Despite the challenges brought on by COVID-19, there are promising signs in consumer spending – including hard-hit sectors like travel, according to Mastercard Recovery Insights. Recovery Insights: Travel Check-In, the second report in Mastercard’s series focused on the impacts of the pandemic, including emerging trends in travel spending. In particular, the analysis of anonymised and […]
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After 48 years of fun-filled group trips across the USA, Canada, Alaska and Central America, TrekAmerica has ceased all travel operations. The news saddened the travel community as it came a month after the news of the closure of STA Travel. TrekAmerica champions “Tours for Non-Tourists,” a fun and low-cost way to travel across the […]
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The Prime Minister of Belize Dean Barrow has made the official announcement that Belize’s international airport will be opened on 1 October 2020 as part of the country’s five-phase re-opening strategy for tourism. Belize previously announced it would reopen in August 2020, however, in an overabundance of caution for visitors and residents alike, postponed the […]
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Vietjet is resuming domestic flights from and to Da Nang, the major business and travel hub in the central region of Vietnam from today. The move results from the city’s effective control on Covid-19 since its outbreak in late of July. Accordingly, the airline will operate one daily return flight each for Da Nang – […]
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The party never stops at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Even Coronavirus will not intimidate this beach most in the world see as the most beautiful land on the globe. Could it soon become the deadliest land as well? Copacabana, the very name itself provokes images of beauty, sand, and ocean. The magnificent jungle-clad […]
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InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) will debut its luxury boutique brand Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants in two new markets next month, with Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok opening in Thailand on 1 October 2020 and Kimpton Shinjuku Tokyo opening in Japan on 2 October 2020. Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok, the first hotel in South East Asia for the brand, […]
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Abu Dhabi Airports Duty Free, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Airports, has launched a new home delivery service, allowing residents across the UAE to buy its products from the comfort of their homes. Now, residents can browse and choose from an expansive selection of items from leading international brands and have them delivered straight to […]
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In spite of the Phuket Model, Thailand’s top resort island’s hospitality industry is in dire need of government support, if it is to survive the peak travel season, say local stakeholders and industry leaders. Following the development of the contentious ‘Phuket Model’ international travel reopening scheme, which has sparked intense debate throughout Thailand’s travel sector, […]
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A poem which gave so many people hope during the coronavirus lockdown is now inspiring people to visit the county in which it was written. The Rainbow Children, by Gemma Peacock of Shotton Colliery in County Durham, is part of a new campaign from Visit County Durham aimed at encouraging people to visit Durham following […]
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The inaugural cruise programme for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ new flagship Bolette has been unveiled, including number of new itineraries and a series of UK cruises, with guests able to book from now on. Bolette’s maiden voyage will be a seven-night ‘Scotland and Northern Ireland’ cruise, setting sail from Southampton on 5 March 2021. This […]