Mastercard and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) announced a partnership, with STB being the first national tourism organisation to join Mastercard’s City Possible programme. As part of the programme, the two partners will collaborate on addressing challenges faced by Singapore’s tourism industry. Through the partnership, a range of solutions and initiatives will be explored to […]
Tag Archives: Tourism
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Europe’s leading multi-modal travel booking platform Omio has launched a new campaign to support tourism in one of the hardest COVID-hit European travel destinations, Bergamo, in northern Italy, which was severely affected by the pandemic. Working in conjunction with Visit Bergamo and local experts, Omio has committed to ‘adopting the town’ by highlighting itineraries to […]
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Tourism ministers from Israel, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain will come together at WTM Virtual for the first time since signing historic agreements to normalise relations in September. The Abraham Accords, signed on 15 September, set in motion a host of business opportunities and intergovernmental agreements between Israel and the UAE, as well as creating […]
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In response to recent positive progress in the Hong Kong government’s discussions with other destinations on forming travel bubbles, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is gradually resuming promotions in the local and source markets, reviving tourism through a combination of short-term and long-term strategies. Locally, the HKTB is restarting promotions with the ‘Holiday at […]
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UNWTO did a surprising approach and is currently meeting with 170 delegates from 24 countries in Georgia to conduct the agency’s 112th Executive Council meeting. According to the latest data from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) showing the severe impact of a reduction of 93% in international tourism arrivals around the world comparing 2020 and […]
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The Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has met in-person and virtually for its 112th session. This was the first major in-person event involving tourism and the United Nations held since the COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. The Executive Council was able to gather 170 delegates from 24 countries, who all agreed to […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the travel and tourism industry to a near standstill with prolonged lockdowns. Now that government authorities across several countries have relaxed air travel restrictions, airports and hotels are trying to re-build confidence in travellers. Against the backdrop, contactless technologies are proving to be a game-changer for the industry. Sneha Nigade, […]
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Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) to address the needs of Singapore’s tourism and lifestyle small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) impacted by COVID-19. The STB-Visa collaboration focuses on two strategic areas to revive the local tourism industry – joint research […]
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Tourism and recreation joined 12 other UK sectors that are outperforming their international counterparts on a series of metrics tracking recovery from Covid-19 in August, according to Lloyds Bank. The Lloyds Bank UK Recovery Tracker, working with IHS Markit, provides unique insight into the shape and pace of the UK’s recovery following the unprecedented disruption […]
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The Croatian National Tourist Board (CNTB) has launched a new promotional campaign ‘Thank you’ on social networks including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, where it thanks foreign tourists for choosing Croatia and Croatian destinations for their vacation this year. The campaign is being implemented across 13 foreign markets, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, […]