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Destinations
Thailand Is Ranked The World's Safest "New Normal" Travel Destination, But...
Thailand was ranked as the world’s safest tourist destination during the Covid-19 pandemic. A study conducted by German-based travel agency, Tourlane, created a ranking to determine the safest place people can travel to by taking into account each country’s Covid-19 infection…
— TRP
Nigeria to resume international travel operations August 29
Nigeria is gearing up to resume international flights in and out of the country after shutting down its airport in March to curb the spread of Covid-19. According to a statement released Monday by the Ministry of Aviation, flights will resume August 29 from Lagos, the west African nation's commercial hub, and Abuja, its capital…
— CNN
Cruise
The First Cruise to Sail the Mediterranean Since COVID-19 Left Port This Weekend
The first Mediterranean cruise since Italy lifted its coronavirus lockdown set sail on Sunday evening. The MSC Grandiosa set sail from Genoa in northern Italy on Sunday evening for a seven-night cruise of the western…
— Travel+Leisure
Caribbean Island Says No Cruise Ships Until 2021
As cruise lines anxiously eye an eventual return to service, at least one Caribbean port has made it clear that ships will not be welcome back until at least next…
— Cruise Radio
Amid cruising shutdown, Carnival hypes 'first roller coaster at sea' on new ship in 2021
Carnival Cruise Line posted a video previewing its anticipated Mardi Gras ship's new roller coaster, BOLT, amid the COVID-19…
— USA Today
Transportation
Clearing The Misconceptions About Government Aid To Airlines
Governmental aid to individuals and businesses is a highly charged topic, as there are a lot of opinions about priorities and views of what is just and why in a free market economy, the aid might be needed. Among the more controversial ideas is giving aid to airlines. The most common narrative is that these businesses have squandered their cash, treat customers poorly, are undisciplined in their pricing, and mostly cause their own…
— Forbes
Airlines, airports urge COVID-19 tests as quarantine alternative
Airlines and airports will ask a United Nations-led task force meeting on Tuesday to recommend that countries accept a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours of travel as an alternative to quarantines that have decimated demand for travel, according to a document seen by Reuters news…
— Al Jazeera
Air Canada Is Promoting Travel To The United States
For about a month now, Air Canada’s customer service line has been automatically greeting callers with a pre-recorded message notifying them of the ability to travel to the United States. While many Canadians could be under the impression that only essential travel to the United States is…
— Simple Flying
Lodging
#staycation - Why Hotels Are Still Opening Even With Travel Restrictions In Place
Somewhere high up in the mountainous regions of Switzerland, a general manager walks up to the second floor of his luxury 5-star hotel and smiles down at the influx of guests.…
— Forbes
Can Sales and Marketing Save the Hotel Industry?
COVID-19 has knocked the wind out of hotel profits. No more so than within the conference business, a traditionally bustling moneymaker that has wilted amid the pandemic. Still, sitting on your hands until it all blows over is not the smart…
— Hotel News Resource
Other and Odd
COVID-19 could eliminate 197 million travel industry jobs and wipe $5.5 trillion from the global GDP, a trade group warns
Nearly 200 million travel industry jobs could vanish as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a grim new forecast from the World Travel and Tourism Council…
— Business Insider
South African Tourism reassures leisure travellers it's ready to reopen safely
The announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday that South Africa would be instituting Level 2 of the National Lockdown on Tuesday, August 18 , with new regulations is welcome news for many industries which have been crippled by the lockdown regulations limiting their…
— NOW in SA
Today in History
The Birth Of Virginia Dare
The first child in the New World born to English parents was Virginia Dare, born August 18, 1587. Her parents were Eleanor and Ananias Dare, colonists in the ill-fated Roanoke Colony, in present day North Carolina. The Roanoke Colony is now commonly referred to as "The Lost Colony" as it disappeared almost without a trace. As a result, the details of her life, as well as the date of young Virginia's death is…
— Travel Research Online
Mike’s 1-Minute Marketing Memos
Go Fish!
 "Chivas regal and Johnny Walker started preaching the choir in campaign aimed at scotch lovers."
This headline grabbed my attention not long ago.
The gist of the article is ”fish where the fish…
— Travel Research Online
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