Historic events in Travel & Tourism

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  • Concorde

    The Concorde is a retired Franco-British supersonic airliner jointly manufactured by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation. With Concorde being able to fly at a cruising speed of Mach 2, travelling on Concorde cut the length of a journey from London to New York to just three hours - less than half the average flying time compared to its subsonic counterparts. This is how Concorde affected the travel industry.

  • The launch of Ryanair

    Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline group headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland. The company includes the subsidiaries Ryanair DACTooltip Designated activity company, Malta Air, Buzz, Lauda Europe and Ryanair UK. Ryanair DAC, is the oldest airline of the group. Ryanair has affected the travel industry by helping to change the economic prospects of neglected parts of Europe by bringing passengers and their money to underused provincial airports.

  • The launch of Expedia

    Expedia Group, Inc. is an American travel technology company that owns and operates travel fare aggregators and travel metasearch engines, including Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Vrbo, Travelocity, Hotwire.com, Orbitz, Ebookers, CheapTickets, CarRentals.com, Expedia Cruises, Wotif, and Trivago. The launch of Expedia affected the travel industry as it gave consumers price comparisons for cars, hotels and flights and also the part to book safely and easily on their site.

  • The events of 9/11 at the World Trade Centre, New York 2002

    The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. The attacks induced substitution away from normal air travel and caused a huge shift in the travelers preferences for their destinations. USA in particular experienced a quick and precipitous drop in arrivals of international visitors, particularly from those flying in from overseas.

  • The Covid-19 pandemic

    The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is a global outbreak of coronavirus – an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The pandemic was one of the biggest disrupting events for the travel industry. Tourism businesses were at the forefront of the catastrophic economic impact of Covid. The tourism industry lost 12 months of trading during the pandemic. It is estimated that the industry and the economy lost over £1bn in visitor spend during that period.