LONDON (AP) — Chaos and confusion over travel rules and measures to contain new virus outbreaks are contributing to another cruel summer for Europe’s battered tourism industry. Popular destination countries are grappling with surging Covid-19 variants, but the patchwork and last-minute nature…
After a three-train journey complete with screaming children and a midafternoon transfer in Italy’s summer heat, I couldn’t have asked for a better place to land than the Hotel Vilon. Just a quick taxi ride from Rome’s main train station, the 18-room…
LUCCA, Italy — When I checked in at the Hotel Ilaria in this ancient walled city in Italy’s Tuscany region, the woman at the desk was surprised to see my American passport. I didn’t have the time, or the desire, to research…
There are very few times when I can genuinely say that a hotel is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. But Calilo, a 30-suite resort on the Greek island of Ios, truly is in a class of its own. Walking into the lobby…
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is recommending that its 27 member countries start lifting restrictions on tourists from the United States. EU members agreed Wednesday to add the U.S. to the list of countries for which they should gradually remove restrictions…
Ultraluxe hospitality group One&Only is growing its European presence, announcing plans to develop a new resort just outside of Athens. The One&Only Aesthesis will be located in Glyfada on the Athenian Riviera, set on nearly 52 acres of beachfront. The majority of…
The White House will convene a series of expert working groups with Canada, the EU, the U.K. and Mexico to determine how to safely reopen international travel, according to Reuters. An unnamed White House official told the news agency that “we hope…
ood news for campers: according to the prime minister’s “roadmap” out of lockdown, “self-contained accommodation” can reopen from 12 April at the earliest in England. Campsites and caravan parks should be able to reopen from this date (unless the roadmap changes in…
With the announcement that some campsites and caravan parks in England may be able to reopen from 12 April, it looks set for a camping boom. Campervan and motorhome sharing platform, Camplify, said it had already witnessed a 209 per cent increase…
ike many people, I spent a lot of 2020 moored to my home town – although, conversely, it had absolutely nothing to do with lockdown. My young family decamped to Saffron Walden in November for a couple of months thanks to some…