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The benefits of a travel agent for corporate travellers has never been more obvious than throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, due to the almost ever changing list of rules and restrictions. The workload now required to pull off a successful business trip has risen exponentially, making internal travel planning a nightmare that almost isn’t worth facing. […]
From April 1, fully-vaccinated travellers entering Canada will no longer need to carry out pre-departure testing – though random testing of arrivals still remains in place. The Canadian government has finally announced the relaxation of its entry restrictions, a decision that has been met with widespread joy from anyone associated with travel and tourism across […]
Travel and tourism operators are continuing to pile the pressure on Ottawa over the remaining travel restrictions, with Canada becoming very much an outlier in its current testing requirements. The current argument is, that with the omicron variant so prevalent in Canada already, it makes little sense to continue testing fully vaccinated travellers as they […]
Molecular tests will no longer be the required standard for travellers entering Canada from Feb 28th. That means the end of pre-arrival PCR testing, with the new rules now allowing for much cheaper and more readily available alternatives, such as clinic-administered rapid antigen tests. Why are Antigen tests better? Antigen tests are typically much […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has branded current global travel restrictions “a mess” with pre-arrival testing coming strongly under the spotlight. The airline group represents 290 airlines including Air Canada, WestJet and Air Transat. Travel Restrictions under scrutiny Under the current travel restrictions, international travellers arriving in Canada must provide a pre-arrival negative […]