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Special Issue
April 2020

Global health pandemic halts travel worldwide

INSIDE INSIDER

COVID-19 NEWS
Travel bans, FAA rules, OAG,
ForwardKeys, ACI,
Government relief act,
Impact in Asia

NORTH AMERICA
Baja turns 30
Changes in airport coffee retail
CANADA
CARIBBEAN/CRUISE
MSC in Miami, Heinemann, SeaWalk
Sign of the times: Like airports throughout the U.S. and worldwide, a very quiet Miami International Airport reflects the
drastic drop in domestic and international passenger travel related to COVID-19 and has temporarily closed certain
concourses. Full coverage of the impact of the coronavirus begins on page 6.

This is an issue of Travel Coronavirus.” Just three months do not receive government aid.
Markets Insider magazine that into 2020, air travel has fallen Although the situation
I never envisioned we would be to such a degree that the Ottawa is changing daily, key
writing. government has announced that it organizations are trying to assess Four MSC cruise ships in PortMiami
The spread of this horrific is waiving lease rents for all the what lies ahead and how the
virus across the globe has Canadian airports that pay it rent travel-related industries will
been particularly hard on the from March to December. cope. Whatever the future holds, LATAM
entire travel-related industry. The entire world is going we must work together as much Colon 2000
IMF Report
COVID-19 has ground through serious turmoil with as possible and reimagine what
international and domestic an unprecedented health crisis. the new reality will look like SUPPLY SIDE
travel to a halt, decimated air Nearly every island nation in the once global air travel is able to Beauty
traffic, closed borders, wiped out Caribbean, desperate to control resume. CBD comes to TR
economies and self-quarantined the spread of the disease, has To that end, TMI has tried Spirits
Confectionery
millions of people worldwide— stopped all tourism and incoming to present a timely and accurate
not to mention the unimaginable arrivals, imposed curfews and picture of what is taking place
suffering and loss of life. closed borders. Cargo flights — today, as well as what had taken
Up until the insidious spread the lifeblood of the world right place up until the outbreak of
of this COVID-19 nightmare, now, do continue. Yet before the global health threat, laying
it had been business as usual, coronavirus, the Caribbean had the groundwork for what will be
albeit with regional and local been forecasting record recovery afterwards.
challenges. Nevertheless, the and tourism. We would like to give a
travel retail business throughout Cruise lines may be one of very heart-felt thank you to Unode50 jewelry set to open in U.S.
most of the world was strong, in the most seriously hit channels, all of our media partners who airports
some cases quite robust. as some ships became epicenters continued to invest with us in
Our Canadian report on of disease and most have stopped this issue.
page 16 is a perfect case in point: sailing for the foreseeable We wish everyone of our Plus Products-People-Places
Canadian tourism again turned future. Servicing the huge debt readers good health. Stay safe. The Insider View
in its best year on record in 2019 carried by many lines may be an
in what I am calling “Before insurmountable challenge if they Lois Pasternak, Editor/Publisher

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