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WHO Mulls Recommending immunization Passports For PostCOVID Era International Traveledit
Republic World – Online Web
Singapore Airlines Offers COVID Passports Earlier Flag carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced the launch of an app that acts like a Digital Health Passport which will carry information about a passengers COVID19 negative diagnosis and vaccination for easy passage through the airport. Dubbed as the COVID19 passport, the systemic framework was designed by Singaporean firms SGInnovate and Accredify.
UN Agency Predicts prolonged Depressed Demand For Air Travel In 2021 Amid COVID19edit
Republic World – Online Web
Comparing Inter and Intra country travels, the Agency touted that domestic travel had shown much more resilience than international. It added that within country travel had already reached prepandmeic levels in multiple aisan giants like Russia and China.
Travelling to Singapore Covid19 test on arrival mandatoryedit
Live Mint – Online Web
All travellers, including Singaporeans and permanent residents, will need to take a COVID19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced. This will take effect from 11.59 pm on January 24 as part of tighter border measures to manage the risk of imported COVID19 cases, reported the Channel News Asia.
Thailand is pitching half a dozen golf courses as state quarantine centers to foreign tourists Travel And Tour Worldedit
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Thailand is pitching half a dozen golf courses as state quarantine centers to foreign tourists Published on : Saturday, January 16, 2021 Thailand is pitching half a dozen lush green golf courses as state quarantine centers to foreign tourists with the country aiming to gradually reopen its tourism industry.
Expo 2020 unveils key pavilion in Dubai as pandemic surgesedit
Money Control – Online Web
Dubai on Saturday unveiled the signature pavilion for the upcoming Expo 2020, the worlds fair that is scheduled to open later this year even as the global pandemic that forced its postponement continues to rage.
Dubais Emirates suspends flights to Sydney and Melbourneedit
Hindustan Times – Online Web
Dubai, the Middle Easts main business hub, locked down the city for about a month last year and Emirates grounded passenger flights. Its eased entry requirements in recent months in a bid to boost tourism.
Dubais Emirates suspends flights to Australias three largest citiesedit
Hindustan Times – Online Web
Dubai, the Middle Easts main business hub, locked down the city for about a month last year and Emirates grounded passenger flights. Its eased entry requirements in recent months in a bid to boost tourism. Follow more stories on Facebook and Twitter
Dubai Shopping Festival 2021 gets bigger, betteredit
Telangana Today – Online Web
While Dubai has already made it to our 2021 travel bucket lists, the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) is yet another reason to plan an early trip to the City of Endless Possibilities! Prep yourself for the very best mix of incomparable deals, delectable menus, retail therapy and topnotch entertainment.
COVID19 positive: China halts PIA flight operations for three weeksedit
India Blooms – Online Web
China, which is an all-weather ally of Pakistan, has stopped the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from operating flights for three weeks after 10 passengers tested COVID19 positive, media reports said. PIA Spokesman Abdullah Hafeez confirmed to Geo News that the national flag carrier has temporarily halted the flights after the development.
Air travel down 60 per cent, as airline industry losses top $370 billion: ICAOedit
India Blooms – Online Web
Domestic travel proved more resilient and was the main driver of any glimmer of recovery to the industry, particularly in China and Russia, ICAO notes, where domestic passenger numbers have already returned to the prepandemic levels. Overall, there was a 50 per cent drop in domestic passenger traffic globally, while international traffic fell by 74 per cent, or around 1.4 billion passengers.
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Travelling? Here’s why you should never unpack your suitcaseedit
The Times of India – Mumbai
Ben Krigler has been heading his family’s fragrance business, the House of Krigler, since 2005. A lifelong traveller, he spends more than half the year on the road, and even in 2020, he logged 200,000 miles.
EU looks at vaccine certificates to help summer tourismedit
Hindustan Times – Online Web
The European Union is looking at a common vaccine certificate to help get travellers to their vacation destinations and prevent tourism from suffering another disastrous year due to the coronavirus pandemic. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the certificates for individuals who have been vaccinated could be combined with Covid19 tests for those awaiting shots to allow as many people as possible to travel during the summer, which is vital for warm weather Mediterranean destinations like Greece, Italy and Spain.
Delta Air Lines reports $15.6 billion loss for financial year 2020edit
Travel and Tour World – Online Web
Delta Air Lines reports $15.6 billion loss for financial year 2020 Published on : Saturday, January 16, 2021 Delta Air Lines recently reported a pretax loss of $15.6 billion for financial 2020, representing a loss per share of $19.49 on total revenue of $17.1 billion.
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Hong Kong newspaper: locked in luxuryedit
Bolly Inside – Online Web
The first thing I noticed about my quarantine room was the view. The hotel on Hong Kong Island had upgraded me to a room with a view of Victoria Harbor the citys vast blue harbor, one of the busiest in the world, lined with skyscrapers and dotted with soaring black cargo ships and kites.