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The departure of Air Canada flight AC1810 from Toronto to Cancun marked the return of Air Canada Rouge to the skies.
“Air Canada Rouge remains an important part of our overall strategy in rebuilding Air Canada’s global network.
“As leisure traffic resumes, we will progressively add Air Canada Rouge to select North American leisure markets from eastern Canada,” said Mark Galardo, vice president, network planning and alliances at Air Canada.
Air Canada Rouge flights are operated with narrow-body Airbus aircraft featuring a choice of Premium Rouge and economy services.
Customers travelling in the Premium Rouge cabin will be offered a complimentary, pre-packaged meal curated by celebrated Montreal chef Antonio Park with complimentary bar and beverage service.
All customers onboard Rouge flights will have access to complementary in-flight entertainment that is streamed right to their personal smartphone or device of choice without the requirement to download an app.
Premium Rouge customers will also be offered the complimentary use of sanitized iPads containing entertainment content.
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Eurowings has taken off from the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport for the first time. The inaugural departure left for Cologne, closely followed by flight EW8000 to Stuttgart.
The news makes Eurowings the first airline in the Lufthansa Group to operate scheduled flights from the new capital city airport.
In domestic traffic, Eurowings currently connects the destinations Cologne, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart with the capital at least three times a day – on many days even more frequently.
Despite a reduced flight schedule as a result of Covid-19, the airline is focusing on the off-peak hours, which are popular with travellers.
The domestic German program is supplemented by weekly flights to the Canary Islands and the Greek Islands.
Eurowings plans to gradually expand the Berlin Brandenburg program in line with market conditions from spring 2021 onwards.
“In terms of culture and history, there is hardly a more exciting European city than Berlin.
“The new Berlin Brandenburg will further increase Berlin’s attractiveness, becoming the entrance and exit gate to a cool, modern metropolis.
“And no other airline in Germany flies more tourists to Berlin than Eurowings.
“That’s why we will be expanding here in the future,” said Jens Bischof, Eurowings chief executive.
Aircraft from Eurowings will be positioned at the Pier North of the new capital city airport.
Passengers will benefit from short distances, boarding without bus transfers and a direct building connection to the Lufthansa Lounge.
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World Spa Awards – the global initiative to recognise and reward excellence in the spa and wellness sector – has announced the winners of its 2020 programme.
Brands to lift top honours include Gstaad Palace, Switzerland (‘World’s Best Hotel Spa’), Lanserhof Tegernsee, Germany (‘World’s Best Medical Spa’) and doTERRA (‘World’s Best Aromatherapy Brand’), while the minimal opulence of Utah’s Amangiri led to its acknowledgement as ‘World’s Best Desert Spa’.
Anantara also emerged as one of the big winners by taking the title for ‘World’s Best Hotel Spa Brand’, while the cutting-edge facilities of Switzerland’s Bürgenstock Hotel & Alpine Spa were recognised in the ‘World’s Best Spa Design’ category.
Dubai cemented its reputation as the destination with it all by collecting the title for ‘World’s Best Spa Destination’.
In the newcomer categories, Mandarin Oriental, Lago di Como, Italy was named ‘World’s Best New Hotel Spa’; Lefay Resort & SPA Dolomiti, Italy was voted ‘World’s Best New Resort Spa’; while Qatar’s Zulal Wellness Resort was crowned ‘World’s Best New Wellness Retreat’.
The announcement follows a year-long search for the world’s top spa and wellness brands.
Votes were cast by professionals working in the spa and wellness industry and by spa tourism consumers.
Rebecca Cohen, managing director, World Spa Awards, said: “Our winners represent the very best of the best in the global spa and wellness sector and my congratulations to each of them.
“They have all demonstrated remarkable resilience in a year of unprecedented challenges.”
The World Spa Awards 2020 programme received a record number of votes cast by the public.
This shows that the appetite for spa and wellness tourism has never been as keen and bodes well for the industry’s future as the global recovery begins.
Other winners included InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, Vietnam (‘World’s Best Resort Spa), One&Only Royal Mirage, Dubai (‘World’s Best Hammam Spa) and Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo (‘World’s Best Casino Hotel Spa’).
Launched in 2015 World Spa Awards aims to drive up standards in spa and wellness tourism and foster growth by rewarding the leading organisations in their respective fields.
For more information about World Spa Awards, visit the official website.
Tourism in Saudi Arabia has a bright future, despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, delegates at the new Future Hospitality Summit have been told.
Saudi minister of tourism, Ahmed Al Khateeb, opened the digital conference this morning on an upbeat note.
He told delegates: “We are seeing a clear picture emerge of how the next few months, even years, will look in the tourism sector.
“The agenda will be set by events such as this.”
Tourism authorities in Saudi Arabia hope to move up the global visitor list in the coming years, taking a place in the top five by 2030.
The sector has traditionally been driven by religious tourism, particularly the Hajj to Mecca, but there are now hopes a leisure sector can be added to drive numbers upward.
As part of the new focus, Saudi Arabia has issued more than half a million tourism visas since the launch of a new scheme in 2019 – though numbers will have slowed with borders closed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“When we opened our borders last year, people were exiting to discover and explore our heritage, the treasures we have in Saudi Arabia,” added Al Khateeb.
“We are also developing the Red Sea coastline to share it with travellers from around the world - wonderful beaches and reefs.
“There are also more than 10,000 historical sites in Saudi Arabia, including five recognised by UNESCO, taking us back thousands of years.
“These are there for people to come visit, to learn from.”
Future Hospitality Summit is a hybrid virtual conference developed to explore big ideas and tackle the challenges facing the hospitality industry, and will take place in Riyadh over the next two days.
The event, which promises to be one of the most impactful gatherings of the hospitality community, will be delivered on a cutting-edge event platform from Bench Digital.
It will provide an immersive live experience, including a virtual exhibition, one-to-one video networking and integrated chat features to all participants.
United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) secretary general, Zurab Pololikashvili, joined the event to reiterate plans to open its first ever regional office in Riyadh.
Al Khateeb added: “We are honoured that Saudi Arabia has been approved as the location for the first ever UNWTO regional office.
“This collaborative approach will help drive growth and build resilience across the tourism sector at national and regional levels.”
The regional office for the Middle East will opened between this and next year.
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Future Hospitality Summit is organised by ministry of tourism Saudi Arabia and G20 Saudi Secretariat as part of the International Conferences Program, honouring the G20 Saudi presidency 2020.
“Passengers can also rely on our airline operate an honest schedule of flights with our mixed fleet giving us the ability to maintain services, and upgrade or downgrade aircraft size depending on passenger demand.”
Qatar Airways has taken delivery of three more Airbus A350-1000 aircraft.
The development reaffirms its position as the largest operator of Airbus A350 aircraft in the world, with 52 in its fleet.
The new planes will operate on strategic long-haul routes to Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.
Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, said: “As one of the only airlines to continue taking delivery of new aircraft at this time, our strategic investment in modern, fuel-efficient twin-engine aircraft has enabled us to continue flying.
“Environmentally conscious passengers can travel with the reassurance that Qatar Airways continuously monitors the market to assess both passenger and cargo demand to ensure it operates the most efficient aircraft on each route.
“Rather than being forced to fly oversized aircraft due to limited aircraft options, reducing the flexibility for passengers to travel when they want, Qatar Airways has a variety of sustainable aircraft it can choose from to offer more flights with the right capacity in each market.
“Passengers can also rely on our airline operate an honest schedule of flights with our mixed fleet giving us the ability to maintain services, and upgrade or downgrade aircraft size depending on passenger demand.”
Al Baker added, due to the impact of Covid-19 on travel demand, Qatar Airways would continue to keep its Airbus A380 fleet grounded, arguing it is not “commercially or environmentally justifiable” to operate such a large aircraft.
