Travel Industry News – January 2, 2025
Travel Industry News – January 2, 2025
Topics discussed:
🗺️ The UK Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) effective January 8, 2025 (https://apply-for-an-eta.homeoffice.gov.uk/apply/electronic-travel-authorisation).
🗺️ Trinidad and Tobago declared a state of emergency.
🗺️ Real ID required starting on May 7, 2025.
🗺️ Delta Airlines had yet another stowaway.
🗺️ 12 new resorts in the Caribbean in 2025.
🗺️ Mexico’s $42USD per passenger tax on cruisers.
🗺️ American Airlines flights halted on Christmas Eve.
🗺️ A woman died on a Princess cruise ship.
🗺️ The CDC reported norovirus outbreaks on a Princess cruise ship and two Holland American cruise ships in December.
🗺️ The CDC logged 13 outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness on cruise ships in 2024.
🗺️ Jubilee celebrations in Rome.
Tragedies:
🗺️ Airplane crashes in Kazakhstan and South Korea.
🗺️ Terrorist attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas.
Final note:
🗺️ I hope to be escorting a few small group safaris and other land tours for 2026. Stay tuned…
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