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Browsing by Author "Grimaldi, Lisa A."

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    Airline Safety Update: Carriers Partner With Covid-19 Testing Providers
    Schoening, Elise; Grimaldi, Lisa A. (Northstar Meetings Group, 2020-12-08)
    International travel is not expected to return until 2024, roughly the same timeline the hotel industry is expected to recover, from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, many airline carriers have partnered with a verity of test distribution companies to promote travel and have enforced stricter mask protocols. The domestic market will look to recover much faster as the COVID-19 vaccine continues to be distributed across the United States.
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    Airlines Tighten Mask Restrictions, Partner With COVID-19 Testing Providers
    Schoening, Elise; Grimaldi, Lisa A. (Northstar Meetings Group, 2020-11-13)
    In their latest effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn that it has brought with it, Airlines are requiring all passengers to wear a mask when traveling. Face shields, bandanas, and scarves are not permitted. Jet Blue is leading the way for rapid testing by partnering with Vault Health to offer to travelers within 72 hours of their flight. Many airlines are continuing their partnership with major medical experts and will continue to work with them to insure the safest standards among travelers. This news comes in light of the recent Harvard publican citing airplanes as safer to be on than possibly going to the grocery store.
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    Cruise Lines Once Again Extend Sailing Start- Up Dates
    Grimaldi, Lisa A. (Northstar Meetings Group, 2021-01-19)
    Cruise lines remain sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to recommended the public stay off cruises. Some ships are expected to travel as early as March of 2021, but industry standards are still rolling out at with the ever changing best practices.
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    Domestic Travel Spend Will Be Nearly Halved in 2020
    Grimaldi, Lisa A.; Schoening, Elise (Northstar Meetings Group, 2020-11-17)
    Although many travel researchers marveled at at the increase in domestic travel throughout the summer months, the number of people traveling domestically annually remains nearly half of what it was in 2019. Travel jobs continue to evaporate as Congress stalls on a second finical aid package. However, the asks from the travel industry remain the same: enhance and extend the Paycheck Protection Program until the end of the year and expand eligibility to include CVBs, enhance and extend the COVID relief fund through the end of 2021, and provide additional assistance to U.S. airports.
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    How CVBs Are Surviving in the Age of COVID-19
    Grimaldi, Lisa A. (Northstar Meetings Group, 2020-09-08)
    As the pandemic continues, the need to revamp Conventions & Visitors Buerues has increased. CVBs are invaluable resources to the communities they support, but received no federal funding within the pandemic relief funds from Congress. This is due to the fact that CVBs are non-profit organizations that mainly receive revenue from hotel bed tax. The pandemic has allowed Destination International, the trade association that represents CVBs, to re-work CVBs business models and partner with neighboring bureaus or individuals. Fortunately, a handful of CVBs have received local funding, but many are struggling to stay afloat with several furloughs and job cuts.
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    IMEX Group Calls for Greater Sustainability in Meetings Industry
    Grimaldi, Lisa A. (NorthStar Meetings Group, 2020-10-15)
    IMEX Group's Regenerate Revolution, A New Paradigm for Event Management" calls on Event Professionals to enhance their sustainability efforts moving into the post-pandemic era. The "circular economy" will encourage planners to minimize waste, pollution, and their carbon footprint. The guide has been sponsored by Marriott International and is the first part of IMEX's #natureworks series.
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    The latest on Airline Safety Protocols
    Schoening, Elise; Grimaldi, Lisa A. (Northstar Meetings Group, 2021-01-29)
    As the COVID-19 virus continues to evolve, so does the airline industry's COVID-19 protocols and procedures. Today, United is offering onsite testing and is in the process, along with American Airlines, to streamline COVID-19 documentation portals within their mobile applications. Jet Blue has notably started offering at- home testing up to 72 hours before their flights. American Airlines has begun offering at-home and onsite testing for it's travelers. Although all airlines have tackled the prior touchy mask mandate, many are still having difficulty regarding the middle seat separation protocol.
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    When Will Cruises Restart?
    Grimaldi, Lisa A. (Northstar Meetings Group, 2021-05-21)
    The U.S. Travel Association is calling on the CDC and Congress to lift the Conditional Sailing Order and to allow cruises to begin travel at a phased-in approach. However, the CDC has just announced that cruises between Alaska can begin to resume this summer, if 95% of passengers and 98% of staff are vaccinated and can show proof of vaccination. Carnival has announced that all guests must show proof of vaccination to sail on their ships this summer. Norwegian has not take the same approach, but have begun accepting bookings for their Alaskan cruises in August.