Holland America Line has become the latest cruise company to extend the pause in its operations.The line will cancel departures from the port of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, later this year, a…
Go NZ: The best food and wine events in New Zealand for the rest of 2020
Thailand is considering forming travel bubbles with countries that have comparably low Covid-19 rates of infection, government officials said this week.The country closed borders at the beginning of A…
Liberty’s traditional storefronts dialed back for ‘network hubs’
Liberty Travel’s drastic reduction of brick-and-mortar stores in favor of a “network hub” model represents a move by parent company Flight Centre Travel Group to address changes in h…
WTTC recognises Mauritius as a ‘safe destination’
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has acknowledged the efforts undertaken by the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority and given the country the global safety and hygiene stamp.It is the onl…
South Western Railway unveils ‘virucidal’ sanitiser
South Western Railway (SWR) and Great Western Railway (GWR) have announced the trial of a powerful sanitising treatment which kills 99.99 per cent of viruses and bacteria on surfaces for extended peri…
China Eastern to launch new Hainan-based carrier
China Eastern has joined forces with a range of partners to launch a new carrier based on the island destination of Hainan, home to eight million and a free-trade hub.Investors include the biggest onl…
Monday Smile: Wild Dog pack safely relocated
A free-roaming pack of 10 Wild Dogs was successfully captured and relocated to Lapalala Wilderness Reserve in the Waterberg in Limpopo.The relocation was a joint effort by the Endangered Wildlife Trus…
Falklands had a record breaking 2019/20 cruise season, with 72,836 visitors
Despite being cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 proved to be a record-breaking cruise season in the Falkland Islands. A total of 72,836 cruise passengers arrived in the Islands, up 16.5% o…
Go NZ: An auntie’s guide to taking the kids on holiday
The best thing about being an auntie to a small child is being able to partake in all the fun activities, then hand them back to the parents when they start to smell.The role of an aunt or uncle is a …
Global map – COVID-19 travel regulations
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has created an interactive (COVID-19) Travel Regulations Map available on Timatic, giving users information on the degree of travel restrictions in e…