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MMGY | June 18, 2020

MMGY Global's integrated marketing agency, MMGY, has joined forces with Expedia Group Media Solutions, Sojern and ADARA to create a unifying campaign that reminds American travelers of the real power of travel. The new digital campaign, “Where Can Travel Take You,” is designed to inspire people to travel again and is slated to run through July....

PhocusWire | April 01, 2020

Airbnb is introducing a number of new tools to help push the platform more in the direction of long-term stays during the coronavirus crisis. The company says the move is to give hosts the chance to provide "local accommodation in these challenging times." It claims 80% of hosts now accept longer term stays and around half of its active listings are giving guests a discount on stays of one month or more. There has been a 20% increase in long-stay bookings on Airbnb in the last two week...

USA Today | May 04, 2020

Flying to a faraway beach might seem like the perfect way to escape the pandemic, but for isolated Pacific islands, controlling the coronavirus means cutting off tourism. Hawaii has among the lowest COVID-19 infection and mortality rates in the USA. As cases rose in March, Gov. David Ige did something no other state can – effectively seal its borders. People who do come face a two-week quarantine, stopping the flow of tens of thousands of tourists who typically arrive every day. “We are the mos...

Safer-Tourism | September 03, 2020

Three leading US companies have teamed up to form the Safer-Tourism Alliance (STA) to offer the travel and tourism industry technology-driven and innovative solutions for safer tourism as a result of Covid-19 based on the principle of managed risk achieved through effective testing, training and tracking (3Ts)....