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How to host sustainable events — in Montréal and beyond

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Sustainable tourism is vital. That’s the principle that guided Tourisme Montréal’s proactive sustainability strategy, one that helped it maintain its first place in North America on the 2023 Global Destination Sustainability Index. We want destinations that will be beautiful and attractive today — and also in 100 years.

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2021 Outlook: Traveler Sentiment Update

Advanced Travel and Tourism

Similarly, those highly concerned about their friends and family contracting the virus rose to 71.0% of American travelers are highly concerned about personally contracting COVID-19. bought airline tickets. The post 2021 Outlook: Traveler Sentiment Update appeared first on Advance Travel and Tourism. two weeks ago.

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Demystifying Covid Testing: The Differences, Access and What It All Means for Travelers

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Sometimes airlines and destinations will not accept antigen tests (but will accept an NAAT test), but often a viral test is the only specification. Check your airline’s and your destination’s government or tourism bureau travel restrictions website to ensure your negative result meets every qualification.

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Out of This World Gifting

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Read More : Stratospheric Incentives: The Future of Tourism. Even airline certificates good for up to three years in any dollar amount are available. Cassidy reported that financial and insurance companies were the first to see the value, but others have contracted as well when they saw how simple the program was to use.

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IMEX 22 Welcomed Record Number of Attendees

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Jamaica Tourist Board Announced New Airline Service. Jamaica Tourist Board Director of Tourism Donovan White shared his optimism about the outlook for the meetings industry in the country at a press conference and announced, new airline service from key markets. IMEX2022 #island #Tourism #meetsmart pic.twitter.com/2BlWbAhy0D.

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Experts: Travel Industry Could Coast Through Recession

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This is an e ngineered recession, a recession by design,” said Christian Savelli, director of tourism economics with Oxford Economics, speaking at IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange this week in Durham, North Carolina. United Airlines called the increased desire to travel “a permanent structural change” rather than transitory pent-up demand.

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Convention Center Veteran Is Making a Difference in her Community

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On getting her start: While in high school, attending a senior assembly, the guest speaker spoke about careers in the hospitality, travel, and tourism industry. My first job in the industry was a ticketing agent for Florida Express Airlines.