After a decade of consistently strong growth, UK labour supply has slumped since the onset of the pandemic and we expect only a partial recovery this...
Global | Travel Highlights and Risks - October 2021
Posted by Adam Sacks on Oct 20, 2021
Tentative travel recovery has begun with some significant improvements in activity during the middle of the year, and notably in some Northern...
Global Travel Highlights - August 2021
Posted by Helen McDermott on Sep 7, 2021
Recovery in both domestic and international travel is underway in the second half of 2021, despite some larger adverse impacts for the year to date...
MENA | Saudi oil exports; GCC travel; Kuwait spending cuts
Posted by Amy McAlister on Aug 26, 2021
Oil exports from Saudi Arabia soared to SAR61.5bn in June, a 123% increase from a year earlier, as oil output started to rise and oil prices...
MENA | OPEC+ meeting; regional PMIs and travel rules
Posted by Amy McAlister on Jun 4, 2021
Oil producers in the OPEC+ alliance agreed on Tuesday to stick to the gradual easing of supply curbs through July, as they looked to balance an...
European Research Brief | Lost summer scenario – domestic travel opportunity
Posted by Stephen Rooney on Jun 2, 2021
Domestic travel has provided a lifeline for the Travel & Tourism industry during the pandemic, filling at least some of the void left by inbound...
MENA | Coronavirus tracker for the GCC – May update
Posted by Scott Livermore on May 20, 2021
Over the past week, there has been a series of announcements about plans in the GCC to ease lockdown and travel restrictions. These include Dubai...
MENA | Saudi and UAE PMIs; Aramco profits; GCC travel
Posted by Aoife Kealey on May 6, 2021
The April PMIs for both Saudi Arabia and the UAE remained in expansionaryterritory, at 55.2 and 52.7 respectively. Continued recovery from the...
MENA | GCC restricts travel further; five years of Vision 2030
Posted by Amy McAlister on Apr 29, 2021
The OPEC+ meeting on 27 April saw oil producers stick to agreements madeearlier in the month. It is expected that the consortium will gradually lift...