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JetBlue planes at a gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images Get ready to fight over the armrest again. JetBlue Airways on Thursday said it will sell all seats on its flights starting Jan. 8. It is the latest carrier to cite advanced filtration systems

SINGAPORE – Air travel bubbles rely on both sides having “full confidence” in each other, and Singapore needs to be in the right position before loosening measures further, said the chief executive of the country’s tourism board. “We fully support what (Education Minister Lawrence Wong) has said about the need for us, for Singapore to

A Boeing 777-312(ER) passenger plane belonging to the Singapore Airlines lands at Hong Kong International Airport on August 01 2018 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. S3studio | Getty Images News | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Quarantine-free leisure travel between Hong Kong and Singapore will resume on Nov. 22, according to details of a bilateral air

Despite rising Covid-19 infections throughout the United States, Europe and beyond, people are preparing to travel in late 2020. According to a survey by travel booking app Hopper, 39% of Americans are expected to travel during the upcoming holiday season. By that estimate, nearly 130 million people will be hitting the road in the United

Florida, Port of Miami, Row of cruise ships docked, non-essential business due to Coronavirus. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, travel executives have been pinning their hopes on a Covid-19 vaccine saving their industry, which has suffered from the fallout of the health crisis. Following news Monday of

An upsurge in Covid-19 cases is hampering travel to most of the world’s most popular tourist destinations — but less famous, more remote retreats are enjoying a resurgence. From hiking hidden hillsides to riding remote routes, there are plenty of ways to escape the crowds and have a socially distanced holiday either at home or

It just got easier for residents of major world cities to find the best tipples in town. The World’s 50 Best Bars were announced on Nov. 5 in London via a virtual awards ceremony, with the city’s Connaught Bar clinching the No. 1 spot. The bar — which ranked No. 2 last year — traded

Lorado | E+ | Getty Images “It’s increasingly a computer-based global work environment,” Minott said. “People can travel from country to country or stay where they like.” The benefits are plentiful. You get to live in a vacation destination, improve your quality of life and possibly reduce your cost of living. Just make sure you

SINGAPORE — The travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore could take effect within this month —and discussions are ongoing with other countries including Thailand and Japan, according to Hong Kong’s financial secretary Paul Chan. “We’re working hard with the Singaporean government,” said Chan told CNBC’s Emily Tan on Monday. “The target is to launch

The U.K. goes back into lockdown this week — but in some cases, it still makes sense to plan for when restrictions go away. One British luxury train, in particular, certainly requires early booking. This month, the Belmond British Pullman was named the best luxury train journey in the world by Condé Nast Traveler’s 2020

A passenger prepares to take a Delta flight on August 8, 2020 at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York. Andrew Lichtenstein | Corbis News | Getty Images New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told residents on Tuesday to avoid traveling out of state during the holidays as the city responds to the “real threat”

JetBlue has not yet experienced a decline in demand for flights around the upcoming holidays despite increasing coronavirus cases across the United States, Chief Executive Robin Hayes told CNBC on Tuesday. “We continue to see a fair bit of interest for travel around the Thanksgiving and holiday period,” Hayes said on “Closing Bell.” “You’ve got

The latest upswing in U.S. coronavirus cases is unlikely to reach its peak until after Thanksgiving, Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Thursday, a stark prediction for a nation that is already seeing record levels of diagnosed infections. The country’s seven-day average of new cases reached a fresh high of almost 74,200 on Wednesday, according to

Trouble’s brewing in the travel trade. Stocks pegged to the reopening of the economy — particularly airlines, hotels and cruise lines — have been hit hard this week as rising coronavirus case counts take the wind out of the recovery. The NYSE Arca Airline Index fell by more than 6% on Wednesday and 14% this

Digital nomads can now work remotely in the Cayman Islands for up to two years. The catch? Those workers must make at least $100,000 a year — and even more if they want to bring a companion. Launched on Oct. 21, the Global Citizen Concierge Program invites high-earning workers to ride out the next several

Countries have not yet come to a consensus on how to safely restart travel amid the coronavirus crisis, and this could cost the global economy trillions of dollars, according to the chief executive of Dubai Airports. “We don’t have an agreed testing procedure for a reliable, accurate and scalable test, and that needs to happen,”

Southwest CEO Gary Kelly told CNBC on Thursday the airline is focusing its operations on leisure fliers, citing the difficulty in predicting when business travel will rebound in earnest from the coronavirus pandemic. Kelly, appearing on “Squawk on the Street,” said it usually takes about five years for corporate travel to begin expanding again after

The village of Santo Stefano di Sessanio in the Abruzzo region of Italy has launched an initiative to attract new younger residents. Atlantide Phototravel | Getty Images The Italian village of Santo Stefano di Sessanio is hoping to attract new younger residents by offering them grants totaling as much as 44,000 euros ($52,022).  The picturesque

Boston Globe | Getty Images Many in Silicon Valley may be fuming about the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet‘s Google, but one slice of the tech industry is cheering the move: Online travel booking operators. TripAdvisor CEO Stephen Kaufer, a longtime critic of Google, welcomed the government’s decision to look into the tech behemoth.

Americans can now travel to Hawaii’s beautiful tropical shores without having to quarantine on arrival. From Oct. 15, domestic travelers who take part in the state’s Pre-Travel Testing Program can bypass a two-week quarantine requirement, provided they test negative for Covid-19 before and, in some cases, after they arrive. “After not being able to travel