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The European Travel Commission (ETC) regularly analyses market developments and trends. However, its latest bulletin, published a dozen days ago, is more optimistic. The ETC analyses that by 2021, the high level of vaccination coverage in Europe, the EU's Covid-19 digital certificate and the easing of travel restrictions have already...

This will be a new stage in the slow standardisation of travel within the European Union. On 25 January, the Council of the European Union adopted a new recommendation. The aim of this recommendation is a coordinated approach to the free movement of people during the Covid period. This recommendation is in response to the increase in vaccination coverage and the...

2021 has been a particularly eventful year for ÖBB's Nightjet night train product. Coupled with the European Union's "Year of Rail Transport", the Nightjet network was a real hit with the public. The ÖBB has in fact inaugurated four new Nightjet lines in 2021. Since then...

Two aircraft based, 35 destinations this winter and for the summer 2022 season. Ryanair has become a major player in air transport in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The investment for this new base, opened in November, amounted to 200 million dollars. The carrier has added 17 new destinations to its existing network...

While the Omicron variant of Covid is just as dangerous as the Delta variant, its rapid spread is a cause for concern. According to figures released by Santé Publique France, the number of cases in France has doubled in the space of a week. According to the agency's figures, the...

On Tuesday, Italy extended its state of health emergency until March 2022. It has therefore tightened travel restrictions for all travellers. The measure also applies to citizens travelling from other European Union countries. EU travellers to Italy are now required to undergo a screening test for the coronavirus before travelling...

Poland remains the darling of investors in general and hotel chains in particular. The country has one of the best economic performances in the European Union. In 2019, GDP grew by 4.7% compared with 1.6% in the rest of the Union. Last year, GDP did fall as a result of the pandemic. But the...

The agreement has been signed, but it has taken five years. It was in 2016 that the European Commission received a mandate to negotiate a "comprehensive air transport agreement" with Qatar. Negotiations were due to be concluded in 2019. But the dispute between Spain and the United Kingdom over the management of the airport...

Since 19 July, European citizens have once again been able to travel to the Republic of Ireland in accordance with European Union rules. Conversely, Irish citizens can once again leave the country. People who are vaccinated or negative simply need to prove their status on the European health passport. A simplification of the rules that allows the company to...

Presented to the National Assembly for a vote on 20 July, the Macron government's "Climate and Resilience" law was born out of the report by the Citizens' Climate Convention. In the end, however, few of the proposals were adopted. According to the follow-up to the Citizens' Climate Convention, 22% of the measures...

Travel as easy as a QR Code. Coming into force on July 1, the "EU digital Covid certificate" aims to revive the world of intra-continental tourism by putting digital proof of vaccination, test negativity or immunity to the virus in the hands of travellers. The promise: a...

Announced a few months ago, the "Covid EU digital certificate" will come into force on 1 July and will be one of the proofs authorised for travel within the European Union and the Schengen area. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="109889"] Since 25 June, travellers have been required to present a digital...

With just under 500 rooms, a futuristic event space for up to 1,000 participants and an ideal location not far from Central Station, the Scandic Göteborg Central has everything it takes to become one of the top venues for corporate events in Northern Europe when it opens in the second quarter of 2022. All the more so as it is...

In a press release issued on 17 June, the Finnish Ministry of the Interior stated that Finland would welcome back all travellers from 21 June, particularly for "non-essential" reasons. This decision applies to all citizens of EU/Schengen countries. Travellers must have been vaccinated against Covid-19...

We often think that the Asian cities with the best connections from Europe are probably Hong Kong, Shanghai or Tokyo. While these cities offered many direct air routes to Europe, it was in South-East Asia that the greatest number of connections to the old continent were to be found. Until the...

Whether you are vaccinated or not, whether you are tested 48 hours or 72 hours before entering a country: during the last few months of the pandemic, the rules governing entry from one country to another have often been conspicuous by their lack of harmonisation. A situation that the European Union is keen to change. With just over a month to go before...

Already well established in Eastern Europe, Accor has a number of projects underway in the region. Recently, in Poland, the Wiazowna Brant hotel joined the Mercure family, a brand which already has around twenty hotels in the country. Situated near Warsaw, in the natural setting of the Masovian Landscape Park, this complex opened its doors...

Will Belarus become even more isolated than it is at present? One of the last Communist-style dictatorships in Europe has already been hit by international sanctions from the European Union and other Western nations. But the hijacking of a Ryanair plane by military forces and secret services is a new step...

The digital COVID certificate designed to enable free movement of travellers within the European Union is now very close to becoming a reality, with its launch expected at the beginning of July. Following the adoption by a large majority of the outlines of this health pass by the European Parliament last April, its implementation is now...

The European aviation, travel and tourism industries* have issued a statement welcoming the European Parliament's vote on the proposal for an EU regulation on a digital green certificate. The vote paves the way for technical negotiations between the Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission....