Destinations
Fiji Plans December 1 Border Reopening
Fiji will be open to visitors once again starting this December. After nearly two years of being closed to the outside world, Fiji is more than ready to safely welcome its travellers back. The 333 islands are as beautiful as ever, brimming with idyllic turquoise waters, soft white sand beaches, and the vibrant “Bula Spirit” for which Fiji is known. This official government announcement comes on the heels of Fiji reaching its goal of 80% vaccination of the eligible population with both doses. While travel restrictions will be lifted in December, entry requirements will remain...
ACTA Targets Advisories, Vaccination Recognition
ACTA says the federal government needs to urgently address the issues of global recognition of vaccinations as well as reverting to country-specific risk-based travel advisories for fully vaccinated travellers. The industry association says that the recognition of Canadian vaccinations by other countries and out-of-date travel advisories are negatively impacting Canadian travellers and tourism business survival. ACTA points out that in order to ensure rapid and broad vaccination in Canada, the federal government promoted mixed vaccinations and the use of AstraZeneca. As a result,...
Singapore Airlines Is Back In Canada
Beginning Dec. 3 and continuing to Feb. 15, 2022, Singapore Airlines (SIA) will operate four-times weekly seasonal services to Singapore from Seattle and Vancouver. With the inclusion of Canada and the United States under Singapore’s Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) arrangements, SIA will operate twice-weekly Seattle-Vancouver-Singapore designated VTL flights, providing eligible customers quarantine-free entry to Singapore. SQ29 will depart from Seattle at 1100hrs, arrive at Vancouver at 1145hrs on the same day, depart from Vancouver at 1315hrs, and arrive in Singapore at 2205hrs the...
Reversing The Slide
Preliminary data from Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) member countries indicates that the region is outperforming the rest of the world as its recovery moves forward. During the first half of 2021, international tourist arrivals to the Caribbean reached 6.6 million, representing a 12% decline when compared to the same period last year. By the end of May arrivals were at 5.2 million, down 30.8% for the corresponding period in 2020, considerably better than the global average of a 65.1% decline. Of the main regions analyzed, The Americas, which included the Caribbean, registered...
St. Kitts & Nevis Reduces Restrictions
St. Kitts & Nevis has reduced the Vacation in Place, quarantine from four (4) days to 24 hours for fully vaccinated international air travellers. Within 24 hours upon arrival into St. Kitts and Nevis, travellers staying at their "Travel Approved" Tourist Accommodation (Condo, Hotel, Resort, Villa) will be tested. Upon receipt of a negative RT PCR test, travellers will be able to fully integrate into the Federation, including dining in restaurants, experiencing the vibe at one of the local beach bars on “The Strip,” visiting our unique and one-of-kind attractions, sailing the...
Condor Takes Off With Discover The World
Condor is looking to Discover The World to help it grow travel agency sales in the USA and Canada. Using its sales and marketing expertise, along with extensive relationships developed over two decades in the US and Canada, Discover The World will help Condor better penetrate opportunities outside of the scope of its Europe-based international sales team. Discover The World will strategically plan to expand sales by exploiting the potential of the “long tail” in USA & Canada. Ian Murray, CEO of Discover the World, said: “We are really excited to work with Condor to...
Discovering Europe With The Globus Family Of Brands
The Globus family of brands reports its Europe program literally spans the continent, stretching from Portugal into Eastern Europe. And Carla Brake, the company's Canadian director of business development, says her employer can easily accommodate those with different travel interests. "The depth and breadth of our portfolio is really vast...," she told a Baxter Media webcast. "We really feel that we have something for everyone." Globus family of brands has over 700 vacations on six continents. The webcast follows the introduction of the company's Now Is Our Time campaign. "We...
Slow Recovery Hits Jobs, Growth, WTTC Says
Continued sluggish recovery will see the travel and tourism industry’s year-on-year contribution to global GDP rise by less than one third in 2021, according to new research from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). In 2019, the sector generated nearly US$9.2 trillion to the global economy, however in 2020, the pandemic brought it to an almost complete standstill which resulted in a 49.1% drop, representing a punishing loss of nearly US$4.5 trillion. While the global economy is set to receive a modest 30.7% year on year increase from travel and tourism in 2021, this will...