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Travel News Malaysias Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau conducts virtual roadshow for trade in Indiaedit
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Malaysias Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) conducted its 4th Annual Penang Roadshow in India for travel agents in Mumbai two weeks ago. This years show was carried out fully virtually followed by a Penang Night special dinner hosted for the Indian travel agents.
Thailands tuk tuks, tour buses and boats marooned amid coronavirusedit
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Thailand has an electric plan to tackle rising pollution levels) I will monitor the situation for another year, he added. If it doesnt get better, I will have to shut down. Campon Taikae, a 50yearold tuk tuk driver, said he had earned only 50 baht ($1.70) after driving for hours a day earlier, but felt he had no chance of finding another job.
Thai Businesses Protest Move To Stop Private Vaccine Importsedit
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Thailand so far has not received or manufactured any vaccines, even as many of its neighbours have started inoculations.It is expecting 50,000 imported doses of AstraZeneca vaccine and 2 million of Chinese Sinovac to begin arriving within a month, earmarked for frontline workers.
Singapore Airlines Offers KRIS+ App to Indiansedit
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Singapore Airlines Offers KRIS+ App to IndiansSingapore Airlines has rolled out its recently launched lifestyle app Kris+ in India. The app is an innovative platform that brings payment, lifestyle and rewards services together under one umbrella for its customers.
Prominent Indian Restaurant in Singapore in Legal Tangle for Breaching Covid19 Measuresedit
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Singapores leading Indian restaurant chain Banana Leaf Apolo will be charged in a court next week with breaching multiple safe management measures, including having a selfservice buffet, at its outlet in the Little India precinct.
No festive bump for Singapore restaurants over Lunar New Yearedit
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Singapore restaurant owners face a gloomy Lunar New Year, with Covidrelated interruptions signaling that even countries with a good handle on cases will suffer until the pandemic is under control globally.
Emirates doesnt see travel recovery until yearendedit
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International travel is likely to remain subdued until the end of the year as countries reintroduce tough restrictions to control Covid19 infections, the head of Dubaibased airline Emirates said on Wednesday.
Del Dubai 2nd busiest int’l route this mthedit
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Then again, the pandemic has been roiling the order among the busiest international routes. For instance, Dubai London was the busiest international route in the world in the first week of January. But after the UK restricted travel from the UAE, the route has now dropped out of the top ten list. Also, pre pandemic, the top ten busiest international routes were largely Asian routes.
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WTTC urges the world to focus on highrisk travellersedit
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The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has recently called upon governments to abandon the concept of highrisk countries and urged to focus on how individual highrisk travellers are treated at borders instead. WTTC is urging governments around the world to shift their focus from whole countries, towards individual travellers.
Travel News ACI recognises 140 airports for The Voice of the Customer programmeedit
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Airports Council International (ACI) World has revealed those airports that have continued to prioritise listening and engaging with customers during the COVID19 pandemic. The Voice of the Customer recognition is for airports which demonstrated significant efforts in gathering passenger feedback through the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) programme to help them better understand their customers during the pandemic.
Tourism Finance Corporation of India standalone net profit declines 12.00% in the December 2020 quarteredit
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Net profit of Tourism Finance Corporation of India declined 12.00% to Rs 24.06 crore in the quarter ended December 2020 as against Rs 27.34 crore during the previous quarter ended December 2019.
The government of Spain is having high expectation on 2021 in terms of tourism Travel And Tour Worldedit
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The government of Spain is having high expectation on 2021 being a year of recovery. Having said that, the administration is completely attentive of the fact that one of the main pillars of the economy of Spain is tourism and its struggling hard to return to some sort of normality in 2021, given the ongoing pandemic.
SL records 1,682 tourist arrivals after airports reopenedit
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On Tuesday, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) officials said out of the total number of tourist arrivals, 87 per cent were from Ukraine, reports Xinhua news agency. The other tourist arrivals were from India, Belarus, China, Russia, Germany, Netherlands, Canada, the Maldives and the US.
Germany Embeds Digitization in Its Recovery Strategyedit
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The German National Tourist Board (GNTB) is focusing its evidencebased recovery strategy in incoming tourism on digital tools for intensive customer communication. Together with the tourism marketing organizations of the federal states and many other project partners, the GNTB is pushing innovative and responsible data use and the expansion of an efficient data infrastructure, thereby increasing the data competence of German tourism.
Etihads 100% Crew on Board Vaccinatededit
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Etihad Airways has become the first airline in the world with all its operating pilots and cabin crew vaccinated to help curb the spread of COVID19. In January 2021, Etihad was awarded Diamond status for ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and sanitisation in the inaugural APEX Health Safety, powered by SimpliFlying audit.
2020 becomes the worst year in tourism Travel And Tour Worldedit
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2020 becomes the worst year in tourism Published on : Wednesday, February 10, 2021 In 2020, the way the tourism sector got badly hit worldwide has exceeded the predictions of all worstcase scenarios which were ever envisioned in the recent years.
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Hong Kong Tourism Board to Boost the Citys Recovery through New Hong Kong Super Fans Global Engagement Programedit
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The HKTB has been planning ahead to prepare for the muchanticipated grand invitation to welcome visitors back to Hong Kong, said Dr. YK Pang, Chairman of the HKTB. The Hong Kong Super Fans program is both an important, integral element of the HKTBs recovery plan, and a way for us to show our appreciation to the people whose continued passion for Hong Kong has maintained topofmind awareness of the city as a worldclass travel destination.
Hong Kong Super Fans celebrate the Chinese New Year through virtual touredit
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The Hong Kong Tourism Board organised a virtual tour to ring in the Chinese New Year which is the Year of The Ox this time. As the very first Super Fans of Hong Kong, we sat in the comfort of our homes and connected digitally from Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and America to stroll through the charismatic neighbourhood of Old Town Central and experience the cherished traditions while checking out florists, calligraphy flags, traditional cuisines for the Chinese New Year and shops for their auspicious essentials.
HKTB to Boost the Citys Recovery Through New Hong Kong Super Fans Global Engagement Programme With Hundreds of Participants From 20 Key Marketsedit
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The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced today its first global fan engagement programme, Hong Kong Super Fans, to accelerate its promotional efforts as part of the postCovid19 tourism recovery plan it has been developing over the past year.
HKTB launches virtual event ahead of CNY to promote Hong Kong tourismedit
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The HKTB has been planning ahead to prepare for the muchanticipated grand invitation to welcome visitors back to Hong Kong, YK Pang, Chairman of the HKTB, said during the virtual tour celebrating everything unique about ringing in Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, celebrated on February 12 organised especially for the very first Super Fans.