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Choice Hotels EMEA reveals refresh concept for its Quality brand
Choice Hotels EMEA, the region’s leading franchisor, has revealed the refresh concept for its Quality brand as part of its EMEA brand portfolio re-energisation strategy.
Anguilla drops all Covid entry restrictions
The eastern Caribbean destination of Anguilla has dropped its remaining Covid-19 entry restrictions for visitors. Since October 1, all visitors, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, have no longer been required to present a Covid-19 test result to the airlines on check-in and on arrival at the ports of entry on Anguilla.
Jamaican hotelier awarded Caribbean Hotelier of the Year
Jamaican businessman Kevin Hendrickson is the Caribbean Hotels and Tourism Association’s Hotelier of the Year. Hendrickson was announced Caribbean Hotelier of the Year at the inaugural Caribbean Travel Forum, a new addition to the CHTA’s Travel Marketplace.
Could “Dynamic Taxation” Help Caribbean Air Travel?
Could a new kind of “dynamic taxation system” fix the problem of high air ticket prices in the Caribbean? That’s the idea by Nicola Madden-Greig, the president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association.
JAMAICA EARNS US 5.7 BILLION SINCE REOPENING
Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund has announced that Jamaica has earned US 5.7 billion since reopening its borders in June 2020. The data also shows that the island welcomed over five million visitors over the same period. The announcement follows the destination’s strong tourism recovery efforts that saw its best summer ever according to arrivals figures. For the summer period, the island recorded over 224 thousand stopover arrivals in June while 2019 June figures show 222 thousand arrivals.
Air Canada to Launch New, Non-stop Transborder Routes to the U.S
Air Canada today announced new, daily transborder flights between Halifax-and-Newark and Vancouver-and-Houston. The year-round routes will start in December and conveniently link these major urban markets, as well as provide easy onward connections through Air Canada’s and its partner United Airlines’ global networks.
Great expectations and optimism ahead of FITUR 2023
The 43rd edition of the International Tourism Fair will take place from 18 to 22 January 2023. Organisers are looking towards this upcoming edition with a very positive outlook, backed by the acceleration of tourism activity and the resilience developed in its past editions with the significant institutional and sectorial endorsement.
Tourism Minister, Red Sea Governor inaugurate largest tourist walkway in Hurghada
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa and Governor of Red Sea Amr Hanafi inaugurated the third and final phase of the tourist walkway in Hurghada, along with the city’s first recreational park.
Shanghai Disneyland expected to see the year’s biggest crowd during national holiday
A nationwide festive mood for the weeklong National Day holidays is giving a shot in the arm of China’s tourism and leisure industry, early data suggested, pointing to a recovery underway in the world’s second-largest economy.
Winter airline casualties likely, EasyJet boss warns
More airlines are set to collapse as the winter low season takes its toll following the turbulence of Covid groundings. The warning came from EasyJet boss Johan Lundgren following the post-summer demise of Monarch in October 2017 and Thomas Cook in September 2019.
A New Adults-Only Resort Is Coming to Isla Mujeres, Mexico
The tiny island of Isla Mujeres off the Caribbean coast of Mexico is getting a major new resort. All-inclusive brand Secrets is opening its new adults-only Secrets Impression Isla Mujeres in December.
Hundreds converge on Puerto Rico for Caribbean Travel Marketplace
More than 400 buyers from 26 territories are expected to converge on Puerto Rico for the return of Caribbean Travel Marketplace, two years after the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) was forced to cancel face-to-face meetings owing to COVID-19.