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Apr 2, 2020
COVID-19 causes 77% collapse in global aviation

Analysis by ForwardKeys, the travel analytics company, reveals that the COVID-19 crisis has brought the aviation industry to its knees. This week (30th March – 5th April), international airline seat capacity fell to just 23% of what it was in […]
Mar 27, 2020
Americas’ summer season bookings are 26.8% behind

Analysis by ForwardKeys, the travel analytics company, reveals that, as at March 24th, international summer season bookings for air travel to all American destinations (North, Central and South America plus the Caribbean) are currently 26.8% behind where they were at […]
Mar 25, 2020
Covid-19: Digital conference to unite hospitality sector

[caption id="attachment_2709" align="alignright" width="750"] Covid-19: Digital conference to unite hospitality sector[/caption] Bench Events, the leading organiser of conferences and forums for the hotel, aviation and restaurant sector is organising a complete live conference experience on the internet to bring together […]
Mar 19, 2020
EU travel restrictions: 48,200 flights and 10.2m seats in jeopardy

ForwardKeys, the travel analytics company, has revealed the potential impact of Tuesday evening’s decision by EU member states to adopt EU guidelines on the closure of EU borders for 30 days, for all but essential travel into the bloc. Up […]
Mar 18, 2020
Air capacity to China slashed by 80%

A report by ForwardKeys, the travel analytics company, reveals that four fifths of flight capacity between China and the rest of the world has been cut back as a consequence of the coronavirus outbreak. In response to emergency government regulations, […]
Mar 17, 2020
Transatlantic travel ban risks 3.3m seats

A report by ForwardKeys, the travel analytics company, reveals that the United States’ transatlantic travel ban on most non US residents entering the country from the Schengen area, introduced in response to the coronavirus outbreak, has put 1.3 million airline […]
Mar 10, 2020
ForwardKeys concludes landmark agreement with IATA and ARC to provide data on global air travel

ForwardKeys, one of the world’s leading travel analytics companies, has concluded a landmark agreement with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) to include their global ticketing data in its portfolio of products and services. Through […]
Mar 9, 2020
Forum de l’Investissement Hôtelier Africain (FIHA) is postponed to July

The influential Forum de l’Investissement Hôtelier Africain (FIHA), which is known for its ability to link up new investors with developers, consultants, contractors, hoteliers and political leaders, has been postponed. It was scheduled to take place in Abidjan later this […]
Mar 5, 2020
Flight bookings to Europe dive as coronavirus reaches Italy

A report by ForwardKeys, the travel analytics company, commissioned by European Cities Marketing (ECM), reveals that the outbreak of the COVID19 virus, in Italy, in the final week of February (Feb 23rd – 29th), has triggered a wave of cancellations […]
Feb 28, 2020
COVID19 causes US outbound flight bookings to slump

According to travel analytics company ForwardKeys, the travel setback caused by the coronavirus outbreak has now hit the world’s second largest outbound travel market, after China, the USA. In the five weeks following the imposition of travel restrictions on outbound […]
Feb 20, 2020
Drogba scores big tourism win for Cote d’Ivoire

[caption id="attachment_2658" align="alignleft" width="550"] UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili,Didier Drogba and Ivorian Minister of Tourism Siandou Fofana[/caption] International soccer star Didier Drogba has helped his birthplace, Cote d’Ivoire, strike gold by helping to collect MOUs for a total of $15 billion […]
Feb 19, 2020
ForwardKeys to acquire Traveller Statistics from NPD

[caption id="attachment_2655" align="alignleft" width="150"] Olivier Jager, CEO, ForwardKeys[/caption] ForwardKeys, the travel analytics company, has signed an agreement to acquire Traveller Statistics from The NPD Group, a leading global information company. Under the agreement, on May 1, 2020, ForwardKeys will take […]
Feb 13, 2020
Coronavirus travel setback spreads beyond China

According to travel analytics company ForwardKeys, the travel setback caused by the coronavirus outbreak has now spread beyond China, with other parts of the Asia Pacific region experiencing a 10.5% slowdown in outbound travel bookings for March and April, excluding […]
Jan 31, 2020
Unlucky for some?

[caption id="attachment_2619" align="alignright" width="150"] Alan Smith, CEO, Capital Asset Management[/caption] On the day the UK leaves the EU, research undertaken by Capital Asset Management reveals that investor confidence in UK plc has suffered a 13% setback relative to the […]
Jan 31, 2020
Travel trends echo Brexit separation

As the UK leaves the EU, a study by ForwardKeys, which analyses global aviation capacity, flight searches and over 17 million flight booking transactions a day, reveals that since the UK’s referendum decision on June 23rd 2016 to leave the […]
Jan 30, 2020
Coronavirus causes collapse in Chinese travel

The latest data from ForwardKeys, which analyses global aviation capacity, flight searches and over 17 million flight booking transactions a day, reveals that the outbreak of infection in China from the coronavirus has caused a substantial setback in flight bookings […]
Jan 30, 2020
IHG® debuts upscale brand, voco™ in Africa with Valor Hospitality Partners Africa

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has signed voco™ The Bank, Rosebank in South Africa in partnership with Valor Hospitality Partners Africa. Last year, IHG announced the signing of a Master Development Agreement (MDA) with […]
Jan 27, 2020
Revealed: what’s fuelling the rapid hotel growth in West Africa

[caption id="attachment_2609" align="alignright" width="150"] Philippe Doizelet, Managing PartnerHorwath HTL France & West Africa[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2610" align="alignright" width="150"] Matthew Weihs, Managing Director, Bench Events[/caption] Today, Africa is seen as one of the most promising regions for hotel developers. Aside from small […]
Jan 22, 2020
Tourism to the Caribbean grew 4.4% in 2019

The latest data from ForwardKeys, which analyses global aviation capacity, flight searches and over 17 million flight booking transactions a day, reveals that tourism to the Caribbean grew by 4.4% in 2019, which was almost perfectly in step with tourism […]
Jan 22, 2020
Spanish long-haul travel grew by just 1.3% in 2019

The latest data from ForwardKeys, which analyses global aviation capacity, flight searches and over 17 million flight booking transactions a day, reveals that long-haul outbound travel from Spain, by independent travellers and small groups of up to 5 people, grew […]