Category - hospitality industry

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

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

IMEX America: New Corporate Focus event

Corporate meeting planners now have extended opportunities to connect and share experiences during IMEX America this November. Two exclusive events will be held at the show which takes place November 9-11 in Las Vegas. - 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

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

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

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

Europe’s summer air travel recovery fails

The countries which fared worst were those which rely more on long haul tourism, such as France and Italy and those which imposed the most onerous and volatile travel restrictions such as the UK, which languished at the bottom of the list, achieving just 14.3% of 2019 levels. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

Rum is your Brain Food, Alcohol, and New York Lifestyle

Rum could be placed in a FOOD group, after all – it is made entirely from sugar cane elements; it might even be considered a dessert, because it is sweet. However, it is a spirit and placed among alcoholic beverages with unique advantages that include antibacterial properties, and it has been recommended to treat strep throat. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

Over 2,000 Jamaica tourism workers vaccinated in first 3 days of vaccination drive

Well over 2,000 tourism workers in Jamaica have been vaccinated using one of three vaccines made available to them at a number of strategic blitz sites organized by the new Tourism Vaccination Task Force, in its first three days of major activities. The Task Force, which was established to facilitate the vaccination of all tourism workers island-wide, has organized a series of vaccination blitzes, with the first being held on August 30. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

American Airlines unvaxxed staff who get COVID are on their own

American Airlines' new policy means unvaccinated employees who come down with COVID-19 must use their own sick days for any time that they need to take off from work. This puts an end to the special pandemic leave American had set in place after the coronavirus first came into play – for the unvaxxed, that is. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

Sandals Resorts takes the worry out of travel plans in today’s world

Travelers are chomping at the bit, ready to make their vacation plans, despite what is going on in the world right now. Fortunately, Sandals Resorts has a way to make those plans with confidence and without worry about what may or may not happen in the future. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News