Travel Industry News 30 May 2022

RMT vote overwhelmingly to strike The RMT union this week announced that its members had voted “overwhelmingly to strike”, in what it said was “the biggest endorsement for industrial action by railway workers since privatisation”. A total of 71 per cent of over 40,000 members balloted took part in the vote, with 89 per cent voting in favour of strike …

Travel industry news on Friday 20 May 2022

IATA: Asia-Pacific is playing catch-up on restarting travel after Covid-19 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged Asia-Pacific states to ease border measures to accelerate the region’s recovery from Covid-19. Willie Walsh, IATA’s director general urged governments to remove all restrictions for vaccinated travellers, as well as lifting quarantine and Covid-19 testing for unvaccinated travellers “where there are high …