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Financial Essentials You Need to Get Right in Your Life
editor- October 1, 2020Taking charge of your finances is one of the most important and essential things you can do in your life, ... Read More
PATA online training is now free
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 21, 2020The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce the launch of the PATA eLearning Platform for travel agents, ... Read More
2020 PATA Youth Symposium: Empowering youths for the future
Harry S. Johnson- September 17, 2020The next PATA Youth Symposium, with the theme ‘The Future of Travel’, will take place alongside the first-ever Virtual PATA ... Read More
COVID-19 Concerns and Confusion Over Resuming School in Italy
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- September 15, 2020The main COVID-19 concerns getting attention in Italy are the lack of masks and a dispute regarding the detection of ... Read More
Safe Travels Stamp, Safer Tourism Seal or both?
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 4, 2020"The Safe Travels Stamp by WTTC and the Safer Tourism Seal by Rebuilding Travel are complementary and not in competition," ... Read More
US Ambassador Lana Marks speaks about Women Equality and Women of Value Africa
editor- September 2, 2020U.S. Ambassador Lana J. Marks (born November 18, 1953) is a South African-born American fashion designer who founded the eponymous ... Read More
Back-to-School Campaign Launched by Sandals Foundation
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- August 25, 2020As part of its efforts to strengthen outreach to Caribbean communities, Sandals Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sandals Resorts International, ... Read More
FAA awards $7.5 million in drone research grants to universities
Harry S. Johnson- August 21, 2020U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $7.5 million in research, ... Read More
UNWTO and Sommet Education search for future tourism leaders
Harry S. Johnson- August 17, 2020The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Sommet Education are calling on career climbers and switchers, entrepreneurs and innovators to put ... Read More
Caribbean Tourism Organization awards scholarships and grants
Harry S. Johnson- August 10, 2020The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Scholarship Foundation is awarding two scholarships and three study grants for 2020/21 despite the fundraising ... Read More
Seychelles Tourism Minister invites eTurboNews readers for a virtual Q&A
Juergen T Steinmetz- August 7, 2020The Honorable Minister of Tourism the Seychelles Didier Dogley, the CEO of the Seychelles Tourism Board Sherin Francis and other ... Read More
Nevada has a Road To Recovery from COVID-19
Juergen T Steinmetz- August 6, 2020On Monday Nevada issued its road of recovery. The State of Nevada remains in the response stage to the COVID-19 ... Read More
Africa marks sixty years of dedicated Chimpanzee research
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- August 3, 2020Tanzania and other regional member states of the East African community are marking sixty years of chimpanzee conservation, setting a ... Read More
Canada: The Minister of Culture and Communications makes two announcements
Dmytro Makarov- July 13, 2020Minister of Culture and Communications?Nathalie Roy?today visited the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) to make two important announcements ... Read More
Nepal Tourism Board participates in PATA Dream to Travel festival
Dmytro Makarov- July 13, 2020Nepal Tourism Board NTB has participated in Dream to Travel Festival, launched by The?Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). The festival ... Read More
“Art Needs No Roof” in Vilnius
Harry S. Johnson- July 7, 2020Lithuanian capital Vilnius has come up with yet another innovative solution for the post-pandemic social and cultural life. The city ... Read More
Sandals Resorts and Sandals Foundation: Empowering People
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- June 26, 2020Sandals Resorts International created Sandals Foundation, and it has this philosophy:? We have seen that when we invest in one ... Read More
When Sandals Resorts Adopts a School, It Adopts the Community
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- June 18, 2020When Gordon "Butch" Stewart opened his first Sandals Resort, he had one very important mandate: the resort would be required ... Read More
Millions of African Children Risk Child Labor in COVID-19 Crisis
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- June 16, 2020Celebrating the International Day of the African Child which happens on Tuesday, June 16, millions of African children are at ... Read More
Dominica invests millions from Citizenship by Investment Program in education
Harry S. Johnson- June 12, 2020The Commonwealth of Dominica has spent $26 million to sponsor its youth studying abroad; placed 169 extracurricular tutors for students ... Read More
COVID-19 Threat: African School Children Face Dilemma
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- June 11, 2020With preparations going on to celebrate the Day of the African Child next week, over 250 million primary and secondary ... Read More
Jamaica Tourist Board Launches Treasure Hunt for Agents
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- June 8, 2020With lockdown measures and travel restrictions still in place, the Jamaica Tourist Board is continuing to educate travel agents in ... Read More
Ready to go on a cruise? Why it may become the safest way to travel?
Bruce Nierenberg- June 8, 2020Dr. Peter Tarlow or safertourism.com? and Bruce Nierenberg? of Bruce Nierenberg & Associates will be discussing why cruises could emerge ... Read More
Sandals Corporate University: Higher Education with a Higher Purpose
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- May 27, 2020Always there to greet visitors with a warm smile, the staff at Sandals Resorts is committed to making its guests’ ... Read More
Pope Francis Aids Lebanon Youth: Sends $200,000 for Scholarships
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- May 16, 2020Pope Francis arranged for an extraordinary intervention for Lebanon affected by "a serious crisis" and poverty, thinking in particular of ... Read More
What are Colleges Doing in Response to COVID-19?
editor- May 14, 2020As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the world, students are wondering what their colleges and universities are going to be doing ... Read More
IBTM Events launches IBTM Meets
Harry S. Johnson- May 12, 2020IBTM Events has announced ‘IBTM Meets’ – a series of interviews with prominent figures from across the business events industry ... Read More
Africa Tourism Film Festival Award Winners Announced
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 12, 2020The International Tourism Film Festival Africa (ITFFA) has released the winning entries for the 2020 ITFFA Awards, which can be ... Read More
World’s biggest industry focus group to reveal what travelers REALLY think
Harry S. Johnson- May 5, 2020WTM is facilitating the biggest-ever industry focus group to determine what consumers around the globe are really thinking. The ground-breaking ... Read More
Project Hope by ATB is Taking a Lead on Tourism Recovery in Africa
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 4, 2020Project Hope Africa is a project to give tourism, especially on the African continent during and after the COVID-19 crisis, ... Read More
In the Time of President Trump: Recognition of the Decider-in- Chief
Dr. Elinor Garely - special to eTN- May 4, 2020It appears, in the short term, that decisions made by the men and women working at the White House have ... Read More
Jamaica: Over 6500 tourism workers registered for free online training
Dmytro Makarov- April 26, 2020Jamaica Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett has announced that registration for the recently-launched free online training for tourism workers ... Read More
Boeing Dreamlifter transports 1.5M face masks
Dmytro Makarov- April 26, 2020Boeing today completed another COVID-19 transport mission, using a Boeing Dreamlifter to bring personal protective equipment (PPE) from Hong Kong?to?the ... Read More
United Airlines joins California Governor’s Listos California campaign
Chief Assignment Editor- April 24, 2020United Airlines is teaming up with Listos California – a campaign by the Governor's Office of Emergency Services that helps ... Read More
Jamaica Tourism Minsiter Launches Free Online Training for Tourism Workers
editor- April 23, 2020Jamaica Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett has officially launched free online training for tourism workers. The initiative, which is ... Read More
SUNx Malta launches world’s first Climate Friendly Travel Diploma
Chief Assignment Editor- April 22, 2020Today in Valletta, SUNx Malta and The Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) launched the first Tourism course dedicated to the ... Read More