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A year into the unprecedented global pause of the world’s largest cruise lines, no other segment of travel faces a more uncertain future, nor as much of a massive transformation to its business model. Beyond the ship’s decks, far-reaching implications loom for those destinations with an outsized dependence on large cruise ship tourism and its ripple effects.
Megaships remain synonymous with risk in the eye of an increasing number of consumers as the industry struggles to regain its clout. The public relations scar might run deeper than the industry likes to admit. A recent survey of 600 cruisers and non-cruisers in the UK and Australia, for example, revealed that 47 percent did not trust cruise lines to look after them if something went wrong during a voyage, while a staggering 67 percent were less willing to cruise because of the pandemic.
Barbados Today January 24, 2021
SOURCE: CMC – Workers in the local tourism industry who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, will this week, have another opportunity to sign up for government’s temporary stipend when a new round of registration begins Tuesday.
In a recent statement, the Ministry of Tourism said the stipend programme is aimed at assisting jobless Caymanians affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with 2,898 tourism workers to date receiving the monthly funds.
In December, Tourism Minister Moses Kirkconnell announced the $1,000 stipend for displaced workers would be extended to June 2021.
Since March 2020, government has spent $15.6 million on tourism stipends to help affected workers.
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Georgetown – Workers in the local tourism industry who have been affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will, this week, have another opportunity to sign up for government’s temporary stipend when a new round of registration begins Tuesday.
In a recent statement, the Ministry of Tourism said the stipend programme is aimed at assisting jobless Caymanians affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with 2 898 tourism workers to date receiving the monthly funds.
In December, Minister of Tourism Moses Kirkconnell announced the $1 000 stipend for displaced workers would be extended to June 2021.
Since March 2020, government has spent $15.6 million on tourism stipends to help affected workers.
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When life, work and travel collide: working remotely abroad is here to stay
We might be grounded at the moment, but the promad will not settle for standard office life post-pandemic Jan 20, 2021
This year, millions of us started working from home for the first time. Companies around the world, big and small, realised that their staff could be just as productive, if not more so, if they worked remotely. Many established a better work-life balance and enjoyed the freedom of not having to get the 7.30 train into the office every day. Great swathes of people left London to move to rural destinations that would have required torturous commutes before.