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Wednesday, January 11, 2023
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Normal air traffic operations are resuming across the United States following an overnight outage to the Notice to Air Missions system that provides safety info to flight crews, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says. Earlier, flights were grounded and delayed across the U.S. after the FAA said its NOTAM system had "failed."
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Canada and the United States are promising a new option for Nexus hopefuls who are in the interview stage of their application process as both countries address a swelling backlog of applications. The new process allows air passengers to complete interviews with a CBSA officer at offices near select Canadian airports.
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G-Normous is back and bigger than ever! G Adventures’ annual travel agent incentive program offers $75k in cash and prizes, plus up to 25 per cent savings during January’s Great Adventure Sale. "Both veteran agents and ‘new-to-us’ agents have even more opportunities to win big this year,” noted David Green, managing director at G Adventures.
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Swoop is celebrating its inaugural service between Toronto Pearson and Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport in Varadero, Cuba. "There is a large part of the market that like to explore Cuba on their own and now they can take advantage of these affordable prices and satisfy their travel needs," said Lessner Gomez, director of Cuba Tourist Board in Toronto, Wednesday morning (Jan. 11).
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Riverside Luxury Cruises has acquired four more former Crystal Cruises river ships – MS Bach, MS Ravel, MS Mahler and MS Debussy. The move builds the fleet for the German start-up company, which acquired Crystal Mozart – which has been renamed Riverside Mozart – in November 2022.
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Niall Gibbons, chief executive of Tourism Ireland, will be stepping down from his role this April after 21 years with the company - 14 years as chief executive. Gibbons has played a part in every aspect of the promotion of the island of Ireland as a tourism destination overseas since the set-up of Tourism Ireland after the Belfast Agreement of Good Friday 1998.
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Bannikin Travel & Tourism has announced a planned change in ownership, with co-founder Jillian Dickens selling the tourism development and media relations firm to current leadership and senior team members, including President & CEO Trevor Jonas Benson, VP Camilo Montoya-Guevara and Tourism Development Specialist Caroline Morrow.
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Nobu Hospitality will open five new hotels in 2023, including Rome, Marrakech, Atlantic City, San Sebastián and Toronto, where the brand will open its first luxury residences. There are also six other residential projects in the pipeline, including Al Khobar, Danang, Abu Dhabi, Tulum, Orlando, and Punta Cana.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
The latest from the Henley Passport Index is out, and for the fifth year running, Japan crowns the index, which is based on data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The index ranks all the world's 199 passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa.
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Low-cost airline PLAY, based in Reykjavík, on Tuesday (Jan. 10) announced that Canadians can now book flights from John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport to 26 European destinations, including London, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dublin, Brussels, Stockholm, Gothenburg and more. Fares are as low as $169.
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Air Canada, WestJet and Sunwing have been invited to testify about the disruptions that overwhelmed Canada’s holiday travel season. MPs on Monday (Jan. 9) voted to launch a study into the treatment of air and rail passengers following the winter storms that disrupted flights. The committee will hear from passenger advocates and impacted travellers starting Thursday (Jan. 12)
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