Southwest Airlines temporarily suspended service between San José and Reno in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related travel declines. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Category - Tourism
Tanzania set for UNWTO Commission for Africa meeting next year
Tanzania is set to host the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Commission for Africa in October next year. - 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
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
Bahrain Exhibition & Convention Center has a new GM
Dr. Debbie Kristiansen appointed General Manager of the new Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Center, due to open in 2022. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Americans don’t think the worst of the pandemic is over
Americans' confidence that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is over has decreased to 23%. - 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
65% of US airline passengers support vaccine passports
If the FAA decided to implement a vaccine passport program, nearly one in 10 travelers would be barred from boarding the plane. - 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
No radar? No problem! Kabul Airport reopens for domestic flights
Kabul airport is operating without radar or navigation systems, making it difficult to resume international civilian flights. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
New Airbus Single-Aisle Airspace cabin adds comfort to Lufthansa flights
Lufthansa has once again made a choice of innovation and passenger appeal, raising the bar for the flying public at large to experience next-level, Airbus leading cabin innovations. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Farewell Le Professionnel: Iconic French star Jean-Paul Belmondo dies
Belmondo’s films were collectively viewed more than 130 million times at the cinema. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
730 bras and panties: Serial underwear thief arrested in Japan
The seemingly uncanny case of underwear theft is actually not so uncommon in Japan. - 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
Guinea coup: President arrested, government dissolved, borders closed
It is known that the leader of the rebels - Mamadi Dumbouya - had previously served in the French Foreign Legion. - 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
This Asian Black Bear loves Omelet, Facebook, and Tourism
At a food stall located at Pha Trom Jai cliff in Khao Yai National Park, a video of an Asian black bear drawn to the aromas of a cooking omelette has gone viral. - 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
4 people killed in Czech Republic and France plane crashes
Earlier on the same day, a light-engine plane crashed into the highway in northern France commune of Voignarou, killing two people on board. - 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
Dunchurch Park Hotel shuts down overnight: No phones, no website
The Dunchurch Park Hotel in Dunchurch, a large village and civil parish on the southwestern outskirts of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, has cancelled all overnight stays, weddings, and events moving forward. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Turkey tightens COVID restrictions for foreign arrivals
The updates are implemented in a bid to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, and are set to go into effect on Saturday, August 4. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Painful Thailand lockdowns must stop, businesses cry
The Thailand Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration eased some disease controls on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, of Thailand lockdowns. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Expo 2020 Dubai gets a special delivery from US Open
Outside of New York, the tennis bags will be distributed within some of Emirate’s gateways in the United States. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Hawaii worst state in the US for pet-friendly accommodations
The number of pet-friendly properties available can vary quite dramatically from place to place, making some parts of the country much more accessible to pet owners than others. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Apple shelves its contentious plan to scan private iPhones for illegal photos
Even Apple employees have reportedly expressed concerns with the detection technology, worrying that it could be used to work around encryption protections, that it could easily misidentify and flag some photos. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Lufthansa Group announces new Chief Strategy Officer
Jörg Eberhart will succeed William Wilms, who was appointed to the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik on 1 September 2021. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Flying drones to hunt down Italian beachgoers who spread COVID-19
When the drone detects a person with a fever, it identifies them and alerts the medical surveillance team, who then arrives at the site for investigation, which can lead to a COVID-19 test. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News