Tourism

Long-awaited vacations motivate vaccinations

The COVID-19 coronavirus has mutated, and unfortunately the third wave that attacked the world turned out to be much stronger than expected. People are becoming infected more quickly, and sometimes a lot more severely. We’ve seen people getting different forms of gut-related infections and digestive system complications, and the infection has hit the younger age […]

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Saint Lucia launches immersive extended stay program

Saint Lucia is encouraging visitors to stay for up to six weeks, ideal for the summer months Confidence in international travel is on the rise with COVID-19 vaccinations increasing globally ‘Live it’ program is launching at a time when interest in international travel is renewed While in Saint Lucia, visitors also can work remotely comfortably […]

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Wizz Air anti-worker practices exposed

Wizz Air management saw the COVID-19 crisis as the opportunity to “clean up the airline” Senior Wizz Air manager told base captains that 250 pilots need to be dismissed shortly Wizz Air management used highly problematic practices to get rid of troublemakers during COVID-19 crisis Wizz Air acted after receiving several complaints, and have made […]

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China’s tourism to rake in $195 billion in first half of 2021

China’s tourism consumption is enjoying a speedy recovery and will see a consumption boom in the third quarter of this year, especially during the weeklong National Day holiday More than 1.7 billion domestic trips in China are expected to be made in H1 2021 In first quarter of 2021, Chinese people made 697 million domestic […]

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Her Majesty the Queen made a sad Announcement on the passing of her husband since 1947

It doesn’t happen that BBC and every TV and Radio Station in the United Kingdom is interrupting its broadcast. It happened today when Her Majesty, the Queen announced the passing of her beloved husband Prince Philip. The royal Couple had been married since 1947. BBC interrupted its program earlier today to broadcast this important announcement […]

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League City is soaring with popular birding classes and events

Birding enthusiasts are flocking to participate in virtual and in-person classes in Bay Area Houston. In partnership with the cities of Bay Area Houston including Kemah, Nassau Bay, and Seabrook—8 weeks of birding classes and events has kicked off in celebration of spring bird migration. The first in a series of 8 free virtual birding […]

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German hotels against Booking.com | .TR

The German Hotel Association (IHA) supports a class-action lawsuit brought by around 2,000 hotels against Booking.com at the Berlin Regional Court. The association justifies its commitment to help hoteliers to their rights in court. Since 2004 at the latest, the booking portal has applied best-price clauses with which it prohibited affiliated hotels from offering […]

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Jamaican firm to conduct CTO’s Tourism HR knowledge and skills audit

Caribbean Tourism Organization conducts its first-ever regional skills audit The exercise is aimed at assessing the levels of knowledge and competencies of the Caribbean tourism workforce A-Z Information Jamaica Ltd. was chosen to conduct this critical tourism human resources audit The audit is funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to the tune of US$124,625 […]

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Smart cities are the next step for urban tourism post-pandemic

Combination of technology and collaboration are the two prime factors that will lead to more responsible tourism in a post-pandemic environment Digital ‘vaccine passports’ continue to create headlines worldwide 78% of survey respondents expect technology to change the way they do their job over the next three years COVID-19 has brought forth more opportunity for […]

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Caribbean island of St. Vincent evacuated after volcanic eruption

St. Lucia and Grenada, as well as Barbados and Antigua have agreed to take refugees from St. Vincent La Soufrière volcano had experienced an “explosive eruption” Mandatory evacuation of nearby residents ordered Ash column about 20,000 feet high heading east into the Atlantic Ocean The La Soufrière volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. […]