Jamaica Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has offered condolences to the relatives and friends of St. Ann hotelier, Richard Salm, who died in a motor vehicle crash yesterday along the Llandovery main road in St. Ann. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Category - Breaking International News
Jumeirah Maldives: All-villa luxury resort opens in October
Adding to Jumeirah Group’s growing portfolio of hotels, guests can now discover Jumeirah Maldives, an all-villa luxury resort tucked away in the crystalline turquoise waters of the North Malé Atoll, - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Resumes Commercial Service
The restart of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is an important component of the City of Toronto’s recovery strategy as our restart means a return of jobs, a return of trade and tourism, and a return of a valuable gateway to one of the best cities in the world. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
First international passenger flight flies out of Kabul airport
Qatari and Turkish technical teams have helped restore operations at the airport, which was damaged during the chaotic evacuations of tens of thousands of people to meet the US troop withdrawal deadline of August 31. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Vaccine tourism: Is it good, bad or indifferent?
Lengthy delay or a general shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in some countries is leading tourists to travel to other destinations. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Sandals All-Inclusive Vacations: For the Whole Family!
Sandals Resorts has become synonymous with the image of a happy couple enjoying a romantic and worry-free vacation where absolutely everything is taken care of because it is truly all-inclusive. But what if you’re a family? At Sandals Beaches, the entire family is welcome! - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
At least 41 killed, 80 injured in Jakarta prison fire
The overcrowded block, which was designed for holding 40 prisoners, accommodates 122 people, said a spokesperson for the prison department at Indonesia's Law and Human Rights Ministry. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
WestJet now requires full COVID-19 vaccination for all employees
Employees who fail to attest their vaccination status by September 24 or achieve full vaccination status by October 30, 2021, will face unpaid leave or termination of employment. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Flights from Hawaii to American Samoa on Hawaiian Airlines now
Hawaiian Airlines is resuming nonstop service between Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye and American Samoa's Pago Pago international airports with its Airbus A330 aircraft. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Uganda Hydro Dams: New Tourism Reach
The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has made overtures with the energy sector in a bid to diversify Destination Uganda’s tourism products beyond the dominant wildlife-based tourism through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) to market the 600MW Karuma Hydro Power Dam and the 183MW Isimba Hydro Power Dams as infrastructure tourism products. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Dakar to New York City and Washington on Air Senegal now
Air Senegal launches new twice weekly flights to USA from Dakar, Senegal. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
More flights to London, Kyiv and Istanbul on Air Astana now
Air Astana announces increased frequencies to Ukraine and Turkey, resumes London flights. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Get a job: Denmark tells migrants to work for welfare benefits
The Danish government says six out of 10 migrant women from Turkey, North Africa and the Middle East are not employed. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as its legal currency, Bitcoin crashes
El Salvador’s government was forced to take the country’s new digital wallet Chivo offline while it feverishly scrambled to boost server capacity. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
One dead, dozens missing in two-ferry disaster in India
Dozens of people missing after a two-ferry head-on collision in Majuli, India. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Tanzanian President: Number one tourist campaigner in Africa
Campaigning to expose Tanzania’s tourism across the world, Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan is touring the northern tourist circuit, guiding the shooting of a documentary film on key and premier attractive sites. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Strong 7.1 earthquake in Acapulco, Mexico categorized Orange, potential to be devastating
A 7.1. earthquake close to Acapulco, a city of more than 2 million can be bad. Two quakes of 6.2 and 7.1 were measured within minutes Tuesday evening in the Mexican state of Guerreo. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Strong 7.4 earthquake close to Acapulco, Mexico potential to be devastating, No Tsunami Threat
A 7.1. earthquake close to Acapulco, a city of more than 2 million can be bad. Two quakes of 6.2 and 7.1 were measured within minutes Tuesday evening in the Mexican state of Guerreo. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
How to visit Saudi Arabia from UAE, South Africa, Argentina again?
The once closed and mysterious Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is now known to be the most tourism friendly country in the world. The country is taking a front row in world tourism leadership. Today the Saudi Ministry of Interior confirmed it will reopen the Kingdom to its neighbor, the United Arab Emirates, to South Africa, and to Argentina. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
More of Thailand reopens in 3 weeks
Phuket see the stage for Thailand destination reopenings since the onset of COVID-19 using the Sandbox tourism program as its guidepost. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Man sentenced to 5 years in prison for spreading COVID in Vietnam
28-year-old Vietnamese man lands a 5-year prison term for travelling and spreading the COVID-19 virus. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Tanzania set for UNWTO Commission for Africa meeting next year
Tanzania is set to host the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Commission for Africa in October next year. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Back to the Bahamas in honor of CHICOS 10th anniversary
Parris Jordan, Chairman of the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference & Operations Summit (CHICOS), enthusiastically announces that the 10th anniversary edition of CHICOS, scheduled for November 10-12, 2021, will be hosted at the Grand Hyatt in the highly-praised Baha Mar resort complex in Nassau, Bahamas. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Bulgari Jewelry Store in Paris wiped out of €10 million
This Paris robbery occurred at around noon on Tuesday. While police have not yet officially named the store, a heavy law-enforcement presence was spotted at the Bulgari boutique, which was apparently the bandits’ target. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Toronto to Las Vegas, Orlando, Tampa and Cancun on Air Canada Rouge now
Air Canada's leisure airline, resumed service today with flights operating between Toronto and Las Vegas, Orlando, and Regina, with other destinations being introduced in September, including Cancun and Tampa. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Bahrain Exhibition & Convention Center has a new GM
Dr. Debbie Kristiansen appointed General Manager of the new Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Center, due to open in 2022. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Aeroflot requires Pilots to be vaccinated
Six pilots working for Russia's main international airline have been grounded and suspended from duty under rules allowing companies to effectively dismiss staff who refuse to sign up for a vaccine against COVID-19 virus. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
65% of US airline passengers support vaccine passports
If the FAA decided to implement a vaccine passport program, nearly one in 10 travelers would be barred from boarding the plane. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Middle East’s largest Exhibition and Convention Center names new GM
Dr. Debbie Kristiansen appointed General Manager of the new Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Center, due to open in 2022. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Six Aeroflot pilots refuse COVID-19 jabs, suspended without pay
Six pilots working for Russia's main international airline have been grounded and suspended from duty under rules allowing companies to effectively dismiss staff who refuse to sign up for a vaccine against COVID-19 virus. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News