The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a German State guarantee scheme worth €840m to cover vouchers issued by travel operators.

Host Hotels & Resorts has said that its properties can be economically viable with occupancy as low as 10 to 15%.

Expedia struck decidedly upbeat notes about recent and current trading alongside second quarter earnings figures posted on 30 July. Its assessment of its Vrbo home-rental booking service was particularly bullish.

Forty per cent of all destinations worldwide have now eased the restrictions they placed on international tourism in response to COVID-19, according to the UNWTO.

Azora has raised €680m for its new fund focused on hotel investments around the Mediterranean.

The UK government has confirmed that three grant schemes covering the pandemic should close by 28 August.

The UK has continued to exclude Portugal from its list of countries where quarantine is not required after visiting.

Scandic Hotels has described its Covid-hit second quarter as “extremely negative” and that while it thinks it is over the worst, it faces “huge challenges”.

At the end of March when everyone had suddenly transitioned to working from home, I wrote about ‘Remote Leading’. Now, four months later, most leaders have successfully adjusted and found ways in which to keep a dispersed workforce engaged and productive.

According to new research from the Universities of East Anglia (UEA), Bath and West of England, hotels should build an emotional attachment with tourists when communicating during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic if they are to encourage them to return.