Travel management company CWT (No. 5 on Travel Weekly’s 2021 Power List) is getting $350 million in new equity funding as part of a recapitalization agreement with its existing financial stakeholders. In addition to the equity capital infusion, the terms of the…
Florida tourism soared in the period from April to June. In a mid-August report, Visit Florida was euphoric about the 223% growth in second quarter visitors compared to the second quarter of 2020, when the pandemic really took hold and travel ground…
Jamaica has established a task force to facilitate the voluntary Covid-19 vaccination of all tourism employees on the island, including workers in hotels and villas, attractions, airports, cruise ports, ground transportation and craft markets. The task force has organized a series of…
The Hotel Greystone, shuttered since early 2020 due to the pandemic, plans to reopen in late September. The 91-room Miami Beach hotel at the corner of 19th Street and Collins Avenue had completed a $65 million renovation project shortly before it closed….
The U.S Travel Association is pushing back against comments reportedly made by White House chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci in support of a vaccine mandate for domestic air travel. “U.S. Travel has long maintained that there should be no mandatory vaccination requirement…
HONOLULU (AP) — Officials in Hawaii want a famed, off-limits stairway hike to be permanently closed. The Honolulu City Council voted unanimously on Sept. 8 to remove the Haiku Stairs, also known as the Stairway to Heaven, Hawaii Public Radio reports. The…
Barbados has expanded the hours for its curfew, effective Sept. 11. The new curfew hours are 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Monday through Saturday and from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Sunday. The curfew had been 11 p.m. to 5…
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a set of executive orders that will mandate Covid-19 vaccines for an estimated 80 million American workers. He has tasked the U.S. Department of Labor with drawing up a plan that requires businesses with more…
The CDC on Sept. 7 raised Jamaica from level 3 to level 4 on its travel advisory list, which signifies “very high” Covid levels and warned Americans to avoid traveling there due to rising cases. “If you must travel to Jamaica, make…
While Hawaii hospitals are hitting their capacity as the state confronts its highest daily Covid-19 case counts of the pandemic, the Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach and a half dozen other Highgate Hotels properties in the state are mandating vaccines for all staff,…