The hotel becomes the first Mercure property in the country, expanding Accor’s presence in Greece RHODES, GREECE, 2021-Jul-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Mercure is excited to announce its entry into Greece with the opening of Mercure Rhodes Alexia, a stylish city retreat on the island of Rhodes. The new hotel becomes Accor’s most recent… Read the full press release
Community Fund provides financial backing to local groups working to build stronger, safer, and healthier communities in East London 12 local charities and not for profit organisations awarded £3k grants to enable significant and positive change for East Londoners Funding from the airport’s Community Fund reaches a total of £75,000 in 2021 London, UK, 2021-Jul-24… Read the full press release
Kansas City, MO, 2021-Jul-24 — /Travel PR News/ — The City of Kansas City, Mo., Aviation Department reports that during June, 803,589 passengers traveled through Kansas City International Airport. This was an increase of 233.9 percent compared to June 2020. By comparison, the June 2021 passenger count was 28.1 percent less than June 2019. Year-to-date,… Read the full press release
Kansas City, MO, 2021-Jul-24 — /Travel PR News/ — In April, JetBlue announced its intent to begin serving Kansas City. It is now official and Kansas City will have a new airline in March, 2022. Today (7/20/2021) JetBlue published flight schedules and began selling tickets for their new nonstop service between Kansas City International Airport… Read the full press release
Amstelveen, Netherlands, 2021-Jul-24 — /Travel PR News/ — KLM customers travelling to a selected number of destinations can now have the necessary COVID-19 travel documents checked in advance. KLM’s COVID-19 check | Upload@Home is a new service that allows customers to travel well-prepared and smoothly. KLM understands that travelling with all the COVID-19-related requirements can… Read the full press release
Increased flying to over six destinations from Bristol Airport Reintroduced route to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from Bristol Airport London, UK, 2021-Jul-24 — /Travel PR News/ — TUI UK announces the expansion of its holiday programme for summer 2022 from Bristol Airport with the reintroduction of flights to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, and increased flying… Read the full press release
London, UK, 2021-Jul-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Katalyst Laboratories has partnered with Nuffield Health and Bristol Airport to offer a convenient COVID-19 testing service located at the airport. All tests are analysed at the on-site laboratory run by Nuffield Health with tests provided by Katalyst Laboratories, a government authorised distributor of SARS-CoV-2 rapid testing… Read the full press release
Madrid, Spain, 2021-Jul-24 — /Travel PR News/ — The biggest crisis in the history of tourism continues into a second year. Between January and May, international tourist arrivals were 85% below 2019 levels (or a 65% drop on 2020), UNWTO data shows. Despite a small uptick in May, the emergence of COVID-19 variants and the… Read the full press release
The investment includes Amazon Alexa functionality – a first for any airport in Northern Ireland Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2021-Jul-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Following a six-figure investment, George Best Belfast City Airport has launched a major five-year, digital transformation programme aimed at enhancing the customer experience. The first phase of the innovative programme, accelerated… Read the full press release
Chicago, IL, 2021-Jul-24 — /Travel PR News/ — At City Council today (July 21, 2021), Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot introduced an ordinance providing for 10 new concession agreements at O’Hare International Airport. The agreements follow a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) issued in July 2020 to provide passengers with a variety of new low touch… Read the full press release
Moving a step closer to hassle-free international air travel Hong Kong, China, 2021-Jul-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Cathay Pacific continues to demonstrate the viability of digital health passes by successfully conducting two live flight trials involving volunteer customers travelling between Hong Kong and Singapore using The Commons Project’s CommonPass app earlier this month. The… Read the full press release