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• Air Canada Announces New Flight Routes To Sunny Destinations Next Winter May 26, 2023 5:07 pm Share The Article Last Updated 1 second ago Summer season is about to begin, but many travelers are already thinking ahead and booking Winter getaways, and Air Canada seems to be very aware of their customers’ needs. The Canadian carrier has recently …
• Soltour and Bahia Principe promote Samaná in Europe with a television campaign May 26, 2023 4:49 pm Soltour, the leading independent tour operator in Spain and Portugal, and Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts, the hotel division of Grupo Piñero, have reaffirmed their commitment to the tourism sector with a television campaign in Europe aimed at …
• Tourism Minister: “We want to double the number of Argentines who choose us” May 24, 2023 3:50 pm The Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic (Mitur) has outlined three key strategies to promote the country: increasing tourist numbers, highlighting new destinations, and improving direct connectivity. Minister David Collado highlighted the …
• Cana Rock Cup 2023 held at Hard Rock Golf Club in Punta Cana May 23, 2023 11:17 pm Punta Cana.- The highly anticipated Cana Rock Cup, now in its fourth edition, took place at the Hard Rock Golf Club in Cana Bay, Punta Cana. The event kicked off with the participation of the Caribbean Golf Squad group, an initiative promoting golf courses …
• Aerolineas Argentinas Receives New Airbus A330 And Boeing 737-800F May 23, 2023 10:04 pm On Sunday morning, Aerolíneas Argentinas received two new aircraft, an Airbus A330-200 for its long-haul scheduled passenger operations and a Boeing 737-800BCF for its all-cargo segment, recently launched. The arrival of the new planes Both planes arrived …
• Elizabeth Tovar: “Illegality in the Dominican Republic is due to complications imposed on MSMEs” May 23, 2023 8:19 pm Punta Cana, DR.- Part of the legality or illegality in the Dominican Republic is directly related to the existing complications for micro, small and medium-sized companies (MSMEs). This statement was made by the president of Turenlaces del Caribe S.R.L. ( …
• Dominicans win award for educational innovation in tourism May 23, 2023 8:19 pm Punta Cana, DR.- Nolim Studios, with its project Domiland, the first metaverse of the Dominican Republic, won the regional award in the category of New Technologies of the “Education for the Future” program, in the regional challenge for Central America …
• UNWTO Report Shows Potential of Tourism on Rural Development May 23, 2023 1:50 pm At the 118th Session of the UNWTO Executive Council in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the organization launched the report Tourism and Rural Development: A Policy Perspective. The aim of the report is to determine the status of rural tourism in UNWTO …
• New Narratives in Tourism: UNWTO Leads Rethink of Tourism Communications May 22, 2023 6:01 pm Source: UNWTO Against the backdrop of the 118th session of its Executive Council in Punta Cana, UNWTO hosted a special Thematic Session. Alongside assessing the evolution of tourism communications, the Session saw leading experts explore current and future …
• Instagram and Meta Creators Embrace Sustainable and Informative Travel Content May 22, 2023 2:00 pm Against the backdrop of the 118th session of its Executive Council in Punta Cana, UNWTO hosted a special Thematic Session. Alongside assessing the evolution of tourism communications, the Session saw leading experts explore current and future opportunities …
• Bahrain’s tourism sector ‘saw 90% recovery in 2022’ May 22, 2023 7:45 am Bahrain is one of the leading countries to witness inbound tourism recovery during the year 2022 by over 90% compared to pre-pandemic levels, outperforming the international recovery rate of 60% as estimated by UNWTO, a top official said. Dr Naser Qaedi, …
• Escarrer: “Dominican Republic is undoubtedly the tourist pearl of the Caribbean” May 21, 2023 6:11 pm The CEO of Meliá Hotels International, Gabriel Escarrer, assured that the commitment assumed by the current government of the Dominican Republic to be an example in environmental, social and corporate governance matters, has positioned the country as the “ …
• ZAMBIA IMPLEMENTING MEASURES TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE – HON. SIKUMBA May 20, 2023 4:53 pm Minister of Tourism Hon. Rodney Sikumba says the Zambian Government has implemented ecotourism measures that take into account carbon footprint and ease the high levels of wastage in the hospitality industry to mitigate the effects of climate change. Hon. …
• UNWTO unveils policy document to boost rural toursim May 20, 2023 3:49 am To determine the status of rural tourism in its Member States and identify the main challenges and opportunities of tourism as a driver for rural development from a policy perspective, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has launched a …
• Saudi Arabia chairs UNWTO council meeting in Dominican Republic May 19, 2023 9:24 pm PUNTA CANA — Saudi Arabia chaired the 118th Session of the Executive Council of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) held in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic. The Kingdom was elected as chair of the 34-member Executive Council of the UNWTO for 2023 …