The world's biggest tourism group TUI said Wednesday it planned to slash 8,000 jobs in a bid to cut costs as the industry struggles to stay afloat with travel severely curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic.
On Tuesday, Germany announced it would fly tourists stranded by coronavirus home, as the Robert Koch Institute newly assessed the threat level of the coronavirus as "high."
When are the official public holidays in Germany this Christmas? Do you have to take a day of annual leave on Christmas Eve? Here’s what you need to know about working (or not) over the festive period.
It's not just Santa and Christkind who need to deliver parcels at Christmas. If you want to make sure your package arrives on time, here's here's how to navigate the German postal service.
For most people, a white Christmas is the ideal. However, snow is quite rare during the holidays in most of Germany. Some say it used to snow more often, but is that really true?
No long-distance trains are to stop at DĂĽsseldorf Airport for six weeks and a key route will be completely closed as part of rail upgrades which will affect tens of thousands of people.
Germania airlines today announced that over a quarter of a million flight bookings with the airline will not be reimbursed or refunded. The flights were cancelled after Germania declared insolvency earlier in the week.
Germany's Protestant Church complained Thursday of the "merciless commercialization" of Christmas and the early opening of festive markets in some cities.
Thomas de Maizière, the federal interior minister, suggested on Monday that parts of Germany with large Muslim populations could get public holidays during Muslim festivals.
With summer drawing to a close most of us are back in the office and feeling a bit gloomy. But help is at hand - we tell you everything you need to know to make the most of your vacation time next year.
The holiday garment that became cool for being anything but cool has now crept into German culture from overseas. But does that make it uncool once again?
American Mother’s Day: started by a grieving daughter. British Mother’s Day: stemmed from Christian tradition. German Mother’s Day: started by some florists looking to sell more flowers.
People who rent out whole apartments online are threatened with huge fines under a new rule in the German capital. But that isn’t stopping many landlords from continuing to cash in.
Figuring out what to get everyone for Christmas back in the homeland can be a real head-scratcher, but you fear not! The Local has done the thinking for you.
What's not to like about opening a little paper door every day to get a piece of chocolate only for it all to lead to a day when we all eat a lot of everything?
German holiday giant TUI said two weeks ago it would stop trips to dolphin and orca shows on animal welfare grounds, yet it continues to advertise and sell the trips online.
Germany's favourite holiday destination is... Germany, with nearly half taking their vacations within their own country, a study released on Wednesday revealed.
