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Qatar Airways Cancels All Flights June 23, 2025
Qatar Airways is one of the busiest airlines in the world, but it is currently idle. SOURCE: Qatar Airways Cancels All Flights BY: eTurboNews | eTN
Thailand Tightens Border Controls with Neighboring Cambodia June 23, 2025
Thailand's latest restrictions are being introduced amid escalating border tensions with Cambodia, following a brief exchange of gunfire between soldiers from both nations in a contested border region on May 28, which resulted in the death of a Cambodian soldier. SOURCE: Thailand Tightens Border Controls with Neighboring Cambodia BY: eTurboNews | eTN
Success of ALEX Platform Proves Tourism is Driving Agricultural Growth June 23, 2025
Jamaica Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to building a resilient, inclusive, and proudly Jamaican tourism industry—one that links every citizen to national prosperity. SOURCE: Success of ALEX Platform Proves Tourism is Driving Agricultural Growth BY: eTurboNews | eTN
Air India Executives Fired After Boeing 787 Ahmedabad Disaster June 23, 2025
The violations found not only threaten the health of the pilots but also the safety of passengers. We can no longer turn a blind eye to this. SOURCE: Air India Executives Fired After Boeing 787 Ahmedabad Disaster BY: eTurboNews | eTN
War Is More Harmful to Global Tourism Than Epidemics June 23, 2025
Travel and tourism leaders remain largely speechless, but some are slowly awakening to a new global reality, one that also affects the travel and tourism industry. SOURCE: War Is More Harmful to Global Tourism Than Epidemics BY: eTurboNews | eTN
Riyadh Air Orders 25 Airbus A350-1000 Jets June 23, 2025
Riyadh Air, the newly established international airline based in Saudi Arabia, has placed a firm order with Airbus for 25 A350-1000 aircraft. This agreement, which has the potential to expand to 50 A350-1000 jets, was formalized at the Paris Air Show, with the signing ceremony attended by H.E Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the Governor of Saudi Arabia’s […]
Freedom of Press under Attack this Week June 23, 2025
The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting press freedom worldwide. It defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. SOURCE: Freedom of Press under Attack this Week BY: eTurboNews | eTN
The Most Catastrophic Leadership Failure in Travel & Tourism History June 23, 2025
Indian native Imtiaz Muqbil is one of the longest-serving travel and trade journalists in the Asia Pacific. Started career in Kuwait with local English-language newspapers, and has been publishing Travel Impact in Thailand, working as an outspoken journalist in the Kingdom since 1978. SOURCE: The Most Catastrophic Leadership Failure in Travel & Tourism History BY: eTurboNews […]
10 Reasons to Move the United Nations from New York to Bangkok June 22, 2025
The Thaksin government in Thailand is pursuing the goal (dream?) of having Deputy Prime Minister Surakiat Sathirathai appointed U.N. Secretary General after the end of Kofi Annan’s term in January 2007. SOURCE: 10 Reasons to Move the United Nations from New York to Bangkok BY: eTurboNews | eTN
The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism Capitalizes on Growing Canadian Travel Demand with Montreal and Toronto Events June 22, 2025
Canadian travellers turn to The Bahamas amid shifting travel patterns — Ministry ramps up trade efforts to fuel visitor growth SOURCE: The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism Capitalizes on Growing Canadian Travel Demand with Montreal and Toronto Events BY: eTurboNews | eTN