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Middle East and Africa
Travel Trends

Middle East Leads the Charge on 2023 Global Travel Recovery

Travel demand in many MEA countries is up compared to pre-pandemic levels.

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Direct Bookings
Metasearch
Hotel

Use Metasearch for Hotels to Drive Direct Bookings and Reduce Reliance on OTAs

Pair metasearch with your multichannel strategies to drive direct bookings.

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Asia Pacific
Sojern Culture

Sojern Rings in the Year of the Rabbit During Lunar New Year 2023

Sojernistas celebrated the arrival of spring through Lunar New Year events.

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North America
Travel Trends

Spring Break 2023 Volumes Surpassing 2022, Including a Jump in Long-Haul Travel

Millions of Americans are fleeing the cold weather to find warmer climates.

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Cookieless
Hotel
Global

Find First-Party Data Success: How Hotel Marketers Are Maximizing Revenue and Performance

Focus your first-party data strategies now vs. later for the best results.

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Destination
Attraction

Dollywood: Focusing on the Guest Experience, Nurturing Industry Partnerships, and More

Pete Owens and David West share what makes the Dollywood brand special.

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Creative
Global

Sojern’s Top 8 Design Trends to Inspire Your Travel Brand in 2023

2023 offers bright opportunities for your brand, especially with design.

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Destination
Multichannel

MICE: Engage and Inspire Event Planners to Visit Your Destination

Showcase what makes your destination special to attract MICE planners.

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Hotel Chain
Cookieless
Hotel

How Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Leverages First-Party Data, Personalization, and Privacy

Jackie DiStasi shares Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' take on first-party data.

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Awards
Global
Hotel

Sojern Recognized for Excellence in Digital Marketing by Hotel Tech Report

Sojern ranks amongst the top Digital Marketing Agencies.

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DEI
Destination

How Destinations International Leads Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Travel Industry

Sophia Hyder Hock talks diversity, equity, and inclusion with Sojern.

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Asia Pacific
Travel Trends

Lunar New Year Sees Intraregional APAC Travel, Spike in Interest to Japan

Sojern’s latest travel trends for this Lunar New Year.

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Destination
Global

Q&A: Make the Most of Your Destination’s Sustainability Efforts

We answer your destination's biggest questions about sustainability.

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Display
Programmatic Media

Programmatic Advertising Guide For Travel Marketers

Programmatic advertising activates your messaging to the right users.

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Destination
Global
Travel Trends

Use Data to Find Sustainable Travelers for Your Destination

Find your ideal travelers online with search, booking, and location data.

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DEI
Destination
Global

How To Create Safe and Diverse Travel Experiences Within Your Destination

Destinations must create safe, welcoming, and inclusive spaces.

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Global
Sojern Culture

Sojern Celebrates Diwali—The Hindu Festival of Lights

Sojernistas around the world came together to celebrate Diwali.

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Hotel

Stephen Fitzgerald Joins Sojern In New Hotel-Focused Leadership Role

Fitzgerald will align Sojern's hotel sales vertical in the Americas.

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Travel Trends
Global

Revenge Travel Continues with Holiday Bookings Up on 2021 Levels

Demand for holiday travel continues to be up from last year.

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Destination
Global
Travel Recovery

Showcase Your Destination's Sustainability Initiatives Online and Off

By using data, destination marketers can find their ideal travelers online.

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Hotel
Metasearch

4 Key Questions to Ask When Evaluating Metasearch Providers

Key things to consider when evaluating metasearch providers.

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Travel Trends
Middle East and Africa

Final Travel Trends Ahead of World Cup Kickoff

The latest travel trends ahead of the 2022 World Cup.

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Global
Sojern Culture

Founding Employees Speak to 15 Years of Innovation at Sojern

Congratulations to our founding employees on 15 years with Sojern!

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Hotel

Sojern Recognized for Global Customer Support Capabilities by Hotel Tech Report

Sojern has earned Hotel Tech Report’s Level III GCSC.

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Destination
Global
Travel Trends

Four Ways to Jumpstart Your Destination's Sustainability Strategy

Share your destination's values to attract your ideal traveler.

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DEI
Latin America

Important Facts About National Hispanic Heritage Month

What is Hispanic Heritage month and why is it celebrated?

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Direct Bookings
Global
Hotel

Use Objectives to Measure Hotel Multichannel Marketing Campaigns

Discover what your business values within your multichannel strategy.

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Global
In the News
Sojern Culture

Celebrating 15 Years Serving Travel Marketers Around the Globe

For 15 years, Sojern has maintained an unwavering focus on travel.

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Destination
Travel Recovery
Travel Trends

Harness the Power of Sustainability for Your Destination

Find inspiration from DMOs implementing sustainability around the world.

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Hotel
Metasearch

3 Tips for Successful Hotel Metasearch Advertising

Set yourself up for success when it comes to marketing your hotel.

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Hotel
Direct Bookings
Global

Using Always-On Strategies to Complement Seasonal Campaigns

Always-on is always thinking ahead, and capitalizing on potential bookings.

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GloCon
Sojern Gives Back

Sojern Volunteers With Local Organizations Around the World

SGB supports organizations in San Francisco, Singapore, Dubai, and Omaha.

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Hotel
Attraction
Multichannel

Laying the Foundation for a Multichannel Hotel Advertising Campaign

A multichannel strategy helps you use data to meet and exceed your goals.

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Sojern Culture
SoProud

How Puerto Vallarta Puts a Big Focus on LGBTQ+ Travelers

Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board share how they support LGBTQ+ travelers.

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Cookieless
Direct Bookings
Hotel

Using First-Party Data and Personalization to Build Loyalty

Hotel marketers target loyalty members and use personalization online.

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Metasearch
Hotel

5 Benefits of Using Metasearch to Advertise Your Hotel

Dig into these five benefits of having a metasearch presence.

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Booking Engine
Direct Bookings
Hotel

How to Use Data From Your Hotel Tech Stack to Make Profitable Decisions

Our partners at SiteMinder share how to make the most of your data.

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Travel Trends
Middle East and Africa
Destination

Travel to Qatar Increases as World Cup Nears

Intent to Qatar rises leading up to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

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DEI
SoEmpowered
SoProud

Introducing New Medical Travel Benefits for Employees

We changed our medical benefits to include a medical travel benefit.

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Direct Bookings
Hotel
Cookieless

Generating Repeat Business with First-Party Data for Hotels

Leverage first-party data and continue to drive production efficiently.

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Reaching the Right Travelers Starts With the Right Audiences

Quality over quantity is key and starts with finding the right audiences.

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Hotel
Metasearch
Direct Bookings

What Is Hotel Metasearch and How Does it Work?

Begin to understand metasearch and why it’s key to direct bookings.

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Middle East and Africa
Travel Trends

A Spotlight on South African Travel Trends

Loosening restrictions in South Africa means an uptick in travel intent.

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GloCon
Sojern Gives Back

Sojern Gives Back to Vauxhall City Farm in London

Sojern Gives Back: Volunteering at Vauxhall City Farm in London

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DEI
Sojern Culture

Building a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Sojern

We're educating our team to become advocates for change globally.

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Cookieless
Direct Bookings

A Tactical Approach To A Cookieless Campaign

Time to prepare—Google Chrome will no longer support third-party cookies.

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DEI
Sojern Culture

Sojern Announces Global Parental Leave Policy Enhancing Pay For All Parents

Sojern makes significant adjustments to the Global Parental Leave Policy.

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DEI

Understanding and Honoring Juneteenth Through the Lens of Travel

Sojern commemorates the end of slavery and reflects on its impact.

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North America
Travel Trends

Longer Trips, International Travel Big this Fourth of July

Americans gear up for the most popular weekend for travel—the 4th of July.

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Cookieless
Direct Bookings
Booking Engine

How To Increase Bookings in a Cookieless World

Third-party cookies are going away, whether hotel marketers like it or not.

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Europe
Middle East and Africa
Travel Trends

A Spotlight on Turkish Travel Trends

Take advantage of this surge in travel intent to Turkey.

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Cookieless
Travel Recovery
Direct Bookings

The Third-Party Cookie Is Crumbling - Now What?

Third-party cookies are going away, which will disrupt the travel industry.

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Hotel

How Hoteliers Are Maximizing Revenue

We partnered with Skift to interview leading hoteliers around the world.

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Sojern Gives Back
Sojern Culture

Sojern Gives Back in Dublin

SGB Dublin hit the road for Dillon’s Park Dalkey, South County Dublin.

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Europe
Travel Trends

European Summer Travel Heats Up

Planning for summer travel to Europe is already taking off this spring.

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Sojern Culture

Flexi Fridays Improve Culture‍

Flexi-Friday enables employees to focus on personal development.

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Direct Bookings
Metasearch
Hotel

Using Mobile to Maximise Your Direct Booking Strategy

Learn how hoteliers can maximise direct bookings through mobile.

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North America
Travel Trends
Covid-19

US Travel is Back!

We analyze 2022 search and booking data, and the great growth in the US.

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In the News
Travel Trends

Sojern Already Seeing a Spike in Travel Intent to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup

Sojern looks at travel trends for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

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Latin America
Sojern Culture

No haremos negocios con Rusia

Nuestros corazones están con la gente de Ucrania y aquellos afectados.

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Sojern Culture

Nous ne ferons pas affaire avec la Russie

Nos pensées vont au peuple ukrainien et à ceux qui ont été touchés.

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Sojern Culture

Non faremo affari con la Russia

I nostri cuori vanno al popolo ucraino ed a coloro che sono stati colpiti.

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Global
North America
Europe

We Will Not Do Business With Russia

Our hearts go out to the people of Ukraine and those impacted.

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Agency
Creative
Display

Ad Creative Trends for 2022 Strategies

A review of creative trends we're seeing.

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Hotel
Metasearch
Awards

Sojern Recognized Among Top Hotel Digital Marketing Companies

We are thrilled to be recognized among the best in metasearch and adtech.

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Cookieless
Global

Strategies & Tactics to Expand Your Upper Funnel in Cookieless World

Activate data in a cookieless world with multichannel campaigns.

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Cookieless
Global

Preparing Your Data for a Cookieless World

Major internet browsers are no longer going to support third-party cookies.

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Airline
Attraction
Agency

How to Be Brand Consistent on Your Website and Beyond

Build awareness of your business through consistent branding.

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Agency
Airline
Attraction

Increase Your Website’s Readability in 3 Simple Steps

Create a consistent brand and optimize your website to increase bookings.

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Airline
Agency
Attraction

4 Ways to Simplify Your Website Design

Improve customer experiences and increase conversions through web design.

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North America
Latin America

As Land Borders Reopen, Canadians Look to Come to the US

US announcement marks a massive boon for US tourism.

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North America
Travel Trends

Use These US Holiday Insights to Prepare Your Marketing Strategies

We analyze 2021 holiday travel searches and bookings to see strong numbers.

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Direct Bookings
Covid-19
Travel Recovery

Building Strategies to Drive and Convert More Direct Traffic

Hotels can implement these seven strategies to drive more direct traffic.

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Cookieless
Travel Trends

Cookieless Retargeting Strategies in the Modern World

Retargeting as we know it today is going away in 2023.

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Covid-19
Travel Trends
Travel Recovery

300 Travel Marketers Weigh in on Digital Advertising

Partnering with WBR, we surveyed 300 travel marketers around the world.

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Attraction
Travel Recovery
Direct Bookings

Want to learn how to drive more revenue on your attraction website?

Gain tips for optimizing your website and improving the user experience.

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Facebook
Cookieless

Navigating the Future of Data and Travel Marketing

We share the recipe for travel marketer success in a cookieless world.

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Creative
Awards
Search Engine Marketing

Sojern’s Award Winning Banner Ad Creative Services and Search Engine Marketing Offerings

AMA Lincoln awarded Sojern’s digital design team with a Sterling Award.

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Airline
Europe
Covid-19

Aegean Airlines on COVID-19 Recovery and How to Adapt to Today's Traveller

Travel Brands are Evolving to Meet the Needs of the Post-COVID Consumer

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Travel Trends
North America
Travel Recovery

2021 Shifts in Travel Behavior

Sojern and PlaceIQ use data to understand COVID-19 recovery.

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Creative
Travel Trends
Covid-19

Accelerate Your Recovery: 6 Digital Ad Trends to Know

This year promises to see a surge in travel.

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Metasearch
Global
North America

A Deep Dive Into Metasearch Marketing

Capture travelers throughout the path to purchase with metasearch.

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Middle East and Africa
Covid-19
Hotel

COVID-19: Insights on Travel Impact, Middle East and Africa - March

Safety announcements work to limit the spread of COVID-19 during Ramadan.

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North America
Covid-19
Travel Trends

COVID-19 Insights: The Return of US Travel

99% of Americans and Canadians are eager to travel again.

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Cookieless
Global

Cookieless Advertising for Travel Marketing in Today's World

Google announced in 2020 that they would be sunsetting 3rd-party cookies.

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Direct Bookings
Hotel
Global

Increasing Your Direct Bookings with Google’s Free Hotel Links

Google recently announced the release of a ‘Free Booking Links’ module.

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Covid-19
Travel Trends
Travel Recovery

COVID-19: Insights on Travel Impact, Europe – March

There is still uncertainty around when travel restrictions will be lifted.

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Asia Pacific
Hotel
Airline

COVID-19: Insights On Travel Impact, Asia Pacific - March

Domestic demand for travel improves across Asia Pacific.

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Travel Trends
Travel Recovery
North America

How 2021 Travel is Shaping Up and a 2020 Look Back

Check out our snapshots of the shifts in travel behavior in 2020.

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Facebook
Instagram
Global

How Facebook & Instagram Ads Can Inspire Travel

Use Facebook and Instagram in your strategy to reach the right travelers.

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Middle East and Africa
Travel Trends
Travel Recovery

COVID-19: Insights on Travel Impact, Middle East and Africa - February

The UAE features within the top ten searched for destinations.

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Europe
Travel Trends
Travel Recovery

COVID-19: Insights on Travel Impact, Europe – February

Take a look at upcoming travel trends for the European summer.

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Europe
Travel Trends
Travel Recovery

Latest European Webinar Recap and Travel Insights - January

Rethink your success metrics and partnering for success in 2021.

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Search Engine Marketing
Hotel
Global

Paid Search Engine Marketing Guide for Hotels

Leverage Search Engine Marketing (SEM) for your hotel.

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Covid-19
Travel Trends
Travel Recovery

COVID-19: Insights on Travel Impact, Middle East and Africa - January

The UAE and Saudi Arabia are among top origins for Qatar.

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Covid-19
Travel Trends
Travel Recovery

COVID-19 Insights: Travel Intent and Confidence Improve in US

Travel is poised to bounce back rapidly around the second half of the year.

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Covid-19
Asia Pacific
Travel Trends

COVID-19: Insights On Travel Impact, Asia Pacific - January

Lunar New Year leads to uptick in travel intent to Asia Pacific.

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Covid-19
Travel Trends
Travel Recovery

COVID-19: Insights on Travel Impact, Middle East and Africa - December

Travel intent and confidence in the UAE grows considerably.

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Asia Pacific
Travel Trends
Travel Recovery

COVID-19: Insights On Travel Impact, Asia Pacific - December

Travel intent to Asia Pacific changes with new vaccine announcements.

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Covid-19
Travel Trends
Travel Recovery

COVID-19: Insights on Travel Impact, Europe – November

Domestic travel across Italy has shown significant growth.

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