Travel in city Amsterdam

Welcome back to another episode of the TravelPulse Podcast!

The results of Venice’s tourist entry fee for day trippers are in. For a total of 29 days between April 25 and July 14, Venice mandated that day trippers pay a fee of 5 euros before entering the city. The system targets day trippers from nearby Italian regions.

Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity firm with thousands of customers globally, admitted on Friday that a defective software update had caused the major IT outage that brought airports, banks, hospitals, media outlets, and businesses to a halt worldwide.

Low-cost Icelandic airline Play is helping travelers plan a European shoulder season vacation by offering 25 percent off fall and early winter flights.

Solo female travellers are a growing and very attractive market; in fact, 14% of women travel without the company of family, friends or a partner, which translates into habits, needs and expectations, as well as specific tourist services and products. Mabrian and The Data Appeal Company-Almawave Group, analysed the female solo traveller demand worldwide* to identify five key factors that outline the profile of this segment.

As the school holidays begin for many across the UK, Cirium has revealed the number of scheduled departures from UK airports this weekend and how these compare to pre-pandemic levels.

"I'm not spoiling my children; I'm making deposits of joy," that's what I recited to myself silently as I clicked on four tickets for Taylor Swift's one-night-only Eras Tour appearance in Cardiff, Wales.

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Mews has acquired nine companies in the past several years. Are more deals coming?

Good morning from Skift. It’s Wednesday, July 17, and here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. 

With over 23 million visitors in 2023, Amsterdam is one of the most-visited cities in the world, and it’s popularity continues to increase.

I live near a lake, which means my city sees more travelers passing through during these summer months.

IATA and KLM welcomed the Dutch Supreme Court’s ruling, affirming that Schiphol Airport’s capacity cuts violated the Balanced Approach for noise management, upheld by EU law and international treaties.

Air France-KLM and SAS have signed codeshare and interline agreements effective September 1, 2024, enhancing European and future intercontinental connectivity, and offering reciprocal loyalty program benefits as SAS joins the SkyTeam alliance.

airBaltic celebrates 15 years of operations in Turku, Finland, enhancing connectivity between Turku and Riga and supporting regional European links.

The city of Venice will plan to renew and even raise its day trip fee next year after successfully implementing it for the first time this summer.

24 Delta Air Lines passengers received medical attention after eating "spoiled" food on their flight, The Associated Press reported.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, July 2, and here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. 

Quiet vacationing — or taking time off or working from across the world without telling your boss — seems to be growing in popularity.

It just got more expensive to visit the island of Aruba thanks to a new sustainability fee travelers will have to pay upon arrival.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) continues to set records in 2024. On Sunday July 7, the TSA screened over 3 million passengers for the first time ever. 

Amsterdam is taking new steps to fight back against overtourism by launching plans to relocate its passenger cruise terminal to outside of the city centre.