Greece ready to welcome Brits ‘from May’ as government revamps NHS app for vaccine passports February 24, 2021 Greece is under discussions to begin welcoming British visitors as early as May, according to reports, as the Prime Minister draws up plans for vaccine passports to resume foreign travel. Under fast-tracked plans, Athens is considering a departure from the EU’s cautious approach to resuming non-essential travel from outside the bloc, the Telegraph reported. Greece [...]
Easy does it for travel and leisure as they underpin the FTSE 100 today February 23, 2021 After a promising start European markets struggled to maintain their early market optimism today. However, some decent gains continue in the likes of travel and leisure stocks, with multi-month highs in a lot of cases. Over the last three days this renewed buoyancy has been evident in anticipation of a possible reopening, and with a [...]
Summer holidays to Greece could be on the cards with vaccine passports February 18, 2021 Greece’ tourism minister has raised hopes that Brits could go on summer holidays to the Mediterranean country through the use of vaccine passports. Speaking to the Today programme, Haris Theoharis said that his government was already in early discussions with UK ministers about how such a system might work. He said that using digital vaccine [...]
Hotel quarantine scheme lifts off as first guests arrive in UK February 15, 2021 England’s hotel quarantine scheme kicked off today as the first passengers touched down at airports around the country for the toughest border protection measures of the pandemic so far. Four coaches of passengers dropped off passengers at the Radisson Blue Edwardian Hotel near Heathrow Airport this morning to start their 10-day stay, as the government [...]