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Norway have said that it will allow entry to business travellers from all other Nordic countries from 1 June, in an announcement made by its government today. The new rules mean business travellers arriving from Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden will no longer be subject to a mandatory 10 day quarantine, which is currently the case for almost all arrivals from overseas.

Germany will lift a warning against travel to 26 fellow EU countries from 15 June, its foreign minister said today. A government source also said that the step would also include non-EU member states Britain, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. This now opens the way to separate pieces of advice on travel for given regions, and the German cabinet is expected to formally approve the relaxed guidelines for each of those countries next week.

The operator has announced that all Contiki trips due to depart on or before 31 August have now been suspended globally. In light of this, they have also published some updated information for affected customers.

The operator has taken the decision to extend the suspension of sailings until 30 July due to ongoing travel restrictions and temporary port closures. All affected cruise bookings impacted by this extension will be offered a future cruise credit valued at 120% of original booking value.

Hertz Global Holdings (the U.S. based entity) has voluntarily filed for reorganisation under Chapter 11 in the United States legal process. This includes subsidiaries Dollar, Thrifty, Firefly, Hertz Car Sales, and Donlen. Hertz’s principal international operating regions elsewhere are not included in the proceedings and will continue to operate as they did before. Day-to-day operations will continue unaffected at this time.

The airline has introduced new guidance on industry-leading safety measures. This includes hygiene kits containing PPE being distributed to all passengers upon check in at Dubai International Airport, and on flights to Dubai.

The UK government has today confirmed plans to introduce a 14-day mandatory self-quarantine period for international arrivals to the UK via airports, ports and by rail. The new measures will take effect from 8 June 2020 and will also be applicable to British nationals returning from overseas.

The airline has announced the addition of new flights and increased frequencies, in conjunction with a federal government agreement to connect essential travellers with critical freight services in Australia. The changes will see the schedule increase from 64 to 76 return services per week, will bring Adelaide and Perth closer together with a new three-times weekly return service. Passengers travelling between Brisbane and Melbourne, Brisbane-Mackay and Brisbane-Cairns will also be given more flexibility to travel with increased frequencies.

Austria has gradually been easing restrictions related to COVID-19 for over a month, with shops, restaurants, bars and some museums having already been opened to visitors; from 29 May, hotels are to follow. In a bid to encourage both leisure and business travel to return, the country has planned a significant expansion to its COVID-19 testing capacity in order to screen hotel staff.

Beginning June 1, Amtrak is restoring the Acela service on the Northeast Corridor on a modified schedule in response to anticipated increased demand. The modified service will include the restoration of three weekday Acela roundtrips. Northeast regional frequencies will also be increased from eight to 10 roundtrips.

The airline has announced plans to ramp up services next month, including the resumption of its non-stop Rome-New York routes from 2 June. Alitalia is currently operating about 12% of flights compared with this time last year, but says it will resume direct services from Rome to Madrid and Barcelona in June, as well as flights between Milan and southern Italy. In total the airline will operate 30 routes to 25 airports (15 in Italy and ten elsewhere), offering around 36 per cent more flights than in May.

The tour operator has taken the decision to suspend all tours departing between 16 March and 31 July due to travel restrictions being implemented across destinations globally. This suspension also includes all tours on the G Expedition departing in August. A series of FAQ's has been released in order to assist affected customers.

Insight Vacations has announced the temporarily suspension of all guided vacations across the globe for trips departing up until 31 August. Affected customers are able to receive an automatic travel credit for use before 31 December 2022.

The cruise provider has extended suspensions for river cruise sailings embarking up until 31 July. They have also launched a series of FAQ's for affected passengers and a peace of mind policy for departures due to travel from 1 August onwards.

The operator has published updated information for affected passengers of suspended trips that were due to travel up until 31 August. A series of FAQ's is available and customers are able to postpone their trips with the automatic issuance of a future travel credit.

Travellers will gradually be allowed to transit through Changi Airport from 2 June, as Singapore embarks on its phased exit from the circuit breaker period. Stringent measures will be in place to ensure transit passengers remain in designated facilities within the transit area and do not mix with other passengers at the airport. Existing precautionary measures, such as safe distancing, will also continue to be enforced.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has announced that it has extended the suspension of most sailings across its cruise brands until 31 July. This is with the exception of sailings from China, which will be suspended until the end of June.

Trafalgar has temporarily suspended all guided holidays across the globe for trips departing up and until 31 August 2020. Affected customers are able to suspend their trips using automatically issues future travel credits for use before 31 December 2022.

Costsaver has temporarily suspended all guided holidays across the globe for trips departing up and until 31 August 2020. Affected customers are able to suspend their trips using automatically issues future travel credits for use before 31 December 2022.

Qantas and Jetstar will roll out a series of wellbeing improvements to give peace-of-mind in preparation for domestic travel restrictions easing. The ‘Fly Well’ program will be rolled out from 12 June.