Amidst a resurgence of group travel, Disney Destinations is bringing together three businesses under a new brand, Disney Destinations Gatherings. Disney Destinations Gatherings includes Disney Meetings & Events, Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons, and Disney Imagination Campus. “Lost experiences and stolen moments have created a deficit of connections for[…]
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Payments platform WeTravel and Queer Destinations, a travel training, marketing and consultancy organization focused on the LGBTQ+ space, have launched a course focused on LGBTQ+ travel. Introduction to Inclusive Tourism: LGBTQ+ Travel is a one-hour course for travel professionals. It focuses on building an inclusive travel business, both client-facing and[…]
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Cruise Large ocean cruise ships have long been considered among the most accessible vacations for people with mobility limitations, and that is in part because all cruise ships that sail in U.S. waters must be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). But many river cruise ships that operate[…]
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For Good, For Travel is a new nonprofit that aims to educate travel advisors on sustainability and encourages them to donate to sustainability-focused organizations in destinations where their clients travel. The nonprofit is headed by Tim Morgan, co-founder of The 1000 club of top travel advisors. “There is a real[…]
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Auberge Resorts Collection has expanded its presence in the Northeast with the opening of Wildflower Farms, Auberge Resorts Collection in New York’s Hudson Valley. Located in Gardiner, approximately 90 minutes from New York City, Wildflower Farms is situated across 140 acres, encompassing a farm, orchard, gardens, fields and wooded areas.[…]
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World Travel Inc. and U.K. company Clarity Travel Management have launched a joint venture, One Global Travel. The company unites travel management companies around the world in a “community” to better service World Travel clients in local marketplaces. Clarity and Exton, Pa,-based World Travel (No. 20 on Travel Weekly’s 2022[…]
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Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers will reopen on Wednesday for what it describes as “limited commercial operations.” Flights will operate between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Security checkpoints will open at 7 a.m. and close at 5:30 p.m. The airport cautioned that services within the[…]
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Russia has lost its seat on the governing council of the United Nations’ aviation organization. In a vote held Friday, Russia fell six votes short of the 86 needed to remain on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council. The vote was held among the 193 member states of ICAO,[…]
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WASHINGTON — The travel industry is calling wait times for visitors to obtain U.S. visas, which has swelled from 17 days on average in March 2020 to 247 days this summer, “shameful” and a roadblock to a full travel recovery. Concerns were raised at U.S. Travel Association’s Future of Travel[…]
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Priceline hopes to capitalize on consumer appetite for the experiential with the launch of Priceline Experiences, offering more than 80,000 activities users can book. Priceline Experiences also enables the OTA to offer its customers a more complete trip-planning experience without having to leave Priceline.com. Denise Bialek Denise Bialek, Priceline’s senior[…]
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