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Quintana Roo is sounding the all-clear following a lashing from Hurricane Delta, which made landfall Oct. 7 starting at 5:30 a.m.

Many travel agencies and travel agents have been without any revenue for over six months. It’s not sustainable, says ACTA.

More than half a year after the global travel industry went into near-total lockdown, IATA has released a startling and dire statistic: the airline industry will burn through US$77 billion in cash during the second half of 2020 despite the restart of operations.

Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a Category 2 hurricane with 110 mph (175 kmh) winds Tuesday on a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then grow to a potentially catastrophic Category 4 on approach to the U.S. Gulf coast this week.

Canada hasn’t typically been a big seller for travel agents, with Canadians opting for sun and fun abroad rather than vacations in their own backyard.

An agent’s ‘to-do’ list these days is mind-boggling.

Layoffs within Flight Centre’s Canadian operations include hundreds of front-line travel agents, Allison Wallace, VP, Corporate Communications & CSR, The Americas for Flight Centre, has confirmed.

The Association of Canadian Independent Travel Advisors (ACITA) is applauding the move by the federal NDP party to support the Liberal government over legislation to aid workers during the pandemic, specifically the CERB and the new Canada Recovery Benefit.

The UNWTO has launched a new Tourism Recovery Tracker to support global tourism amid the pandemic.

Industry groups including ACTA and the Coalition of Hardest Hit Businesses are applauding the federal government’s announcement that the wage subsidy (CEWS) will be extended until summer 2021.