Pandemic

Travel across the Asia Pacific region (APAC) is well on its way to recovery, with growing travel demand across all markets as the industry approaches the second half of the year. Data from Amadeus’ Demand360® shows that in the first quarter of 2023 (January-March), the region saw a hotel of…

The hospitality sector seems to have recovered from the pandemic as occupancy picks up and hotel companies are building new properties. Swiss-Belhotel International aims to double its portfolio with major developments across Asia Pacific fuelling its goal to become the go-to partner for hotel owners. Travel Daily Media spoke to…

The United States is about to begin a new chapter in its fraught immigration policy. At midnight on Thursday, a provision that built a procedural wall against migrants – if not a physical one – is set to expire. American communities along the Mexican border are preparing for an influx…

MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday, racing to enter the U.S. before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted in a shift that threatens to put a historic strain on the nation’s beleaguered immigration system. The imminent end of the rules known as Title 42 stirred fear…

This week marks the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the United States to quickly expel migrants at the southern border for the last three years. The restrictions are often referred to as Title 42, because the authority comes from Title 42 of a 1944 public health…

Alamy Stock Photo File photo # rival airlines EU court annuls approval of Germany's €6 billion bailout of Lufthansa after Ryanair complaint Lufthansa received the cash injection in 2020 when the pandemic brought global air travel to a halt. A EUROPEAN COURT has annulled the decision by the European Commission…

The Hospital Authority (HA) has said it will continue to expand its remote consultation services this year after public acceptance of telehealth grew during the pandemic. The HA said it had given more than 200,000 remote consultations over the past year, and that it plans to expand its services to…

For a new study, a team of physicists recruited roughly 1,000 undergraduate students at the University of Colorado Boulder to help answer one of the most enduring questions about the sun: How does the star's outermost atmosphere, or "corona," get so hot? The research represents a nearly-unprecedented feat of data…

U.S. officials are expecting a surge in migrants seeking asylum as the pandemic-era health policy Title 42 is set to end this week. Some 10-13,000 migrants are expected to arrive along the southern border per day. Manuel Bojorquez takes a look at how the influx might strain border towns' resources.…

OTTAWA - Canada will expand a pilot project to attract more temporary foreign workers to jobs in Canada's agricultural industry for another two years after the pandemic meant it got off to a slow start, the immigration minister announced Monday. The government launched the agri-food pilot three years ago to…