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  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    EU plans digital vaccine passports to boost travel

    Brussels proposes ‘Green Pass’ to help revive region’s devastated travel industry and wider economy

  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    News in-depthRetail & Consumer industry
    Oyo retreats from global ambition

    Speed of expansion was fraying the hotel start-up even before the pandemic

  • Sunday, 28 February, 2021
    InterviewHow to Lead
    A mutual support network pays dividends in times of crisis

    During Mark Hoplamazian’s 15 years as head of Hyatt Hotels the group has focused on a sense of purpose and care

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    Cruises and sailing
    Cruise operators see brighter horizon as vaccines spur bookings

    Stricken industry has been ravaged by pandemic with losses soaring in third quarter

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    Soho House Ltd
    Soho House plans to list in New York with $3bn valuation

    Higher target price expected for hospitality group on anticipation of boom in travel stocks

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    UK business & economy
    UK to extend ban on evicting commercial tenants

    Ministers to give struggling businesses another three months of breathing space to avoid economic shock

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    Travel & leisure industry
    Holiday bookings surge after UK unveils plans for lockdown easing

    Stocks buoyed as Brits rush to snap up getaways from private jets to package holidays

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
    Hotels group IHG cautious about travel recovery

    Owner of Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza says improvement will depend on vaccine rollout

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    European economy
    Greece presses EU to ‘move more quickly’ on vaccine passports

    Idea that could allow foreign travel to resume will be debated at this week’s EU summit

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  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    ExplainerUK politics & policy
    What are the four stages of Johnson’s plan for lockdown easing?

    PM outlines a ‘one-way road to freedom’ for England — but leaves major questions unanswered

  • Saturday, 20 February, 2021
    Travel & leisure industry
    Nobu chief says hotels must look to home markets to survive crisis

    Head of luxury group expects chains with business travel focus to be hardest hit

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    The National Lottery
    UK National Lottery needs to be more digital, licence bidder says

    Sazka’s Sir Keith Mills vows to boost social media presence to halt decline in people playing

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    Special ReportUK’s Leading Management Consultants
    Consultants rewrite the recipe for Covid-hit restaurant chains

    Advisers and consultancies combine to shape crisis rescue bids and radical rethinks for the future

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
    UK business & economy
    UK companies look to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory

    Law firms say businesses are considering making jabs a condition of employment

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
    Marriott International Inc
    Marriott chief Arne Sorenson dies aged 62

    Hotel executive had stepped back from daily running of company amid cancer battle

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    First quarantine passengers arrive at UK airport hotels

    New border requirements include incoming travellers having to take two Covid-19 tests

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    Mitchells & Butlers PLC
    M&B taps shareholders for £350m as pub revenues dry up

    All Bar One owner presses UK government to confirm when bars can open again

  • Saturday, 13 February, 2021
    Commercial property
    What will happen to all of Britain’s empty shops?

    Landlords may have to consider repurposing unfilled retail sites for leisure or residential use

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    Coronavirus treatment
    UK Covid border measures under increasing strain ahead of rollout

    Quarantine hotel booking system down for second day as concerns mount about testing regime

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    Travel & leisure industry
    UK regulator threatens Lastminute.com with legal action over holiday refunds

    Travel company has seven days to repay £1m to 2,600 customers, says CMA

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    SSP Group PLC
    Upper Crust owner SSP set to tap shareholders for £500m

    Plan for second pandemic rights issue comes after group increases state borrowing to navigate crisis

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    Q&ACoronavirus pandemic
    Should Britons abandon hope of a summer holiday?

    How strict new quarantine restrictions will affect travellers to the UK and those looking forward to a vacation

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    Prezzo PLC
    Prezzo cuts sites and jobs through insolvency process

    Private equity owner Cain International shuts 22 restaurants and axes more than 200 staff

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    TUI AG
    Tui expects summer holiday recovery with vaccine rollout

    Europe’s largest tour operator plans to run 80% of its normal programme this year

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    UK business & economy
    Travellers entering UK face tougher Covid testing rules

    New regulations to tackle spread of variants will demand all take 2 follow-up tests on top of pre-flight checks

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