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• An app in the works would display a flyer's test and vaccination info

  24-11-2020 21:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The app would enable airline passengers to seamlessly have their health credentials verified.
  
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• 10 inspiring hobbies taken up by readers during lockdown

  21-01-2021 07:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Using Shakespeare plays, mum’s cooking and even Lego as inspiration, our tipsters – and their kids – have discovered ingenious ways not just of de-stressing, but of feeling more aliveThis is about my autistic daughter’s hobby. She’s nine, and since last March has become an avid birdspotter and photographer. It’s been great to be outside finding nature in the city, and to see her thrive and grow, walking to and exploring local parks. She’s now got an amaz
  
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• A defiant move to the Norwegian Arctic

  20-01-2021 22:24 via bbc.com
  
  In September 2019, two women embarked on an extraordinary quest
  
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• Marriott plans to open nearly 100 properties in Asia-Pacific in 2021

  20-01-2021 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Last year, the company surpassed 800 hotels added nearly 27,000 rooms to the region's development pipeline.
  
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• Emirates, Etihad sign on to IATA Travel Pass

  20-01-2021 21:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Gulf carriers will be among the first users of the digital health passport.
  
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• Survey reveals optimism about the return of business travel

  20-01-2021 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BCD Travel reports that more than 60% of respondents said they expect to be traveling regularly by mid-2021.
  
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• Airbnb's Brian Chesky on permanent shifts in travel and need for principles in a crisis

  20-01-2021 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Following its successful IPO, Airbnb is looking ahead to what might be some of the more permanent trends going forward.
  
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• Tell us about your lockdown discoveries for the chance to win a £200 holiday prize

  20-01-2021 18:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Share the neighbourhood treasures you’ve noticed since restricted by Covid rules. The best tip wins £200 towards a Canopy & Stars stayLockdown restrictions have made us see the world in a different way – the fact that we can only go out once a day and explore a limited radius means we are rediscovering our local areas and noticing things that we’d previously overlooked in our pre-lockdown busyness. That can be anything from a historical building, deserted factory or f
  
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• Against the odds, Eastern Airlines flies through the pandemic

  20-01-2021 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Eastern brand has returned to the skies -- although serving a different market this time.
  
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• Travel is coming back with a vengeance

  20-01-2021 12:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "Revenge travel" is one of several emerging trends identified by Overseas Adventure Travel, which specializes in small-group travel for Americans age 50 and up.
  
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• Noodle soup ties me to the coming year and my Japanese roots – plus the recipe

  20-01-2021 07:30 via theguardian.com
  
  For this Asian-American novelist, soba noodles flecked with gold embody new year traditionsEvery year my mother would make a bowl of Japanese New Year’s Eve noodles for my American father and me. “Just this one tradition,” she would entreat; she didn’t like American New Year, and longed for Japanese-style festivities. One year, I found one of my noodles tied in a knot, which she assured me was a sign of good fortune. I wasn’t so sure. I didn’t even really like
  
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• Norwegian Cruise Line reorganizes its sales team

  20-01-2021 00:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Subject matter experts will now advise agency partners on different areas, such as marketing and training.
  
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• Azamara president has a message for travel advisors

  19-01-2021 23:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Carol Cabezas says the relationship between agents and the line will not change as a result of its sale to a private equity firm.
  
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• Sandals creates two programs in memory of Butch Stewart

  19-01-2021 23:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The initiatives, one a tourism scholarship and the other a marine conservation effort, were introduced by Stewart's son and successor, Adam.
  
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• United names a head of worldwide sales

  19-01-2021 21:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former Marriott exec Doreen Burse fills a vacancy created by the disappearance of Jake Cefolia in August.
  
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• Concerns grow over Eurostar rail service linking U.K., EU

  19-01-2021 21:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The service has been hurt badly by the halt to travel during the pandemic as well as Brexit.
  
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• Canada clears the 737 Max for takeoff

  19-01-2021 19:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Transport Canada's ungrounding order has many of the same conditions as those imposed by the FAA.
  
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• Italy will rebuild the floor of the Colosseum

  19-01-2021 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The multimillion-dollar project will add a retractable floor, enabling the ancient structure to host concerts and other events.
  
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• Luxury Ca' di Dio hotel set to open in Venice

  19-01-2021 18:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The 66-room property dates back more than eight centuries and is walking distance to St. Mark's Square.
  
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• Royal Caribbean sells Azamara

  19-01-2021 16:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Private equity firm Sycamore Partners will pay $201 million in cash to acquire the line's three ships as well as its intellectual property.
  
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• Travel groups say it's critical to get workers vaccinated quickly

  19-01-2021 16:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Industries worldwide are lobbying for their workers to be put at the head of the long Covid-19 vaccine line, amid limited supply and a slower-than-expected rollout.
  
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• Caribbean countries grapple with the new Covid-19 testing requirements

  19-01-2021 15:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The requirement will likely send some vacationers scrambling to find testing locations. Reaction in the Caribbean was swift.
  
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• Etihad partners with IATA for Covid-19 Travel Pass

  19-01-2021 13:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The mobile app is designed to help passengers easily and securely manage their travel in line with government requirements for Covid-19 tests or vaccines.
  
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• Behind Key West’s attempt at cruise control

  19-01-2021 13:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Royal Caribbean Group's Richard Fain said the vote to limit ships shows the industry needs to do a better job of communicating with port communities.
  
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• Skyscanner seeks to identify underserved airline routes

  19-01-2021 12:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A new tool will help airlines and airports leverage forward looking search and intent data to predict demand and identify new and more profitable route opportunities.
  
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• Sustainable tourism key to Cumbria’s new carbon neutral plan

  19-01-2021 07:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Ambition to become the UK’s first carbon-neutral county, by 2037, looks to reduce the impact of visitors, especially in the LakesAcross Cumbria local communities, businesses and grassroots organisations are being mobilised to map out ways that they hope will help it become the UK’s first carbon-neutral county. The county is aiming to decarbonise by 2037, an ambition initially supported by £2.5m of national lottery funding, awarded last August and to be drip-fed over five years
  
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• Holiday bookings surge as Covid vaccinations increase travel hopes

  19-01-2021 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  People high on list for jabs in UK ready to make 2021 and 2022 plansSee all our coronavirus coverageHoliday companies have reported an increase in bookings as the UK’s coronavirus vaccine rollout gives people hope that they will soon be able to travel overseas again.Despite a series of negative travel announcements in recent days, including the closure of air corridors and words of caution from ministers over foreign holidays, there are signs that those among the first in line for the vacc
  
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• New seaplane operation takes flight in the Bahamas

  19-01-2021 06:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It will operate a fleet of seaplanes to many of the country's Family Islands.
  
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• Malaysia’s humble ‘king of noodles’

  19-01-2021 05:26 via bbc.com
  
  “Nothing is better than a simple noodle dish with an interesting backstory”
  
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• U.S. entry restrictions likely to remain despite Trump executive order

  19-01-2021 05:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Trump's order, issued on Monday, ends entry restrictions for the 26 countries in Europe's Schengen Area as well as the U.K., Ireland and Brazil, effective Jan. 26.
  
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