Episode 6
| Duration 00:48:50 | Posted in by Korrine Johnson, Theresa Chu-Bermudez


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On today’s FULL episode, we’re going to focus on the initiatives and emerging trends that will help us travel again including pre-flight COVID tests and added measures on land tours, plus we’ll discuss a few other current events.

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Articles we discussed:
WTTC has a plan to save the travel sector
How to Combine Education and Travel This Fall With Schoolcations
The Best Hotels for Spa-Hopping in Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit
Jamaica introduces a mandatory travel protection program for visitors
Itching To Travel? Preflight Coronavirus Tests Are Getting Passengers In The Air
CDC Issues Updated Cruise Warning as No-Sail Set To Expire
Travel Companies Adapt to a Livestreaming Trend That May Outlast the Pandemic
Speakers at USTOA Event See Negative Messaging as Obstacle to Recovery
Travel Trade Groups Calling for an End to Blanket Quarantines
How Ski Resorts Are Returning Safely for the 2020-2021 Season
TTC Brands Now Include Specially Trained Well-Being Director
How Some Travel Advisors Are Filling the Hotel Information Gap

As heard on Excess Baggage:
Contiki Announces One-Off Vegan-Themed European Tour In 2021
Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Punta Cana Reopening November 5
There’s Now a Direct High-Speed Train From Amsterdam to London
Southwest Will Soon Stop Blocking Middle Seats
Virgin Voyages Pushes Back Debut to 2021
Marriott Targets Work-from-Home Consumers with New Flexible Day Passes
By Nov. 1, Costa Rica Will Allow Entry to All International Visitors Without a COVID-19 Test
Flight delays are down, but refund complaints are still up. Way up.
Royal Caribbean revises its winter 2021-22 deployment
Sabre and Google working on AI solution

Meet the Podcaster
Korrine Johnson


Korrine is the creator of Travel Biz Boss and co-owner of Journeys Travel Company. She always wanted to be in the travel industry and finally made the jump in 2007. When she had the idea to create a travel industry news podcast, she knew there was only one person who…

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Meet the Podcaster
Theresa Chu-Bermudez


Theresa is the owner of Get Out! Custom Travels and was inspired to go into the travel industry after her solo trip to New Zealand in 2013 (although it would be another three years before she would actually launch her own agency). An avid Lord of the Rings fan, she…

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