Travel Active launches bilingual programme in Dutch high schools
Cultural exchange organisation Travel Active is now offering a bilingual High School Holland programme to its agent partners. The programme allows international high school students in grades seven to ten to study English and Dutch in The Netherlands. Half of classes...
STR: Mainland China performance update
Kelsey Fenerty, STR9 December 2020 As the first market impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, China was quick in both its pandemic mitigation as well as its hotel recovery. While STR does not report on hostel performance in China, lessons learned in the market’s hotel...
WYSE Travel Confederation founding sector association IASIS closes
 Sensitive to the impact of recent events on the industry coupled with the permanent changes that technology and the internet introduced in the marketplace, the members of IASIS in an Extra-ordinary General Meeting held on the 15th October 2020 resolved to wind up...
YHA New Zealand concerned about Tourism Minister’s anti-backpacker stance
YHA New Zealand is concerned about Tourism Minister Stuart Nash’s focus on high-value tourism when borders reopen. The youth market represented almost a quarter (450,000 people) of all annual holiday arrivals to New Zealand up until COVID-19. This is a significant...