(19 Feb 2021)Delta Air Lines has signed amulti-year agreement with IBM. As part of the expanded relationship, IBM will transformDelta’s computing environment to run on a hybrid cloudarchitecture built on Red Hat OpenShift, enabling a standards-based approach to development, security and operationsacross clouds. IBM’s team of experts, spanning traveltransportation and technology, are working with Delta …

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(19 Feb 2021)Startups from around the world have been recognizedfor their contributions to sustainable and responsibletourism in the UNWTO SDGs Global Startup Competition. The competition, which was supported by the UnitedNations Innovation Network, attracted some 10,000 initialproposals. From those, the jury chose 25 winners from 18countries, highlighting the array of tourism talent in everyglobal region …

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(17 Feb 2021)Hong Kong Disneyland will reopen to guests on Friday,19 February, with reservations commencing the day before. The theme park has been closed since late November, the thirdtime it has had to close due to COVID19 restrictions. In line with the latest regulations and guidancefrom the government, the resort will reopen with a range …

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(17 Feb 2021)Construction of the highly anticipated PeppersMelbourne Richmond has commenced. Scheduled to open in mid-2022,the 80-room hotel is located on Bridge Road in the vibrant inner-city suburb of Richmond. The hotel will feature a gym,restaurant, and a rooftopbar with views of Melbourne’s skyline, the Melbourne CricketGround and Botanical Gardens. Edmond Power, General Manager of …

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Montage Healdsburg is now welcoming all travelers and members of the community to the resort, now that Sonoma County and the Bay Area have lifted the most recent “Stay at Home” order. The resort, it says, continues to follow all state and county guidelines and safety protocols for lodging, dining and spa. Montage Healdsburg is …

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(18 Feb 2021)TFE Hotels has appointed Lucy Ockleston as GeneralManager of the Adina Apartment Hotel West Melbourne and NigelMaxey as GM of the Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne Southbank. Lucy Ocklestonjoined TFE in New Zealand in2011 at the Travelodge Wellington where she progressed from a F&B role to Assistant Hotel Manager. Lucy has held keyroles at …

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(17 Feb 2021)Louvre Hotels, a subsidiary of Jin Jiang Internationaland one of Europe’s largest hotel groups with almost 1,600 hotelsacross 54 countries, has signed a distribution agreement withSabre. Louvre Hotels Group will benefit from Sabre’sSynXis Central Reservations and its connections to almost 900,000travel agents and nearly 700 online channels across the globe,including hundreds of OTAs …

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(17 Feb 2021)Korean Air has signed an agreement with UNICEF for theglobal transportation of COVID19 vaccines and medical equipment. UNICEF is responsible for the global supply of vaccines as part ofits effort for equitable access to COVID19 vaccines. The plan isto provide around 145 countries with vaccines in the first half ofthe year. UNICEF has …

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Emirates has announced it will resume daily services to Newark via Athens from June 1st. The resumed flight will provide global travellers with another access point to the popular New York Metropolitan area, serving the large Greek-American community in the United States. The addition of Newark via Athens will take Emirates’ US network to ten …

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A construction milestone in the future of British cruising has been marked as P&O Cruises cuts the first piece of steel for new ship Arvia. The 184,700-tonne sister ship to Iona is being built at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The company’s second LNG-powered Excel class ship will join the P&O Cruises fleet …

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