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European Tourism Trends The European Travel Commission recently published its latest edition of the European Tourism Trends & Prospects quarterly report. Naturally, the report focuses on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on travel during 2020, as well as… Read more

As hotel marketers are ready to welcome 2021 with a reset attitude, now is the time for each hotel to finalize its yearly marketing plan. There are 5 major hotel marketing trends and new tools that should be taken into… Read more

The numbers per region Percentage distribution for the period July 2019 – June 2020 reveals that hotels and short term rentals in Greece has reached equal number of beds. This is one of the main findings in a recent study… Read more

Global Travel Collection recently presented a new study during the “Elevate the Journey “web conference. The study shows that Europe is the top pick for luxury travelers. The study also reveals that luxury travelers are concerned about their health and… Read more

Deutsche Bank is considering three security indicators to identify the safest countries for tourists this summer. Going on holiday during COVID-19 remains a huge challenge, as noted in its latest report on tourism. As a matter of fact, most will… Read more

A survey recently conducted by Destinology reveals travelers’ sentiment for the summer 2020 and 2021. In addition the survey highlights travelles preferences for destinations and holidays budget. 2020 20% of responders said that it is extremely likely to book a… Read more

The following article is trying to outline a hotel market update and trends for the upcoming months. Market Recovery The last two weeks we monitor a slow down to cancelations for stays in Q3. New reservations have started slightly to… Read more

Air traffic recovery. Since the beginning of the pandemic (COVID 19) airline companies were the most affected. We all know that without flights touristic destinations suffer a lot. Professionals within tourism industry are trying to foresee when and how air… Read more

German Tour operators are forced to cancel June reserations as the German government has decided to prolong travel restrictions up to 14 June FVW says. Heiko Maas the foreign minister stated: “Whoever travels abroad at the moment does not know… Read more

A new route Chania Budapest had been annouced on Friday by Ryanair. The new route will start on June 2020 and it has been scheduled to operate once per week until end of September. Source: etravelnews

According to STR at the moment there is no big impact on the EU travel industry due to the virus. STR sees an impact only on airport hotels in Amsterdam, Dublin and Paris.