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Jamaica authorizes direct flights with the Dominican Republic
The JAC stated that direct flights between the country and Jamaica, in addition to benefiting national air operators
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Business
Traveler survey reveals stress factors of business travel
While 89% of business travelers say employee wellbeing is a priority at their company, only 51% feel that their company provides traveler wellbeing support, according to a recent BCD Travel survey of 875 business travelers worldwide
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TTC dedicates new edition of its Digital Newspaper to BIT 2022 tourism fair
With sights set on the trends that will characterize the tourism industry in the coming months, TTC dedicates the new edition of its Digital Newspaper to the 2022 International Tourism Exchange (BIT), taking place in the Italian city of Milan, from April...
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ITB Berlin 2022, Global Travel Industry’s High-Level Meeting
David Ruetz, director of ITB Berlin, in an exclusive interview granted to Travel Trade Caribbean, gave details about the event that will guide the future of the tourism industry with high-level debates in which resilience, digitization and sustainability...
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New report from WTTC and Trip.com Group reveals latest consumer trends and the shift in traveller behaviours
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Trip.com Group have launched ‘Trending in Travel’, a new report that shows the latest trends traveller behaviour and future booking patterns in the wake of COVID-19
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Travel regulations in The Cayman Islands for amendment
The increased COVID-19 suppression measures follow the Government’s decision to pause the transition from Phase Three to Phase Four of the Cayman Islands’ border reopening plan earlier this week
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Dominican Republic will not require PCR tests from Canadians after reopening of flights
With scheduled flights resuming to major destinations such as Punta Cana and Puerto Plata, the following Covid-19 protocols apply Random temperature checks and breath tests administered at the airport
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US opens doors to fully vaccinated visitors from November
The lifting of blanket restrictions on travel to the US from certain countries will come as welcome news to thousands of foreign nationals with families in the United States
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TTC Special: Jamaica and Grenada could stop at a British red light
According to British publication Sky News for the mentioned two Caribbean destinations have worsened in terms of the increase in infections
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Point of View: Italy Considers Opening Safe Travel Corridors
While travel agent associations are on the warpath to draw the Italian Tourism Ministry’s attention in order to get some help from a newly installed dicastery (abolished in the 1990s following a really insane referendum), newly-appointed Tourism Minister...
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Saint Lucia extends long-stay programme
Visitors can now embrace island life in Saint Lucia with a multiple entry visa for up to one year
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Marriott International earns top score on Disability Equality Index
The DEI was launched in 2015 by Disability: IN and The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and is acknowledged today as one of the most robust disability inclusion assessment tools in business
Tourism
Heathrow to introduce fast-lane for vaccinated travelers
British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Heathrow have joined forces to assess if it can be quick and easy to verify those arriving into the UK who are fully vaccinated
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Point of View: Travel sector demands reopening in nationwide protest
Travel agents, pilots, tour operators, aviation workers and cabin crew are among the thousands of people who will ‘speak up for travel’
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Carnival encourages the return of cruise ships to the Dominican Republic: it would operate this summer
The shipping company announced that its agreements to restart cruise trips from Miami, Galveston, and Canaveral had received approval to make trips on the first ships with passengers
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Leaders of tourism meets at Uzakrota USA
The second online event of this year, Uzakrota Online USA Summit 2021, which will bring together online travel agencies, airlines, hotels, tour operators, travel technology initiatives, accommodation investors, risk capitalists, and a lot more
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ITB Berlin sends a clear message from the global travel industry by appealing to policymakers for action
Copyright: Messe Berlin GmbH. Global travel industry CEOs demand an expansion of vaccination and testing capacity to rapidly re-open safe travel in these times of the pandemic, and call for political support to improve sustainability, equitable...
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It's official: Cuba Travel Services travelers recommendations for visiting the island
From January 10, 2021, travelers are additionally required to present proof of a PCR test with negative results, taken in your departing country in the last 72 hours.