now

Yagi Studio | DigitalVision | Getty Images Needing documents to travel is nothing new — after all, checking in for a flight requires some form of ID and, if you’re bound for somewhere foreign, it’ll have to be a passport. The same goes for car or train trips that cross the U.S. border, where from

Private jet charter company VistaJet has outlined plans to reach carbon neutrality by 2025 in a bid to get the aviation industry’s sustainability goals off the ground. The strategy includes carbon offsetting schemes contributing to forest protection in Zimbabwe and the Brazilian Amazon, as well as the option for customers to pay extra for sustainable

In this article L Loews Hotels CEO Jonathan Tisch told CNBC on Friday that he sees indications that large events will return soon, a key piece of the hospitality industry’s recovery from coronavirus pandemic-induced woes. “We are starting to see groups come back. We are very optimistic about group business in Q3, Q4, next year

The Biden administration’s recently announced restrictions on travelers from India are unlikely to play a significant role in limiting new coronavirus cases in the U.S., Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday. “Will it have an impact? Perhaps a minor impact on the margins in terms of reducing introductions. It’s not going to dramatically affect our

The list of places that’s welcoming vaccinated people is growing by the week. Proof of vaccines is easing travel restrictions to some places, and is the only way travelers can gain entrance to others. Yet from health forms to testing protocols, travel remains complicated even for the immunized. Rules differ from one country to the

In this article NCLH CCL RCL Royal Caribbean CEO Richard Fain on Thursday cheered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated coronavirus policies for cruise ships to resume sailing from U.S. ports. “We’re really very pleased and very excited because it really does set forth a pathway that we think is achievable, practical and safe,”

South_agency | E+ | Getty Images If you’re thinking of booking that hotel stay you’ve postponed since the pandemic began, you may want to reserve a room right away. Nightly rates, while still somewhat lower than those of one year ago, are slowly rising to match or — in some popular destinations — surpass pre-pandemic