Written by Katrina Nicholas The world’s richest man appears to have had it with this whole working-from-home business. Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., waded into the return-to-office debate on Twitter by elaborating on an email he apparently sent Tuesday to the electric-car maker’s executive staff. Under the […]
Day: June 2, 2022
A huge mural in Windhoek’s Independence Memorial Museum, depicting members of the Namibian People’s Liberation Army (PLAN) blowing their horns as they attack the colonial masters’ troops, provided a celebratory backdrop as the Namibian-German delegation proudly announced the return of 23 objects from the collection of the Ethnological Museum in […]
The Middle East is already home to the world’s tallest building, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. Long before the rise of Prince Mohammed, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal had announced plans to build the world’s tallest building near Jeddah. The skyscraper remains only partially completed. Some of Saudi Arabia’s financial windfall from […]
EDMONTON — It was “a fantastic day for Team Flair,” said CEO Stephen Jones yesterday, after the Canadian Transportation Agency handed down its determination that Flair Airlines is, in fact, a Canadian company. Flair’s fate had been hanging in the balance for months, ever since March 2022 when the CTA […]
OTTAWA — The Canadian Travel & Tourism Roundtable is calling on the federal government to provide urgent relief at the border by alleviating pressures currently facing travellers at Canada’s airports before June 15, 2022. The Roundtable, comprised of industry leaders from sectors including airlines, hotels, tour operators, travel retailers and […]
TORONTO — Switzerland Tourism’s first cross-Canada roadshow focusing on Canadian travel trade and media arrived in Toronto last night, with an important message from 11 Swiss suppliers: Switzerland is open and ready to welcome Canadian travellers. It’s easier than ever to get to Switzerland too, with upwards of 30 weekly […]
Three doses of the same Covid-19 vaccine or a combination of different jabs work well in preventing infections, even against different variants, according to the largest study of its kind. The findings, published in The BMJ, suggest that the number of vaccine doses seems to be the key to improving […]
SANTA BARBARA, CURAÇAO — The day has finally come – Sandals Royal Curaçao has officially opened its doors as Sandals Resorts’ 16th property and its first on the island of Curaçao. First announced back in December 2020, the 351-room-and-suite property – formerly the Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort – […]
MISSISSAUGA — TICO has approved 26 claims against the Ontario Travel Compensation Fund, totalling $70,056. According to TICO, the approved claims will assist 46 consumers who did not receive the travel services for which they had paid. The approved claims are as follows: Fly Jamaica Airways: 5 claims to assist […]