Apple Leisure lands three deals in Greece: Newtown Square, Pennsylvania-based AMResorts, a subsidiary of North American travel and hospitality company Apple Leisure Group, expanded its European footprint with three brand management deals in Greece. The deal occurred via a partnership with Hotel Investment Partners, one of the largest hotel owners in Southern Europe. Since 2019, AMResorts has grown its portfolio in the Balearic and Canary Islands of Spain to 19 resorts, with Greece now the second European market for the company. Located in the islands of Crete, Corfu and Zante, the three new properties will be operated and managed by AMResorts: Dreams Crete has 357 rooms, Dreams Corcyra has 327, and the Alua Soul Plagos Beach in Zante has 161.
What a Biden presidency mean for travel? As the Biden administration will move into the White House in January, Forbes writes that the president-elect will have to address above-average infection rates due to the cooler weather and the lack of previous preventative measures. One recommendation currently on the table is a national lockdown for at least four to six weeks. If a lockdown happens, no unessential travel will occur until warmer spring weather arrives. The timing could be similar to when most states shut down in early 2020 at the pandemic’s onset.