Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts listed around 4,000 jobs between January 2021–June 2021 (till June 14), which is more than what it posted in 2020. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Category - Resort News
Viking welcomes Americans back to Europe
Recent announcements from the European Union and the CDC encourage international travel from the U.S. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
African Tourism Ministers resolve to strengthen tourism on continent
The African ministers through the UNWTO summit pledged that African member states would work together to establish a new narrative for tourism across the continent. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
South Korea to become third largest outbound Asia-Pacific source market by 2025
Heavy workloads and pressure from superiors have made South Koreans reluctant holiday makers in the past, inadvertently affecting both domestic and international travel. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
US Travel: States reopening vital for return to pre-pandemic economy and livelihoods
States with delayed reopenings must recognize they’re at a competitive disadvantage to those open for business, requiring focused efforts to encourage the safe return of both business and leisure travelers. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Princess Cruises continues plans to resume cruising in United States
Starting between September 25 and November 28, 2021, cruises onboard eight Princess MedallionClass ships will once again take guests to the Caribbean, Panama Canal, Mexico, Hawaii, and the California Coast. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
European travel sentiment soars with vaccines and EU digital COVID ID rollout
Two-thirds of Europeans intending to take a trip by the end of November 2021. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Almost half of Brits plan a holiday in Spain this summer
41% of Brits said that they would be willing to undertake a ten-day home quarantine plus testing in order to travel internationally. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Sandals Resorts honeymoon do over sweepstakes: You can win!
To celebrate newlyweds that didn’t get their dream honeymoon during the pandemic, the experts in love and romance at Sandals® Resorts is giving couples a second chance with 30 days of Honeymoon Do Overs. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Rod Stewart celebrates 10th anniversary of his residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
Featuring chart-topping hits spanning Stewart's unparalleled over five-decade career including "You Wear It Well," "Maggie May," "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy," "The First Cut is the Deepest," "Tonight's the Night" and "Forever Young," the high-energy show treats audiences to an intimate, concert celebration. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Shooter attacks tourists from a jet ski
American tourist was wounded while on vacation in Cancun after gunmen on jet skis sprayed a beach with bullets. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Greg Norman named Global Golf Ambassador for Sandals® Resorts International
Greg Norman and Sandals Resorts International announced today that the renowned golf pro will serve as the Global Golf Ambassador for all of Sandals Resorts’ premier golf destinations spanning three islands including Sandals Emerald Bay in Exuma, Bahamas, Sandals Golf Club at Sandals Regency La Toc, Sandals St. Lucia Golf and Country Club at Cap Estate in St. Lucia and Sandals Golf and Country Club in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Most travelers still have concerns about 2021 summer travel
This year, for the vacation months of July, August, and September, 51.6% of people who travel have planned a domestic trip and intend to enjoy their country and discover places near them. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Turks and Caicos Islands issued a Level 1 Notice from the CDC
More than 65% of the local adult population is vaccinated, making the Turks and Caicos Islands one of the most inoculated countries in the world. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Belize prepares to welcome Carnival Vista cruise
Carnival Vista will operate with at least 95 percent of its passengers and all of its crew having been vaccinated, and there will be rigorous protocols in place for disembarking passengers. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Travelers prefer booking holidays directly with providers amid uncertainty
Direct booking channels are likely to have experienced an increase in popularity due to the fragility of booking a trip in the current situation. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Holland America Line cancels Nieuw Statendam and Volendam European summer cruises
Guests currently booked on canceled Nieuw Statendam and Volendam departures automatically will be moved to a 2021 cruise on Eurodam in the Mediterranean, beginning with the August 15 cruise through the October 30 transatlantic crossing. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Mexican Caribbean celebrates one year of reopening
With 42 routes from the United States, air connectivity with Europe from Germany, France, Spain, Great Britain, Portugal, Russia, Poland, Turkey, flights from Latin America such as from Belize, Colombia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, in addition to domestic flights to the three airports of Quintana Roo, in Cancun, Cozumel and Chetumal, the Mexican Caribbean is today synonymous with strength and successful tourism recovery. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel...
Brits make mad dash home from Portugal to beat new quarantine rules deadline
British tourists called the scenes at the airport “absolute carnage” – claiming it took over two hours to check in – and blamed UK government ministers for creating the situation. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City launches Hard Rock Air
Hard Rock Air launched in partnership with Ultimate Jet Charters, operator of the exclusive charter service. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Sandals Resorts Barbados: Opened and welcoming guests
It was what Sandals Resorts International Executive Chairman Adam Stewart called a landmark day when 2 of their Barbados hotels reopened last month, the last to do so since the pandemic arrived over a year ago. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
International tourism down 83% in the first quarter of 2021
Vaccinations are seen as key for global tourism industry's recovery from COVID-19 pandemic. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Cruise industry: 2021 revenue will be almost five times lower than in 2019
The entire cruise industry is expected to generate $6.6 billion in revenue in 2021, almost five times less than in 2019. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Qatar Airways resumes Phuket flights as Thai resort reopens to international tourism
As Thailand reopens to holidaymakers from around the world, fully vaccinated travelers will soon be able to visit once again. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
KATA to promote outbound tourism to EAC countries
This strategic meeting comes at a time when KATA has shifted its focus to promotion of outbound tourism to EAC countries in bid to help its members expand their horizon of business as well as well as improving bilateral ties with the countries to get more tourists to Kenya and simultaneously send tourists from Kenya to those destinations. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
A year after hotel industry collapsed, guests are trickling back
Global hotel industry's performance is improving, but it’s still ways away from the pre-pandemic era. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
WTTC: Travel & Tourism contribution to Caribbean GDP dropped by $33.9 billion in 2020
Travel & Tourism’s impact on Caribbean’s GDP fell from USD$58.4 billion (14.1%) in 2019, to USD$24.5 billion (6.4%), just 12 months later, in 2020. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
484,071 visitors arrived by air to Hawaii in April 2021
Prior to the pandemic, Hawaii experienced record-level visitor expenditures and arrivals in 2019 and in the first two months of 2020. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Slower travel methods could be the next big tourism trend
With tourists opting for longer stays due to many being able to work remotely, and sustainability featuring more heavily in travel decisions, it is clear that slow travel could be a global phenomenon in the next few years. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Young travelers prefer messaging when booking post-pandemic travel
Messaging options — including SMS, WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, Facebook Messenger, and brand websites and apps — are viewed as a convenient, preferred method for travelers to engage with their favorite travel brands. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online