Travel

• [New] IATA Travel Pass will help prevent fraud and provide a framework for airlines to securely and efficiently manage COVID-19 travel credentials that governments could easily tap into. / IATA
• [New] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is safe for vaccinated people to travel within the United States, although it continues to warn against travel to most foreign countries. / China Daily
• [New] Gulf companies have worked with US groups on cables designed to travel from India to Israel - which will reportedly involve Oman Telecom and Google, and will transit through Saudi Arabia. / ECFR
• [New] As the European Commission pushes full steam ahead with its action plan on sustainable finance, the UK government will be monitoring the EU's direction of travel as it finalises its own proposals for an ambitious post-Brexit sustainability strategy. / Osborne Clarke
• [New] Despite regional differences in coronavirus rates, the UK government will likely be putting all of Greece on the Amber list, requiring UK travelers to quarantine upon their arrival back in the UK. / GreekReporter.com
• [New] Green light countries will see travelers require a negative test before returning to the UK, as well as a PCR test two days after arrival. / GreekReporter.com
• [New] Britons' summer holiday plans were given a major boost on Monday, as the EU confirmed vaccinated travellers will be able to fly to Europe from June, though it's understood the UK could give the green light to travel to fewer than 10 countries. / The Guardian
• [New] Good vaccination progress in both the UK and the US raises the possibility that UK-US air travel might lead Europe's long haul recovery - although it is still uncertain just what the impact of vaccinations will have on international travel. / CAPA - Centre for Aviation
• [New] The UK has the most advanced vaccination programme among countries with more than 10 million people, but its 22-Feb - 2021 roadmap out of lockdown envisages international travel returning no earlier than 17-May - 2021. / CAPA - Centre for Aviation
• [New] The American Hotel & Lodging Association released new data showcasing the ongoing devastating impact of COVID-19 on hotel industry employment, including projected hotel job loss through the end of 2021. / LODGING Magazine
• [New] UK insurer Collinson found similar results in its study of business travellers, which also showed that 73% of business travellers worldwide say they will give higher priority to their mental wellbeing when travelling in the future. / ITIJ
• [New] Australians stuck in India could face up to five years in jail if they breach a COVID-19 travel ban to return home starting early next week. / Voice of America
• [New] Vaccinated travelers will still need to apply for the Bahamas Travel Health Visa and will be required to upload proof of vaccination with their application in place of PCR test requirement. / For Immediate Release | Official News Wire for the Travel Industry
• [New] Like many EU member states, Poland has not given an indication of when international travel from beyond Europe might return to any semblance of pre-pandemic regularity. / DW.COM
• [New] Under the government plans, travellers returning from green countries will need to take a COVID-19 test just before arriving into the UK and another test on or before the second day of returning but will not need to quarantine. / Skift
• [New] Amber countries will require travellers to take a pre-departure test, quarantine 10 days at home upon their arrival and take PRC tests on quarantine days two and eight, with the option to pay for an extra PCR test to be released from isolation early. / CityAM
• [New] As more Americans receive vaccinations against Covid-19 and as rules on social distancing are relaxed, people are starting to become more interested in travel and going out to eat, new data on app usage suggest. / WSJ
• [New] Reuters 300 million travellers can be expected, including tourists and people who had been unable to visit family before, equal to the population of the United States. / Reuters
• [New] A record-breaking wave of Chinese tourists will hit the road for the Labour Day break, and with borders still shut many will be travelling domestically, to more remote locations and for longer, giving China's economy a powerful short-term boost. / Reuters
• [New] Travellers who want to visit countries on the safe green list will still be expected to pay for gold standard PCR tests on their return to the UK at around £120 each - an extra cost of almost £500 for a family of four. / The Telegraph

Last updated: 08 May 2021