Meanwhile, there is evidence UK hospitality is on the road to recovery but has still to catch up fully, and Hong Kong opens a new visitor attraction, while another in London is denied planning permission.
Here are the key headlines concerning travel on Friday 12 November.
Cop 26 summit ‘looks set to fail’
The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow is entering its final day, amid growing fears the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C is unlikely to be met. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the goal was on "life support", adding the summit would probably not see governments make the pledges needed to cut CO2 emissions enough. (BBC News)
UK hospitality industry ‘still to recover’
The UK hospitality industry has far from recovered to pre-pandemic trading despite tax breaks and increased spending per customer, latest sector data shows. Sales in restaurants, bars and hotels reached £31.6 billion in the three months to the end of September, up 73% on the summer of 2020 but 10% down on the same period in 2019, according to figures from industry tracker CGA. (Financial Times)
Plans for London viewing tour rejected
Plans for The Tulip, a construction nearly as tall as The Shard, which would have overshadowed the Tower of London, have been rejected. The skyscraper was to have included a rotating top and bar but was described as “little more than a concrete lift shaft”. (The Daily Mail)
New Hong Kong museum opens
A £7 billion museum opens in Hong Kong today mired in a row over censorship. The M+ will feature the work of leading Chinese, Asian and Western artists in a bid to match the Tate Modern in London. (The Daily Mail)
