Reminder: GBTA Coronavirus Poll – Your Participation Is Essential! We are currently fielding the 9th installment of the GBTA Coronavirus Poll. This poll is critical to the recovery of our industry and its results continue to be used by C-suite executives and boards, the media, congress and government committees. As a member association, we rely…

Update on GBTA Convention 2020 Over the past few months, GBTA staff and leadership have explored every option possible to proceed with the association’s 2020 Convention set for November in Denver, Colorado. That said, with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to spike globally and the Denver Convention Center dedicated to a temporary medical facility, the convention center cannot be…

These States Still Require Travelers to Self-Quarantine or Present Negative COVID-19 Test States are opening back up, but that doesn’t mean travelers are free to come and go as they please amid the coronavirus pandemic. USA TODAY has an update on the states that are discouraging interstate travel by requiring or recommending that visitors and…

GBTA Coronavirus Poll: Your Participation Is Essential! We are currently fielding the 9th installment of the GBTA Coronavirus Poll. This poll is critical to the recovery of our industry and its results continue to be used by C-suite executives and boards, the media, congress and government committees. As a member association, we rely on your input…

Coronavirus Updates: Seven-Day Average Case Total in the U.S. Sets Record for 27th Straight Day Officials in states with surging coronavirus cases issued dire warnings and blamed outbreaks on early reopenings Sunday as the seven-day average for daily new cases in the United States reached a record high for the 27th straight day. “We don’t…

UK to Lift Ban on Non-Essential Travel to up to 90 Countries Overseas holidays and visits to up to 90 countries will be possible for Britons from Monday without the need to quarantine for 14 days on return. The Foreign Office is expected to lift its ban on non-essential travel to nearly all EU countries,…

Fauci Warns U.S. Could See 100,000 New Coronavirus Cases per Day Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the nation’s top infectious diseases experts, told a Senate panel Tuesday that he “would not be surprised” to see the number of daily new coronavirus cases balloon to 100,000 per day if the country does not take action to…

Travel Managers Are Working Out How Companies Can Return to Travel — Is It Worth It? Corporate travel managers are looking for a magic formula to allow employees to take business trips again. Many are working on what’s commonly being referred to as a “Return to Travel” document, which sets out approval procedures and other…

Homeland Security to Reopen Travelers’ Global Entry Enrollment Centers July 6, with COVID-19 Changes The Global Entry program, which has been shut down since March 19 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, will open enrollment centers again starting July 6, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency under Homeland Security announced Friday. Continue Reading >>   COVID-19 Update Coronavirus Updates:…

The Travel Industry Will Survive COVID-19, But with Big Changes For Fast Company’s Shape of Tomorrow series, we’re asking business leaders to share their inside perspective on how the COVID-19 era is transforming their industries. Here’s what’s been lost—and what could be gained—in the new world order. Continue Reading >>   COVID-19 Update Coronavirus Updates: Texas Pauses Reopening…

European Aviation Unites in Call for Support for Green Recovery from COVID-19 With the gradual restarting of passenger air transport in the coming weeks, leaders from over a dozen air transport associations1 representing Europe’s aviation sector today issued an urgent call for EU leaders to prioritise specific decarbonisation initiatives in their allocation of future COVID-19…

Coronavirus: EU Considers Barring Americans from Travel List A number of European countries are keen to open up to tourists but others are wary of the continued spread of coronavirus. The 27-member bloc must first agree the measures that non-EU countries should meet before deciding on a safe list. The virus is spreading in the…

Do U.S. Airlines Have a Legal Right to Bar Passengers Who Don’t Wear Masks? Thus far, the U.S. federal government has shown no interest in requiring airline passengers to wear masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19. So many carriers, including American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta Air Lines, are doing it for them, going so…

Study: Business Travel to Resume Within Next Three Months Nearly half (49 per cent) of all polled Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) member companies plan to resume domestic travel within the next three months, while one in five plan to resume all travel in the same period. –Features GBTA Continue Reading >> COVID-19 Update  Egypt, Slovenia, Ukraine, and Other…