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Easing border restrictions and introducing vaccine passes will be essential to help revive the hard-hit hotel industry, says the CEO of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Clement Kwok. His comments come after the company, which owns and runs a slew of luxury hotels, reported a net loss of $250 million for 2020. Kwok told CNBC the

(CNN) — The Italian island of Sardinia sits in the middle of the Tyrrhenian Sea, gazing at Italy from a distance. Surrounded by a 1,849-kilometer coastline of white sandy beaches and emerald waters, the island’s inland landscape rapidly rises to form hills and impervious mountains. And it is within these edgy curves that shepherds produce

The first commercial flight of the Qantas Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft on December 15, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. James D. Morgan | Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it will inspect four of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner planes itself, rather than delegating that work to Boeing, after production issues surfaced last year. “The

(CNN) — “You ride along here at night going home. And you look out. You look in the windows and you see the lights on and think… What is going on at that kitchen table? What are people thinking about? What are their real worries?” Such thoughts would occupy Senator Joe Biden’s mind on his

A picture taken on February 28, 2021 shows palm trees on the empty “Promenade des anglais” in Nice, on the French riviera. VALERY HACHE | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, proposed Wednesday a vaccination certificate for citizens as a way to prop up tourism-related activities this summer.

(CNN) — Bathed in the faint light at the end of the once seemingly endless pandemic tunnel are visions of trips that reunite us with loved ones or take us to some blissfully new environment. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still urging Americans — even those who have been vaccinated —

(CNN) — Ireland. Close your eyes and picture what you think of when you envision the Emerald Isle. The green. The natural beauty. That distinctive accent. But above all, Ireland is forever associated with its famed hospitality — the warmth of its people and its pubs. It’s a country that prides itself on the slogan

As more countries lift travel restrictions for those who have been vaccinated, the world is slowly opening to travelers again. Travelers without kids, that is. To date, no Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use in children, said Dr. Sharon Nachman, chief of the pediatric infectious disease division at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. Clinical trials

Editor’s Note — CNN Travel’s series often carries sponsorship originating from the countries and regions we profile. However, CNN retains full editorial control over all of its reports. Read the policy. (CNN) — You may not know what a junk boat is, but odds are high that you’ve seen one. The junk boat — tall

Flight attendants show safety precautions on an American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX airplane before it takes off on a test flight from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas, Texas, on December 2, 2020. Juliette Michel | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said it would continue to crack down on unruly

(CNN) — It’s been a year since the cruise industry was in the eye of the Covid storm as leisure ships proved themselves ideal places for the disease to spread. On March 13 last year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a no-sail order for ships plying American waters while major industry

Singapore Airlines crew members and travelers at the transit hall of Changi Airport in Singapore on Jan. 14, 2021. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore Airlines shares jumped Monday after the city-state confirmed it was in talks with Australia to set up an air travel bubble. Singapore Airlines shares were up

(CNN) — The most luxurious thing in the sky is to stretch out on a fully flat bed and sleep your way through a night flight, arriving refreshed the next morning. It can certainly be pricey, though, with many business class seats running into the thousands of dollars, and first class sometimes into the tens

San Francisco Giants pitcher Tyler Anderson (31) throws a pitch during Game 1 of MLB doubleheader between the San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants on September 25, 2020 at Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA. Brian Rothmuller | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images The San Francisco Giants partnered with sports marketing agency Pivot

Editor’s Note — For more on Italian food, watch new CNN Original Series “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT. (CNN) — Paolo Gramaglia loves tomatoes. The owner and chef of the Michelin-starred President restaurant in Pompeii, his link with the fruit is so strong, he says, that he and it are

Micronesia has confirmed only one case of Covid-19 to date. The Polynesian island of Samoa and the South Pacific island of Vanuatu have just three cases each. Sounds like safe travel choices? There’s just one problem — none are allowing in tourists. Many islands that opened to tourists during the pandemic experienced rising coronavirus infection

(CNN) — We’ve had pre-travel testing, quarantine on arrival and “covid-free” flights. Now comes something new in the travel industry’s battle against the pandemic: “covid-free” trains. The concept is being launched in Italy, the first European country to be hit hard by Covid-19, which, one year on, is in the grip of a feared third

SINGAPORE — Singapore has not given up on forming a bilateral “air travel bubble” with Hong Kong that would allow travelers to skip quarantine, the Southeast Asian country’s Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung told CNBC. The arrangement was supposed to begin last November but was postponed after Hong Kong reported a resurgence in new Covid-19