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Airlines
Today's podcast looks at Delta's big first quarter, Brazil's delayed visa requirements, and the factors behind corporate travel agency mergers.
Rashaad Jorden | 2 weeks ago
Tourism
Brazil keeps pushing back its visa requirement for tourists from Australia, U.S. and Canada. Given the value of these markets to Brazil, maybe it should scrap the requirement altogether.
Dawit Habtemariam | 2 weeks ago
Brazil needs more time to get its new visa processing system in order.
Dawit Habtemariam | 4 months ago
The global Travel Health Index rose to 105, continuing the trend of surpassing pre-pandemic levels and setting a new benchmark. Latin America, propelled by the Taylor Swift Eras Tour led the score, soaring to an all-time high regional index of 117 in November 2023.
Saniya Zanpure | 4 months ago
Tour Operators
Civitatis is capitalizing on its leading position in selling Spanish-speaking tours and activities as it pushes into new markets thanks to private equity support.
Selene Brophy | 4 months ago
Online Travel
Brazil is a huge market, as are airline tickets, for Despegar. A rival with an alleged Ponzi scheme for selling airline tickets wasn't really fair competition.
Dennis Schaal | 5 months ago
News Blog
South African Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille hosted a BRICS Tourism Ministers Meeting on Tuesday focusing on tourism recovery between the bloc of nations. Tourism growth related to direct flights among Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa was discussed as a follow-up to the BRICS Summit the country hosted in August. From January to…
Selene Brophy | 6 months ago
Brazil will mandate visitors from the U.S., Australia and Canada obtain an e-visa prior to entering the country starting January 10, 2024, according to Embratur, Brazil tourism's board. The visa requirement was initially going to take effect on October 1 this year, but the government has postponed it to next year. Since 2019, Brazil had…
Dawit Habtemariam | 8 months ago
Airline Weekly
Business travel may be in a recession in Europe and North America. Not so much in Brazil where Azul is among the first airlines in the world to report a full recovery.
8 months ago
You probably won't see many credit card machines at Despegar's stores or booths in Argentina. But you will see travelers with cash.
Dennis Schaal | 8 months ago