Jamaica Tourism Minister Hon. Edmund Bartlett has issued an impassioned appeal to unvaccinated tourism workers, including those in sub-sectors related to cruise shipping, to get vaccinated. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Category - Travel News
Best US Cities for Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse
Remember: If you ever encounter an actual zombie, aim for the head! - eTurboNews | 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
French Police Vaccine Pass Raids Empty Paris Cafés
Many sidewalk cafés were sitting completely empty as their regular customers chose instead to sit on public benches outside. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Sandals, Wyndham, Marriott & Hilton: The American Dream Vacation Curaçao Style
Sandals, Wyndham, Marriott and Hilton take note of the colorful Dutch Caribbean Island Curacao and joining with Airlines to form a winning team of pleasure for American and Canadian Visitors. - 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
How Americans can travel to Canada under the new rules?
This decision will spur the kind of economic recovery for our northern neighbor that’s critically needed on this side of the border as well. - 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
Who is the new Saint Lucia Minister of Tourism?
Dr. Ernest appointed Saint Lucia’s new Minister for Tourism, Investment, Creative Industries, Culture and Information. - 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
Hotel History: Libby’s Hotel and Baths, New York, NY
In the late 1920s, the stock market was soaring, businesses were enjoying record profits and developers were constructing new buildings at a rapid pace. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Hundreds of Vaccinated People Hospitalized In UK with Delta
Experts warn that ‘vaccines do not eliminate all risk’ of the highly contagious Delta variant that now accounts for 99 percent of all COVID-19 infections in the UK. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Largest Airport Terminal In Tibet Begins Operations
New terminal will help the airport meet the target of handling 9 million passengers and 80,000 tons of cargo and mail by 2025, according to the airport. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Spanish Court Rejects Nightclub COVID Pass Mandate
Andalusia high court deems making health passports mandatory to visit indoor nightlife venues to be discriminatory and in violation of citizens’ privacy rights. - eTurboNews | Travel News
India Tourism Going All Out Through Film, Sports, Religion, Staycations, Workations
The Cabinet Minister of the Government of Uttarakhand, Satpal Maharaj, said today that the state government has extended various fiscal and monetary assistance to the tourism sector and has taken several steps to aid it. - 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
Nordwind Airlines Restarts Direct Flight From St. Petersburg To Stuttgart
The air service between St. Petersburg and Stuttgart will open from August 22 on Sundays. - 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...
Ten People Wounded In a Stabbing Rampage On Tokyo Commuter Train
The incident has caused major disruption on the Odakyu railway, with operations suspended up and down the line from the two affected stations. - eTurboNews | Travel News
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
Italy Expands List Of Activities Requiring Vaccination Pass
The Green Pass will be mandatory for teachers, university students, and people traveling using long-distance public transport from September 1. - eTurboNews | Travel News