TTC Special: Romance is crucial for Caribbean tourism
The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, in association with the island Airport Authority, announced the ‘Love Lane' offer for couples traveling to those islands in June
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Point of View: CHTA calls for Caribbean to staff up for travel surge
As the tourism sector rebounds strongly from the near shutdown caused by Covid, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is calling on the region’s “bread and butter” industry to ramp up efforts to be adequately staffed to meet the impending...
Avianca to open more flights from Colombia and other destinations to the Dominican Republic
The Minister of Tourism, David Collado, held a meeting with Daniel Fajardo, vice president of Avianca’s Route Network, as part of his visit to Colombia, where he confirmed the participation of the Dominican Republic in the Anato fair, to be held from...
UNWTO: International Code informs efforts to boost Tourist Confidence in Americas
Tourism leaders from the Americas have met to address the current challenges and opportunities around restoring confidence in travel across the region
Italy’s Travel & Tourism could reach pre-pandemic levels next year, reveals WTTC report
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed Italy’s Travel & Tourism sector will provide a significant boost to the country’s economic recovery and could almost reach pre-pandemic levels next year, just 0.3% below 2019 levels
Turks and Caicos Islands see major increase in visitor arrivals
“The tourism industry is poised for a full recovery,” declared Mary Lightbourne, Director of Tourism (Acting), Turks and Caicos Tourist Board. She stated that the first quarter of 2022 has been particularly strong, year on year, in context to the...
TTC Special: The Caribbean and Latin American summer encourages tourism
As year progresses, the forecasts show that Latin America and the Caribbean lead as a single region the reactivation of the world tourism industry. An essential moment in this regard occurred at the Global Summit in Manila, of the World Travel and Tourism...
Latest ACI data provides news insights on airports' financial health during the first year of the pandemic
Airports Council International World has launched its Airport Economics Report and Key Performance Indicators for the financial year of 2020, providing the first in-depth global breakdown of airports’ financial activities during the first year of the pandemic
Antigua and Barbuda launches special Love Lane for romance month in June
The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority in partnership with the Antigua and Barbuda Airport Authority has launched a ‘Love Lane’ fast track service for couples travelling to the destination during Antigua and Barbuda’s Romance Month in June
Mask was not a populist decision: Joselyn Chacón, New Minister of Healh
And it is that President Rodrigo Chaves shook the country by eliminating the mandatory use of the mask and incidentally, questioning the demand for vaccination against COVID-19, and then retracting the latter, on Wednesday