Category - Tourism

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

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

Thailand mosques welcome worshippers once again

The Sheikul Islam Office (SIO) in Thailand has approved the resumption of prayers at mosques in communities where at least 70% of the population aged 18 or over are vaccinated against COVID-19. - 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

Prepare for lines when you fly from London Heathrow

Some Heathrow passengers were reporting absolutely absurd queue times due to a Border Force staff shortage which kept travelers waiting in lines for five hours. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

Is it safe in Paris with massive protests and COVID?

Those who haven’t got the COVID-19 vaccine shot yet, or are not planning to at all, claim that the health pass diminishes their rights and turns them into second class citizens. - 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