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The World Travel & Tourism Council | July 22, 2020

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is warning that a return to country-wide border closures and blanket travel restrictions could derail the industry's recovery, stalling global economic growth. As a result, the organization is urging governments around the world to respond to spikes in COVID-19 cases with regional and local measures. WTTC said it also supports the opening of city to city "air corridors" connecting global financial centers like London and New York...

Business Travel News | February 26, 2020

Hotel room wholesaler WebBeds will use Troovo Technologies' virtual payment card generation tools to make payments to hotel suppliers, the companies announced. Under the partnership, WebBeds will use Troovo's robotic process automation-driven platform to route and process payments for rooms, which the company subsequently resells to such parties as travel agents, OTAs, airlines and tour operators. Itself a subsidiary of Australia-based travel seller Webjet, WebBeds owns a portfolio...

Travel Technology

ATPI | July 06, 2021

When faced with a crisis, the travel industry reacts in a variety of ways. ATPI’s solution to the pandemic is to join the other mega-agencies that offer technology to other travel agencies. What ATPI may discover: licensing may be a complicated process. ATPI’s track record with technology companies works to its advantage. For example, it recently invested $1.4 million in TapTrip and almost $350,000 in Singapore’s Greywing platform. According to its CEO, it now wa...

Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc | June 29, 2020

On July 12, 2020, Barbados will begin welcoming visitors back, with JetBlue flights from New York-JFK scheduled to resume service on July 25 and American Airlines from Miami on August 5. Within 72 hours prior to departure for Barbados, “all travelers from high-risk countries are strongly encouraged to take a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test from an accredited laboratory,” the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. said....