“This is to protect lives in Utah, to protect the lives of visitors,” said Vicki Varela, managing director of the Utah Office of Tourism. “That’s what our visitors are watching for. They want to know that they’re coming to a place where people are showing personal responsibility.” After bleeding millions […]

SHANGHAI — With the coronavirus pandemic making international vacations all but impossible, Chinese citizens are heading to domestic destinations during the National Day holiday that starts Thursday, giving the country’s tourism industry a much-needed boost. Upward of 600 million trips will be made within the country during this year’s seven-day holiday, […]

It’s quiet out there, and we’re wrapping up early. Thanks for following along today – we’ll be back on Monday. London-listed lenders have hit their lowest level in almost three decades, according to a gauge of bank stock values. The FTSE 350 Banks index, a capitalisation-weighted gauge of lenders’ stock […]

(Bloomberg) — Some slivers of light emerged for the car industry as the first week of earnings season wrapped up for European companies, while the benefits of working from home showed up in results from telecom equipment company Ericsson AB. German car manufacturer Daimler AG said Friday it saw a […]

Los Angeles County is expecting an uptick in its supply of COVID-19 vaccines this week, providing a welcome boost to the region’s inoculation efforts. The county’s latest allocation, pegged at approximately 362,000 doses, is up nearly 39,000 from last week, according to the Department of Public Health. That number is […]

By Sally French When Gianna De Salvo took her 4-year-old daughter Arabella to see Santa Claus this year, it was far from the merry experience she anticipated. “She took one look at him and froze,” De Salvo says. Santa was wearing a mask. That’s not what Arabella was expecting, and […]

MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) is still hurting from the coronavirus pandemic, even though it’s been open for several months here in the U.S. and operating in Macao since February. Tight restrictions on travel, casino capacity, and disinterest from the public during a global health crisis have hurt the casino operator’s […]

TOKYO — Asian travel companies are increasingly optimistic that recent breakthroughs in producing effective coronavirus vaccines will soon help the industry get back to normality — even though worries persist about a near-term resurgence of the pandemic and some officials suggest incentives to travel should be curbed. While the travel industry […]

Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email In an industry that has arguably been battered worse than any other as a result of the global pandemic, the inclination of airline executives to find optimism amid a sea of red ink is understandable. Case in point: On Thursday American Airlines took […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Birkin handbag maker Hermes’ comparable sales picked up again in the third quarter, rising 7%, and the group said this positive momentum had extended into October after a rebound in Asia and other regions as some coronavirus restrictions eased. Luxury goods groups were hit hard by store […]