Thailand released a plan to get all its citizens vaccinated against COVID-19 In addition illegal workers from Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar will be allowed to stay and work legally for two years . Thailand has ordered 63 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from overseas. This purchase was approved by the Thai Cabinet Thailand counted 745 […]
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Filomena dumps heaviest snowfall in Madrid since 1971
Spain has been hit by Filomena with so far 30 hours of snowfall and is the most intense snowstorm in the last 50 years. The city of Madrid is one of the worst-affected areas. The storm was announced days ago with international weather forecasts warning of a kind of snow bomb going down on Madrid […]
Fisher Island Hotel History
Once a one-family island home of the Vanderbilts, and later several other millionaires, Fisher Island off South Florida, was sold for development in the 1960s. A black construction laborer, Dana Albert Dorsey, who worked as a carpenter for Florida’s East Coast Railroad recognized the need to provide housing for black workers. With rental houses as […]
Community Tourism Mourns
Testimonies to the great life that was Gordon “Butch” Stewart continue to pour in after his passing on Monday. Butch and Sandals Resorts are synonymous with all-inclusive travel, but perhaps even more so, he leaves a legacy of philanthropy and kindness. The Founder and President of Countrystyle Community Tourism Network/Villages as Businesses, Diana McIntyre-Pike, O.D., […]
Park West Gallery names new Director, Shipboard Operations
Mandi Romine will manage Park West’s partnerships within the cruise line industry and oversee operations, compliance, and more Park West Gallery that offers art auctions on cruise ships and at luxury hotels and resorts announced that Mandi Romine has been recently promoted to Director, Shipboard Operations. In her new role, Romine will manage Park West’s […]
Massive avalanche kills three people at Russian Arctic ski resort
Avalanche covered an area of around 300 square meters, crushing several huts and killing three people including a child Massive avalanche hit the ‘Gora Otdelnaya’ (Separate Mountain) resort complex outside the Russian Arctic city of Norilsk, crushing several huts that hosted skiers, late on Friday. The snow mass covered an area of around 300 square […]
Indonesian authorities confirm that Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 with 65 on board crashed into Jakarta Bay
At least 65 people – 53 passengers, including 10 children, and 12 crewmembers were on board of crashed Indonesian Boeing 737-500 passenger plane Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 passenger jet with 65 on board crashed on Saturday into the Java Sea near Jakarta, near the island of Laki. Indonesian Transport Ministry officials have confirmed that […]
WestJet announces Boeing 737 MAX return-to service plan
WestJet announced that it is “safely” returning its fleet of Boeing 737 MAX jets to passenger service as of January 21. WestJet today announced its intent to return its fleet of 737 MAX aircraft to passenger service in a phased and transparent approach. The airline’s plans follow an announcement from Transport Canada (TC) on December […]
Princess Cruises extends operations pause through May 14, 2021
Princess Cruises extending the pause of guest cruise vacations on ships sailing through mid-May As Princess Cruises continues to prepare and develop its plans to meet the “Framework for Conditional Sailing Order” issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in addition to the uncertainty around travel restrictions, the company is extending […]
Air cargo demand improves, capacity remains constrained
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in November showing that freight volumes improved compared to October, but remain depressed compared to 2019. Capacity remains constrained from the loss of available belly cargo space as passenger aircraft remain parked. Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs*), was […]