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More travel executives get their mission-critical industry news from Skift than any other source on the planet.Tell me more Travel insurance was a product or upsell that only a minority of vacationers bought in most countries before the pandemic. But many insurers — and the travel brands that resell their high-margin products — are hoping to see travel insurance sales boom once vacationers return to booking trips in large numbers. So many insurers are racing to make their policies more flex...

There are very few people alive today that lived through the Spanish Flu pandemic from 1918 to 1920, and fewer again that contracted the killer flu but lived to tell the tale.

Updated: 11 Jan 2021, 20:44 A 107-year-old who survived the Spanish Flu reckons the Covid-19 pandemic is a “worldwide difficulty” that has never been experienced before. Michael J O’Connor wasn’t expected to live when he developed Spanish Flu at the age of six. 2 2 Michael J OConnor worked at sea during World War II The Kerry native recalled how his mother died from the virus while he defied the odds to pull through. Speaking to reporter Brian OConnell on RTE Radio 1’s Today With Clai...