Ben Schroeter is Director of Strategic Engagement at Booking.com and one of the authors of this joint report with EY Parthenon and OC&C. An economist by training, Ben has always loved to travel and lived in various places in Europe and North-America. He has now settled down with his family in Amsterdam.
Amidst a difficult global context – marked by escalating geopolitical tensions and enduring cost-of-living crisis – Europe’s travel and tourism sector has defied odds. Research conducted […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the equivalent of a Supreme Court for the bloc, rejected on Wednesday, 18 September, a complaint form […]
On 27 August, a landslide in the French Maurienne Valley caused the Fréjus tunnel, connecting France and Italy to close. While the road traffic segment of […]
Europe is decades ahead of other world regions, the WHO (World Health Organization) has said, when it comes to having an aging population. Time to act […]
Although recent reports have predicted the end of revenge travel, with a “slower-than usual shoulder season” for tourism expected this autumn, the intent to travel having […]
The European Sleeper night route between Brussels and Berlin is set to gain an extra leg, travelling on to Dresden in eastern Germany and Prague in […]
After being distinguished as the Best in Education for training travel agents last year, Switzerland Tourism has received the award for the best rail tourism campaign […]
Members of the European Parliament have voted on and adopted today a resolution proposed by the Petitions Committee on 20 September, moving to scrap hand luggage […]
The European Commission has just launched the long-awaited European Cycling Declaration. Promised by the institution’s Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans as a “cycling revolution” ahead of […]
Created in 1995, the Schengen Area is now a flagship pillar of the European Union, called by the European Commission a “crown jewel of European integration” […]
Ryanair will have to hack its own winter schedule, deleting flights from Belgian, German, Dublin, East Midlands, Portuguese and Italian airports from the end of October, […]
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has thrown out one of Ryanair’s legal complaints about State-aid given to Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to help it stay afloat […]
Air passengers are on to something good as the European Parliament will vote on a resolution to end charges on carry-on luggage. The Parliament’s Committee on […]
The launch of Europe’s new European Travel Information and Authorisation System, or ETIAS, has been delayed – again. The system, for use by nationals of countries […]