New Leadership for YHA Australia
The YHA Australia Board of Directors is pleased to announce the election of Tracey Powell as Chair, and the commencement of Paul McGrath as the new CEO. Tracey Powell was formerly Vice-Chair of YHA Australia and has served on YHA Boards for the past ten years. She is...
Intercultural Outreach Initiative shares 2022 Carbon Negative Strategy
Intercultural Outreach Initiative (IOI), a leading nonprofit that empowers isolated communities to grow sustainably through educational travel, is excited to share its 2022 Carbon Negative Strategy. This all-encompassing strategy is the natural extension of our...
Staff cuts, location closures and short survival periods
Findings from WYSE Travel Confederation’s second COVID-19 Travel Business Impact Survey[1] indicate that travel businesses have moved quickly to streamline operations in the face of declining business by cutting staff and closing locations – particularly businesses...
Q2 worse across the globe, but some source markets expecting better for the whole of 2020
Findings from WYSE Travel Confederation’s second COVID-19 Travel Business Impact Survey[1] indicate that travel and tourism businesses experienced a 60% drop in business in Q1 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. Looking ahead to the rest of 2020, respondents...