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Winnipeg woman seeks answers after husband killed during belated honeymoon at Mexican resort

January 20, 2023 admin

A Winnipeg man on a long-awaited honeymoon with his wife at a resort in Mexico was killed last week after police were called to a fight at a hotel bar where the couple was staying, the man’s wife told CBC News.

Jesse Ropos, 36, died in the early morning hours of Jan. 13 after a 10-day vacation in Puerto Aventuras, a gated community located about 75 kilometres southwest of Cancun.

The father of three was killed just 12 hours before he was set to return home with his wife, Stacey Ropos.

“I went to go on this beautiful vacation with

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Connexus Travel Appoints Eric Lau as General Manager

January 19, 2023 admin

(19/01/23)
Connexus Travel has appointed Eric Lau as
General Manager.

Founded more than 70 years ago as the first travel
agent registered in Hong Kong, Connexus Travel (formerly Swire
Travel) now also operates in Beijing and Shanghai, specialising in
corporate, leisure and MICE travel, offering clients a full range
of travel services and digital booking applications.

Eric Lau

Leading the Connexus team, Eric’s remit is to
drive the company’s digital transformation and expand its
corporate travel business in the region and further afield.

Eric has more than 18 years of experience in the
travel and aviation industries, focusing

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Indian Railways Likely to Allow Passengers with General Tickets to Travel in Sleeper Coaches Soon

January 17, 2023 admin

Last Updated: January 13, 2023, 09:17 IST

The railway authorities are thinking of transforming all those sleeper coaches into regular coaches. (Representative image: Shutterstock)

Railway Board has requested all the divisions of Indian Railways to gather information on the trains whose sleeper class coaches are remaining occupied below 80 percent of the total berths.

INDIAN RAILWAYS UPDATE: Have you ever thought that you can travel in sleeper coaches in long distance trains with general class tickets without any penalty? This may become a reality soon as Indian Railways is likely to announce a new initiative regarding this. Due to winters,

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Aging, outdated technology leaves air travel at risk of meltdown

January 16, 2023 admin

Washington
CNN
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The massively disruptive computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration this week that caused thousands of cancelled or delayed flights has put Americans uncomfortably face-to-face with the technology behind US air travel — for at least the second time in a month.

As the country once again picks up the pieces, beleaguered air travelers may be wondering why flying suddenly seems so vulnerable to devastating IT problems.

The answer involves not just aging hardware and software, but also institutional failures that have made updating the technology more challenging, according to current and former industry officials, government reports

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Florida Attorney General contends in federal court that CDC air travel mask order ‘does nothing’ | Florida News | Orlando

January 15, 2023 admin

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Nine months after a Florida federal judge blocked a requirement that airplane passengers and other travelers wear masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an appeals court next week will take up a Biden administration challenge to the ruling.

A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hold a hearing Jan. 17 in Miami, as U.S. Department of Justice attorneys argue that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had the authority to require people to wear masks on planes, trains and buses to try to prevent the spread of the virus.

Florida Attorney General Ashley

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How might traveling benefit health?

January 14, 2023 admin

People who are able to travel away from their local area report being in better health than those who are not, a new study suggests. Image credit: Rob and Julia Campbell/Stocksy.

According to a new survey-based study on a population from the United Kingdom, constraints on travel outside of one’s local area are associated with poorer self-reported health.
In contrast, people who travel away from their home location report experiencing better health.
One reason might be that when a person is unable to travel, they also have fewer social interactions, which may contribute to loneliness.
The study

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Canadian travel issues study: Airlines, Minister Alghabra testifying

January 13, 2023 admin

Putting the blame largely on “extreme weather” and staffing issues, officials from major Canadian airlines Sunwing, WestJet and Air Canada have told MPs they are sorry that thousands of passengers were left scrambling or stranded this holiday season. The airlines say they’ll be making changes, but so too should the government.

Airline executives were first in the hot seat on Thursday, as part of a marathon day of hearings of the House transport committee digging into why this holiday’s travel season descended into chaos for many travellers. Following the airlines were airport authorities who also cited weather as a factor,

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