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IT'S COMPLICATED: Will travel prices rise or fall?
Travel Industry Today
It should be a simple case of supply and demand: as more people take advantage of vaccinations and easing travel restrictions to satisfy a pent-up need to travel, coupled with a sluggish return to supply norms, travel prices ought to be spiking. However, like everything with the pandemic, it’s complicated.
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Industry applauds latest CDC guidelines for travel
Travel Weekly
Travel industry groups welcomed the CDC's relaxation of travel guidelines for fully vaccinated Americans with open arms on Friday but cautioned that it is only the beginning of the full resumption of travel and more still needs to be done.
Under the new guidelines, fully vaccinated individuals can resume domestic travel provided they wear masks and continue to socially distance. Further, the guidelines relax testing and quarantine guidelines among fully vaccinated travellers.
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What is considered essential activity under Ontario's stay-at-home order
CP24
The province has enacted another stay-at-home order as Ontario faces a third wave mainly driven by more transmissible and more deadly COVID-19 variants.
The order came into effect on Thursday, April 8 and will last for at least four weeks.
It says people cannot leave home, except for about nearly 30 essential reasons.
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A SEAT AT THE TABLE: WTTC to launch women's initiative
Travel Industry Today
Who better than Gloria Guevara — head of the world’s leading private tourism and travel organization — to champion change when it comes to women’s rights in travel and tourism? Using the platform of the World Travel and Tourism Council’s upcoming global summit in Cancun, the WTTC boss will introduce a much-anticipated “Women’s Empowerment Initiative” designed to increase representation of women in senior leadership positions within the sector.
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Hornblower Group brings tour operators under City Experiences
Travel Weekly
Hornblower Group recently announced the acquisition of another day-tour operator, Walks, and said it is rebranding its growing portfolio of 25 day-cruise and water- and land-based excursion operators under one new brand called City Experiences.
The move follows the recent acquisition by the company of three cruise excursion companies, including the troubled ShoreTrips, a leading independent provider of commissionable cruise excursions that shuttered during the pandemic owing more nearly $5 million in refunds for customer payments on canceled trips.
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Researchers seeking feedback on tourism in Algoma
Northern Ontario Business
Tourism in Northern Ontario is poised for a post-pandemic comeback, but first researchers want to hear about the sector’s associated strengths and challenges — directly from consumers and providers.
In the Algoma District, researchers with NORDIK Institute and Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie are conducting surveys throughout the area to learn more about what’s needed to support tourism recovery efforts following the COVID pandemic.
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Ontario prioritizing everyone 18+ in hardest hit neighbourhoods as part of Phase 2 of vaccine rollout
CP24
Everyone over the age of 18 in the province's hardest hit neighbourhoods will be prioritized for a COVID-19 shot as part of Phase 2 of the province's vaccine distribution plan, Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday.
Ford made the announcement during a news conference at Queen’s Park on Wednesday afternoon, where he declared another state of emergency in Ontario and a month-long stay-at-home order to curb rising community transmission of the novel coronavirus.
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DEEP DIVIDE: Canadians, Americans disagree on vaccine passports
Travel Industry Today
A new online Leger poll suggests a deep divide among both Canadians and Americans when it comes to the idea of vaccine “passports.” And while the survey found 52 per cent of Canadian respondents supported showing proof of vaccination, compared with 43 per cent of Americans, government leaders seem further apart.
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