Category: People in Travel & Tourism
People are the driving force in the travel and tourism industry. Executives, GM, Ministers, Leaders, ordinary travelers, etc. This story is about the people running travel and tourism, people that have a story to tell traveling the world and people who need to have a voice and about people that are the voice of travel and tourism.
Madame Tussauds Berlin: Dump Trump, make America great again
Harry S. Johnson- October 30, 2020Madame Tussauds Berlin Wax Museum placed a figure of a current US President Donald Trump in a garbage dumpster ahead ... Read More
The Happiest Man in Tourism is from Planet Happiness
editor- October 30, 2020Paul Rogers from Planet Happiness understands the needs of destinations in terms of building back better; share information about our ... Read More
Flyers Rights rejects FAA secrecy in Boeing 737 MAX FOIA litigation filing
Harry S. Johnson- October 30, 2020In a Motion for Summary Judgment filing on Wednesday, Flyers Rights challenged FAA’s near-total redaction of all requested documents pertaining ... Read More
Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica Pays Courtesy Call on Minister Bartlett
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- October 30, 2020Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters (see left in the photo) on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, paid ... Read More
Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Bartlett breaks ground for iconic shopping experience
Harry S. Johnson- October 30, 2020Jamaica's Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett yesterday lead in breaking ground at The Shoppes at Rose Hall, signaling the ... Read More
Turkey Tourism becomes a member of world’s leading tourism organizations
Harry S. Johnson- October 30, 2020Turkey Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA) which is responsible for the promotion and development of Turkey as a tourism ... Read More
US tourism recovery may be hindered if Trump wins second term
Harry S. Johnson- October 30, 2020With President Trump’s surprise victory in 2016 likely being a contributing factor to a 2.1-percentage-point slowdown in the compound annual ... Read More
Aeroflot: Passenger traffic being restored in financially prudent manner
Harry S. Johnson- October 30, 2020PJSC Aeroflot (Aeroflot) today announces its financial results for the third quarter (Q3) and nine months (9M) ending 30 September ... Read More
Two new members join Supervisory Board of RAI Amsterdam
Harry S. Johnson- October 29, 2020CEO VIA Outlets Otto Ambagtsheer (51) and Finance Director Uber Michiel Boere (37) will join the Supervisory Board of RAI ... Read More
Tobago leverages UNESCO designation to boost tourism development
Harry S. Johnson- October 28, 2020The Tobago Tourism Agency Limited celebrates the island’s latest achievement of obtaining UNESCO Man and the Biosphere designation, and welcomes ... Read More
First winter season 2020 TUI flight arrives in Saint Lucia from UK
Harry S. Johnson- October 28, 2020Tuesday October 27 marked the return of TUI to Saint Lucia. TUI’s winter weekly direct flights from London Gatwick to ... Read More
US citizens in Riyadh warned of potential terror attack on Saudi capital
Harry S. Johnson- October 28, 2020US Embassy in Riyadh warned American citizens, currently in the Kingdom, of a potential terror attacks on the Saudi capital, ... Read More
Nearly half American are planning winter trips
Harry S. Johnson- October 28, 2020While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing everyone to adapt to “the new normal,” many Americans are still ... Read More
Paris de Gaulle overtakes London Heathrow as Europe’s busiest airport
Harry S. Johnson- October 28, 2020Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye said:?“Britain is falling behind because we’ve been too slow to embrace passenger testing. European leaders acted ... Read More
World Tourism Network (WTN) is your voice in a new Travel Industry
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 28, 2020A new organization for the travel and tourism industry has been making headlines. The World Tourism Network (WTN) already established ... Read More
Kazakhstan loathes Borat, but steals his line for new tourism slogan
Harry S. Johnson- October 28, 2020Kazakhstan's national tourism agency Kazakhstan Travel yesterday released a video online showing a compilation of the new ads. Quite shockingly, ... Read More
Rita Irwin to continue leading Florida Keys Tourism Board
Harry S. Johnson- October 27, 2020The president and CEO of Dolphin Research Center in the Middle Keys will continue to lead the Monroe County Tourist ... Read More
Tanzania tourism announces major shift in destination marketing strategy
Adam Ihucha - eTN Tanzania- October 27, 2020Tanzanian tour operators plan to bring the key Global Travel Agents into Tanzania in their latest painstaking initiatives to promote ... Read More
UNWTO: International tourism down 70% in all regions
Harry S. Johnson- October 27, 2020Restrictions on travel introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to hit global tourism hard, with the latest data ... Read More
Hawaii DOT hiding facts in regards to COVID-19 safety loophole
editor- October 27, 2020Hawaii reopened for tourism almost two weeks ago. Passengers can arrive and avoid a 14-day quarantine with a valid COVID-19 ... Read More
With 1000 new COVID-19 cases each day Georgia moves to ‘red zone’
Harry S. Johnson- October 26, 2020Georgia's Health Minister Ekaterina Tikaradze announce that the Transcaucasian country has moved from 'orange' to 'red' COVID-19 pandemic zone. The ... Read More
Lifestyle hospitality brand LOGE appoints Director of Operations & CCO
Harry S. Johnson- October 26, 2020Johannes Ariens, CEO at LOGE, is pleased to announce the appointment and promotion of Lindsay Wolff Logsdon and Ian McClendon. ... Read More
Virginia’s Tides Inn announces new Managing Director
Harry S. Johnson- October 26, 2020Enchantment Group and the Tides Inn are delighted to announce the appointment of Jason Trollip as the new Managing Director ... Read More
First Tourism Hero from Malaysia recognized has a German connection
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 25, 2020World Tourism Network today confirmed Mr. Rudolf Herrmann from Penang, Malaysia as the latest tourism hero. Mr. Herrmann is now ... Read More
COVID-19 Official Update by the Chief Public Health Officer
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 25, 2020Dr.?Theresa Tam,?Canada's?Chief Public Health Officer, issued the following statement today: "As the resurgence of COVID-19 activity continues in?Canada,?we are tracking ... Read More
Seychelles has a new president. Congratulations are pouring in
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 25, 2020The current opposition candidate and Anglican priest Wavel Ramkalawan of the LDS has won the elections in Seychelles. He won ... Read More
President of Poland tests positive for COVID-19
Harry S. Johnson- October 24, 2020The President of Poland has become the latest world leader to be infected with the COVID-19 virus. Polish presidential spokesman?Blazej ... Read More
India Bids Farewell to Tourism Leader
Anil Mathur - eTN India- October 24, 2020The passing away of B. Venkataraman in Delhi, India, on October 20 removes from the scene an IAS (Indian Administrative ... Read More
Australia to re-open domestic borders by Christmas
Harry S. Johnson- October 23, 2020Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison today chaired a meeting of the National Cabinet at which the leaders of seven of ... Read More
75 years of UN: Cooperation and trust as important as ever
Harry S. Johnson- October 23, 2020The United Nations, of which UNWTO is proud to be a part, was established to promote peace among nations and ... Read More
World Tourism Network (WTN): The alternative voice for the global travel industry
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 23, 2020World Tourism Network (WTN) is the long-overdue voice of small and medium-size travel and tourism businesses around the world. By ... Read More
Tourism in a Time of Chaos
Dr. Elinor Garely - special to eTN- October 23, 2020Chaos Theory Chaos is a term used to describe the world when nothing makes sense; when 2+2 does not equal ... Read More
Tourism leader to guide North Queensland’s recovery
Harry S. Johnson- October 22, 2020Tourism industry leader Ken Chapman has been elected Chair of Tourism Tropical North Queensland at the first meeting this week ... Read More
Ridgeland Tourism welcomes new team member
Harry S. Johnson- October 22, 2020The Ridgeland Tourism Commission (RTC) welcomed Kaitlan Burkhalter as its visitors marketing associate and visitors services specialist effective October 1, ... Read More
PATA embarks on governance reorganization
Harry S. Johnson- October 22, 2020The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has taken the bold move to make significant changes to the design of its ... Read More
What Tier 2 means for visitors in Waikiki?
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 22, 2020Ready for a Helicopter Sightseeing Tour in Hawaii? Would you like to stay in a vacation rental instead of a ... Read More