Marriott Rode Leisure Travel Trends to a $1 Billion Profit Last Year

Skift Take The U.S. recovery fueled Marriott’s profitable fourth quarter and entire 2021. But weaker performance in China isn’t deterring the company from wanting to have more hotels there and…

Mastercard Economics Institute: Pent-up demand drives global leisure and business flight bookings past 2019 levels

May 18, 2022 U.S., U.K, Switzerland, Spain and Netherlands top the list of most visited destinations Cruises, buses and trains see strong spending rebound in 2022 as Covid…

Covid restrictions still in place for UK travellers in Europe | Travel & leisure

Families from the UK who are heading abroad for the spring half-term break continue to face a complex array of Covid testing requirements as restrictions for popular destinations remain in…

Flight bookings for leisure and business travel top 2019 levels

For the first time since the start of the pandemic, global leisure and business flights have risen to levels not seen since 2019. That’s according to the Mastercard Economics Institute’s…

Well-off Britons splash out on trips of a lifetime as Covid restrictions ease | Travel & leisure

Wealthy people are “blowing the bloody doors off” on extravagant holidays costing as much as £100,000 to celebrate the easing of coronavirus travel restrictions with extended families. Sally Donaldson, a…

Popular destinations still closed to leisure tourists

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