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Las Vegas Sands donates over two million medical masks, 20K protective suits

Las Vegas Sands donates over two million medical masks, 20K protective suits

Las Vegas Sands today announced it will donate two million medical masks and 20,000 protective suits to help health-care professionals, first responders and nonprofit organizations in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Medical mask donations will be distributed in the company’s corporate headquarters of Nevada as well as New York, which has become the epicenter […]

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IATA: Airlines facing rapid cash burn

IATA: Airlines facing rapid cash burn

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) published new analysis showing that airlines may burn through $61 billion of their cash reserves during the second quarter ending 30 June 2020, while posting a quarterly net loss of $39 billion. This analysis is based on the impact assessment IATA released last week, under a scenario in which […]

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Flying Inter-Island in Hawaii: Quarantine is now required

Flying Inter-Island in Hawaii: Quarantine is now required

With 209 cases of Coronavirus in Hawaii and shelter in place order for all islands, the State is now also requiring anyone flying interisland to be quarantined for 14 days. A quarantine for flights from other regions, like the U.S. mainland or Asia is already in place. Visitors are required to remain in hotel rooms […]

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Beware the xenophobia epidemic from COVID-19 coronavirus

Beware the xenophobia epidemic from COVID-19 coronavirus

Following the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wuhan, China, countries began to close their borders, and in some places, people of Asian appearance were blamed for allegedly spreading the “Chinese virus.” Conversely, during the initial stages of the outbreak in China, one popular theory postulated that the disease was in fact a genetic […]

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Hawaii Tourism: Hawaii air passenger arrivals continue to drop

Hawaii Tourism: Hawaii air passenger arrivals continue to drop

Hawaii Tourism Authority is reporting that the number of passengers flying into Hawaii continues to drop. Yesterday, 826 people arrived in Hawaii on the fourth day of the state’s 14-day mandatory self-quarantine for all incoming passengers. Of that number, 167 people were visitors. Most of the passengers were either returning residents or crew members. In […]

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African Tourism Board COVID-19 Task Force will virtually meet today

African Tourism Board COVID-19 Task Force will virtually meet today

Today the new COVID-19 Task Force for the African Tourism Board (ATB) will meet virtually to discuss the way forward. Currently, infection numbers in Africa are climbing, travel and tourism are at a standstill. Government across Africa followed the rest of the world in closing their countries and urging their citizen to wash hands and […]

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African Tourism Board COVID-19 Task Force will virtually meet today

African Tourism Board COVID-19 Task Force will virtually meet today

Today the new COVID-19 Task Force for the African Tourism Board (ATB) will meet virtually to discuss the way forward. Currently, infection numbers in Africa are climbing, travel and tourism are at a standstill. Government across Africa followed the rest of the world in closing their countries and urging their citizen to wash hands and […]

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African Tourism Board COVID-19 Task Force will virtually meet today

African Tourism Board COVID-19 Task Force will virtually meet today

Today the new COVID-19 Task Force for the African Tourism Board (ATB) will meet virtually to discuss the way forward. Currently, infection numbers in Africa are climbing, travel and tourism are at a standstill. Government across Africa followed the rest of the world in closing their countries and urging their citizen to wash hands and […]

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Nigeria suspends all movement including private jet charters

Nigeria suspends all movement including private jet charters

Nigeria is a good market for private jet rentals, but this now came to a complete stop. There is movement in Nigeria anymore after  President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the movements of all private jets and passenger flights in Nigeria on Sunday. Also, as part of the government’s move to curb the spread of COVID-19 […]

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