The cruise sector around the world has made efforts to jumpstart the sector with a series of new protocols.

Travellers were 57% more likely to book a hotel via an OTA than before the pandemic, according to research from Expedia Group.

It was easy to be a law-abiding resident of Paris this week if you had young children, where it was polite of president Macron to have mentioned the 9pm to 6am curfew but really, those regularly treading on Lego would never have noticed

Expedia Group is to work with the UNWTO to promote tourism recovery and share insights from travel data and consumer trends.

Italy has been added to England’s quarantine list, from 18 October, while Crete has been taken off.

Hotels located in regions deemed Tier Three in the UK will not be able to access the support available to other parts of the hospitality sector.

Hostelworld said that it had seen a “deterioration in bookings” in recent weeks as a result of tightening travel restrictions.

The Ascott Limited reported that it signed more than 2,100 units across 12 properties over the last three months in China.

The European Council has adopted a recommendation on a coordinated approach to the restrictions of free movement in response to the pandemic.

There was reassuring news for travellers this week, as Travel Agent Central reported on a study from the International Air Transport Association, which concluded that the risk of contracting Covid-19 aboard an aircraft was low, according to an updated tally of published cases and compiled by the organisation.