Five Things Advisors Can Do Now to Prepare for the Travel Rebound
February 19, 2021
Travel advisors need to prepare themselves now for travel s incoming rebound. Photo: Real life Studio/Shutterstock.com.
There are signs that things are starting to turn around for the travel industry.
According to the Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker, as of Thursday Feb. 18, 2021, more than 193 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across 87 countries, amounting to more than 6 million doses per day. In the U.S., more Americans have in fact received a dose of one of the COVID-19 vaccines than have tested positive since the pandemic began and in Canada, 1.8% of the population has gotten at least one shot.
President Joe Biden on Friday slammed Donald Trump for failing to secure enough Covid-19 shots as he toured a Michigan facility where Pfizer Inc. is manufacturing its vaccine.
U.S. Cases Ease; Johnson Optimistic on Reopening: Virus Update Bloomberg 2/13/2021
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The coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. continued to ease as the average daily increase dropped about 20% from the week before. The White House issued its strongest criticism yet of the World Health Organization’s handling of the investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 virus and China’s involvement in the probe’s findings.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he is optimistic the government will be able to start announcing the relaxing of restrictions later this month.
France has the fastest pace of immunization against the Covid-19 virus among the four most populous European Union countries, according to the latest snapshot by Bloomberg’s vaccination data tracker.
Microsoft system blamed for N.J. vaccine-booking glitches
Elise Young and Dina Bass, Bloomberg
Feb. 12, 2021
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Phil Murphy, New Jersey s governor, tours the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center Covid-19 vaccination site in Edison, N.J., on Jan. 15, 2021.Bloomberg photo by Mark Kauzlarich.
Five weeks of stumbles by Microsoft on New Jersey s covid-19 vaccine-booking software have left the state pushing for daily fixes on almost every part of the system and doubting it will ever operate as intended, according to members of Gov. Phil Murphy s administration.
The glitches and attempted fixes that forced one megasite to go off-line temporarily have led New Jersey to rely more on the county- and hospital-operated websites that are working well and have helped schedule more than 1.2 million doses in the most densely-populated state in the country. Officials say those systems are successfully booking thousands of people. They fear the state s booking porta