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Lack of Russian Tourists Due to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Will Leave a Void in This Summer’s European Travel Market
GlobalData | May 10, 2022
With the EU banning Russian aircraft from operating in its airspace due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, these nations are likely to receive very few Russian tourists this summer says GlobalData. According to the leading data and analytics company, Russia was the fifth ranked country globally in terms of international departures in 2021, with 13.7 million. According to GlobalData, in 2021, almost 20% of all outbound and domestic trips in Russia occurred in the months of June and July. Additionally, travelers from Russia spent a total of $22.5 billion in 2021, which put it in the top 10 source markets globally for total outbound tourist e...
#hospitalityHelps Has Facilitated Over 120,000 Guest Nights for Displaced Ukrainian Residents Since the Start of The War
#HospitalityHelps | April 11, 2022
April 11, 2022 - Created by a group of hospitality industry veterans, #HospitalityHelps is an online booking platform for short-term hotel stays for people fleeing the war in Ukraine. Through the website www.Hospitality-Helps.org, Ukrainian residents who are seeking shelter can book short-term stays at hotels around Europe and beyond that provide free accommodation. 24/7 support is provided in three languages (Ukrainian, Russian and English) by Ukrainian refugees who were successfully accommodated by #HospitalityHelps. To date, the global initiative is supported by over 600 hotels representing many of the world’s leading hospitality ...
#HospitalityHelps Now Supported by Over 300 Hotels in 38 Countries with 33,575 Room Nights Available for Displaced Ukrainian Residents
#HospitalityHelps | March 17, 2022
March 17, 2022 – Created by a group of hospitality industry veterans, #HospitalityHelps was launched with one goal: to provide temporary hotel accommodation to Ukrainian residents who are forced to leave their homes because of the war. #HospitalityHelps is an online booking platform for short-term hotel stays for people fleeing the war in Ukraine. The global initiative has already gained support from many of the world’s leading hospitality groups including Accor, Hilton, IHG and Marriott as well as independent hotels, and is the only booking platform that works across borders and brands. “It started with one family needing a rest, ...
AAHOA Chair Vinay Patel Issues Statement on Russia’s Premeditated, Unprovoked, and Unjustified Invasion of Ukraine
AAHOA | March 10, 2022
ATLANTA, GA – March 10, 2022 – Two weeks ago, Russian military forces under the guidance of President Putin began an unprovoked and unjustified attack on the Ukrainian people. Today, more than two million people have fled Ukraine, with as many as five million expected to be displaced as Russian troops continue to advance toward major cities. The thoughts and prayers of AAHOA Members, Americans, and the entire world are with the Ukrainian people as they suffer through this tragic humanitarian crisis. “Seeing the news – images and videos of Ukrainian people in bomb shelters, fleeing their homes, and crowding train stations to g...
People Around the World Are Booking Airbnbs in Ukraine to Help People in Need. Will It Work?
Anit Mukherjee and Alan Gelb | March 10, 2022
By Anit Mukherjee and Alan Gelb Over the past few weeks, thousands of people across the world took to Airbnb to book more than 60,000 nights at properties in Ukraine. Nearly all of these Airbnb would-be-guests weren’t considering wartime vacations, but instead were using the popular accommodation booking service as a cash transfer mechanism. This method of philanthropy appears to have originated and gained steam on social media starting on March 2, 2022 when a Twitter user shared the idea to support Ukrainians by booking rooms on Airbnb as a “way to send immediate monetary assistance to people in hard-hit areas.” In essence, p...
Tourism Tidbits: The Invasion of Ukraine
Dr. Peter Tarlow | February 25, 2022
By Dr. Peter Tarlow On Tuesday night, February 22, Russia opened the long-awaited invasion of Ukraine. This article is not meant to be a military nor a political analysis of the events as they are unfolding but rather this article's purpose is to examine the impact of the Russian invasion and war on the worldwide travel and tourism industry. It should be emphasized that at the time of this writing there is a great amount of information that is either not known or is highly vulnerable to change. Thus statements are made based in the most current information and data available at the time of this article’s writing. Lastly, in a wor...
