PAXnews - Hotel quarantine possibly starting Feb. 4, snowbirds blast $2,000 price tag; Airlines elaborate on flight suspensions

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Monday, February 1, 2021

Hotel quarantine: Be ready Feb. 4, says Transport Minister Omar Alghabra

Canada’s mandatory COVID-19 testing measure and hotel quarantine for air travellers may be coming into effect as soon as this Thursday (Feb. 4), says Transport Minister Omar Alghabra.

Snowbirds blast “ridiculous" $2,000 quarantine while figuring out next moves

Trudeau's tough new travel rules has left Canadian snowbirds asking themselves if they should stay or if they should go. While The Canadian Snowbird Association is supportive of COVID-19 testing regimes, they are opposed to a mandatory hotel quarantine.

“The government asked, and we agreed": Airlines elaborate on Caribbean, Mexico flight suspensions

Canada's major airlines elaborate on their agreement with Ottawa to suspend operations to the Caribbean and Mexico until April 30. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the airlines "strong partners" in the fight to curb the spread of COVID-19.

“A punch in the gut”: Agents, industry reacts to Canada's new travel restrictions

Canada's tightening of international travel and quarantine restrictions has triggered a wave of response within the travel industry. PAX spoke with travel advisors and agencies to get their reaction to the new rules.

$2,000 is a “ballpark” figure for hotel quarantine & could change: Alghabra

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has offered some clarification around the $2,000 international arrivals will soon have to pay for quarantining in a hotel for three nights.

Ontario starts mandatory COVID-19 testing at Pearson; $750 fine for refusing test

Starting today (Feb. 1), all international arrivals at Toronto Pearson airport must undergo a mandatory COVID-19 test, as per new measures outlined by Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday (Jan. 29).

Planet Hollywood Beach Resort Cancun opens doors

Planet Hollywood Hotels and Resorts has officially opened Planet Hollywood Beach Resort Cancun in the exclusive resort enclave of Costa Mujeres, located just north of Cancun’s Hotel Zone.

Trudeau: Flights to sun destinations suspended until Apr. 30; mandatory hotel quarantine confirmed

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday (Jan. 29) that all flights to Mexico and Caribbean destinations will be suspended until April 30, and that travellers entering Canada will soon have to quarantine in a hotel, and at their own expense, while waiting for a PCR test result.

"Airports are at their wits' end," says Canadian Airports Council President

Airports keep borrowing as airlines continue to park planes and cancel routes, says Daniel-Robert Gooch, President of the Canadian Airports Council. “If we continue down the current path, none of this will come back anytime soon," he says.

WestJet "sets the record straight" on refunds in blog post

Angela Avery, an executive in charge of WestJet’s government relations portfolio, has outlined WestJet's stance on refunds in a blog post that she hopes will answer questions and help "set the record straight."

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