Category - Travel News

Free Pre-show Learning at IMEX America

A Harvard-trained psychiatrist, global sustainability leaders, event design champions, a human behavior expert, and an intrepid wilderness explorer are all leading the learning at Smart Monday, powered by MPI. - eTurboNews | Travel News

“Sandals Swipe-Stakes” for Couples Who Found Love During Lockdown

The experts in love and romance at Sandals® Resorts announce their new Sandals Swipe-Stakes for couples that met online during the pandemic through dating apps or social media. With travel on its way back, Sandals plans to give these new couples the ultimate courtship phase they never got by awarding one lucky couple a romantic 3-night stay at any of their 16 Luxury Included® resort locations throughout the Caribbean. - eTurboNews | Travel News

Flights From Russia to Egypt Red Sea Resorts Resume

Russia resumed direct flights to Egyptian Red Sea resorts of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, ending a ban that had lasted almost six years following the explosion of a Russian airliner that killed all 224 people on board. - eTurboNews | Travel News

Flying From India to Canada Remains a Big No

Transport Canada is extending the Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) that restricts all direct commercial and private passenger flights to Canada from India until September 21, 2021 - eTurboNews | Travel News

Thailand Blind to COVID-19 Surge: Pushes Phuket Sandbox

Despite the surge of COVID-19 cases all over Thailand, a Center for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) spokesman, Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, said today that the Phuket Sandbox campaign must continue with constant adjustments made to address challenges. - eTurboNews | Travel News

Your ‘Right to Die From COVID-19’ must be guaranteed

No Vaccine necessary! The Australian Senator Hanson keeps insisting she was right even when told that existing vaccines have passed the necessary trials and pose a much lower risk to health compared to getting infected with the virus. - eTurboNews | Travel News

Seychelles Minister for Tourism Visits Tourism Establishments on Praslin

Continuing his visits to tourism industry partners, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism Ambassador Sylvestre Radegonde headed to Praslin on Friday, August 6, where smaller accommodation establishments on Seychelles’ second largest island confirmed first hand they are enjoying their fair share of the tourism pie. - eTurboNews | Travel News

Sandals Resorts Gifts Caribbean Olympians Complimentary Vacations

Almost 100 Olympians from the islands where Sandals Resorts International operates have been gifted complimentary vacation stays by the company’s Executive Chairman, Adam Stewart, in recognition of their valiant efforts at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. - eTurboNews | Travel News

60% of Americans Say the Masks Are Here to Stay

Republicans have mainly led the charge against reinstated mask mandates, though the polling appears to show a fair share of support for masks on both sides of the political aisle, with more than half of Republicans saying they will mask up if they are sick, while 80% of Democrats said the same.  - eTurboNews | Travel News

Violent Anti-Vax Rioters Storm BBC London Studios

Protestors believe the country’s leadership is in cahoots with pharmaceutical companies and media outlets to deceive the British public about both the disease and the vaccines. - eTurboNews | Travel News

How “Pet a Tree” Climate Change Initiative Will Help Uganda Tourism

A “Pet a Tree” climate change initiative was launched in Uganda by the Minister of State for Tourism, Honorable Martin Mugarra Bahinduka, an initiative by non-governmental agency Africa Tourism and Environment Initiatives on August 5, 2021, at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) in Entebbe. - eTurboNews | Travel News

New Tourist Safety Device of Spanish Police for Camino de Santiago Pilgrimmage

The Camino de Santiago, known in English as the Way of St. James, is a network of pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain. Tradition holds that the remains of the saint are buried here. - eTurboNews | Travel News

Help Wanted for United Airlines: Vaccinated Only!

United Airlines announced today that it will require employees to get COVID-19 vaccinations no later than October 25, 2021, or they will risk being terminated. - eTurboNews | Travel News

2021 Oshkosh Exceeds Expectations of EAA Organizers and Bahamas Team

The 2021 Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture Oshkosh, held July 26 through August 1, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has ended. From all accounts, aviation enthusiasts, in record-breaking numbers, agreed to the theme, “The Wait is Over.” “The Show exceeded the expectations of both the EAA organizers and the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation’s (BMOTA) teams, despite a challenging and most unconventional year,” said Greg Rolle, Sr. Director of Vertical Markets, BMOTA. - eTurboNews | Travel...

Seychelles to Welcome Back Cruise Ships in November 2021

Launching the 2021-2022 cruise season on November 14, 2021, will be the MS Island Sky, the first cruise vessel to sail to Seychelles since the closure of the destination to cruise ships in March 2020. As per the decision taken by the country’s authorities in March 2021 relating to the size of the vessels and limiting their carrying passenger capacity, Seychelles will only be welcoming smaller vessels with a maximum of 300 passengers. - eTurboNews | Travel News

Virgin Atlantic Launches Twice-Weekly Flights to The Bahamas

The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation is thrilled to announce that Virgin Atlantic Airlines will operate two flights per week from London Heathrow Airport to Nassau, Bahamas, beginning November 20, 2021. - eTurboNews | Travel News