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Six US Carriers Cleared for Scheduled Cuba Service
As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to "normalize" relations with Cuba, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved six domestic airlines to begin scheduled flights between Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago, Philadelphia and Minneapolis/St. Paul and Cuba as early as this fall. “Last year, President Obama announced that it was time to ‘begin a new journey’ with the Cuban people,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “Today, we are delivering on his promise by re-launching scheduled air service to Cuba after more than half a century.” The...
Air Canada Resumes Fort McMurray Flights
Air Canada has resumed service to Fort McMurray International Airport. “We extend a warm welcome to our Fort McMurray customers and in particular, to people who are returning home. We also want to thank the employees of our Air Canada Express partner Jazz, the team at Fort McMurray International Airport, the first responders and the countless men and women who are working around the clock for their extraordinary efforts in assisting Fort McMurray, and for their tireless work in making the return to commercial air service possible today,” said Kevin Howlett, senior vice-president,...
Transat Opens The Door to Central Europe
Transat is getting set to kick off the summer season with its most comprehensive and diversified program yet, especially for travellers looking to discover Central Europe. Following the success of its flights to the Czech Republic and Hungary, two new destinations added in 2014 and 2015 respectively, Transat has added Croatia to its 2016 program. “We are proud to be the only North American airline offering a direct flight to Croatia, and are committed to enhancing our destination lineup each year with attractive new options that set us apart,” said Annick Guérard, president and...
WestJet Returns to Fort McMurray
WestJet will resume flying to Fort McMurray International Airport tomorrow (June 11) as the airport reopens for commercial operations for the first time since wildfires caused the suspension of scheduled flights on May 4. “We are proud to support residents of Fort McMurray and the Region of Wood Buffalo as they return home under difficult circumstances,” said Bob Cummings, WestJet executive vice-president, Commercial. “For those flying back to the community from cities across Canada, we have put a number of measures in place to make their travel as easy and stress-free as...
Demented Chance to Reign Over Horror Nights 26
Fans know her as the twisted right-hand woman of Halloween Horror Nights legend, Jack the Clown. Victims know her as the last, cackling face they see before a tortuous demise. And now, the world will know her as the merciless force behind Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 26. This year, Chance will step into the spotlight as the star of the infamous Halloween event – taking the stage at Universal Studios Florida where she will “take guests on a journey inside her twisted mind as she struggles with what is performance verses what is real.” According to Universal...
Olympic Games On Course
Embratur (the Brazilian Tourism Board) has issued a statement advising travel and tour operator partners that there is no discussion of the possibility of postponing or cancelling the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games. Embratur, and other Brazilian government agencies, is guided by the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), which stated on May 28 that a possible change of the Games due to illness does not alter the spread of the virus, which is already circulating in 60 countries and territories. Therefore, there is no reason to delay the Games. Before the 2014...
Waldorf Astoria Coming to Dubai
Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts has signed a management agreement to open a property in Dubai. Waldorf Astoria Dubai International Financial Centre is expected to begin welcoming guests in the fall of 2017. Forming part of a mixed-use residential, retail and office-space development, Waldorf Astoria Dubai International Financial Centre will feature 247 guest rooms, as well as a range of upscale dining options, spa and wellness facilities. Significant events space will include a grand ballroom and a further four meeting rooms, designed for social occasions and corporate...
PCC Set For Royal Visit
For the first time since 1993, the Royal Family of Tonga is making a special trip to Oahu’s Polynesian Cultural Center Saturday (June 11) to celebrate the grand reopening of its new Tonga Village. Tonga is the last remaining monarchy in Polynesia still ruled by a king, His Majesty King Tupou VI, who will be joined at the ceremony by his wife, Her Majesty Queen Nanasipauu. The Royal Family will be honoured with performances and gifts representing the peoples and cultures of the PCC’s six island villages, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Tahiti, Aotearoa and Hawaii. Originally built in 1963...