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Singapore Opens It’s Borders For India

In a recent announcement, Singapore will finally be reopening its doors for fully vaccinated travellers from India starting November 29 through a “vaccinated travel lane” (VTL). Travellers under VTL are not subject to stay-home notice (SHN) on arrival. Instead, they need to produce a negative pre-departure test taken within two days prior to departure and undergo an on- arrival PCR test, says the island nation’s health ministry. In its tweet shared by Singapore mission in India it read, “Following discussions between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore will be launching a VTL for fullyvaccinated travellers from India with valid entry approvals starting November 29, pending resumption of commercial passenger flights.” While Indonesia is also included in this announcement along with India, the programme is expected to be extended to visitors from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from early next month. Currently, there are 13 countries, including Canada, Australia and Germany, under Singapore’s vaccinated travel lane (VTL) programme. Noticably, Since November 12, India had started recognising vaccination certificates issued by Singapore implying that fully vaccinated travellers from Singapore entering India will just need to self monitor for 14 days upon arrival.

IMEX America 2021: Turning Point For The Regeneration Of The Global Meetings And Events Industry

A f t e r a b u s y w e e k d e f i n e d b y a n overwhelming feeling of “it’ s good to be back” , IMEX Chairman Ray Bloom, and CEO, Carina Bauer were joined on the podium at the IMEX America closing press conference by Steve Hill, CEO and President of the LVCVA; Paul VanDeventer, President and CEO of MPI and Stephanie Glanzer, Chief Sales Officer & Senior Vice President at MGM Resorts International. Ray marked the 10th edition of IMEX America with his traditional recap of business statistics from the week, “Over 3,300 buyers were here this week, the vast majority of them hosted buyers. We also had over 2,200 exhibiting companies representing 200-plus countries. Appointments were around 50,000 and feedback shows they produced strong business for exhibitors. Also notable was the quality of business and RFPs coming from walk-up appointments by attendee buyers.“ Carina expanded upon the business demand demonstrated during the week. “It’ s been heart-warming and joyful to hear so many come-back stories.

Annual General Meeting Of IATA 2022 to Be Held In Shanghai

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced at the 77th Annual General Meeting of IATA being held in Boston, USA that China Eastern Airlines will host the 78th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Shanghai, China, on 19-21 June 2022. During the AGM, a decision was made in addition to the announcement of host city of the next Annual General Meeting. IATA officially announced that Chinese is to formally become a language of International Air Transport Association. As the only newly added language, Chinese joins English, French, Spanish and Arabic, bringing the number of languages for the body to five. "We look forward to gathering the aviation industry in Shanghai for the 78th Annual General Meeting of IATA. China is a dynamic aviation market, with the domestic market among the fastest to recover from the damage brought by COVID-19," said Willie Walsh, IATA's director general. IATA represents about 290 airlines in over 130 countries and regions. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of IATA, held in June every year, is the world' s largest and preeminent gathering of airline leaders. It attracts 800-1000 participants each time.

DOMOTEX Cancelled In January 2022

“We have been fighting for DOMOTEX together with the exhibiting companies until the very end, and have been in daily communication with the industry for months,” says Sonia WedellCastellano, Global Director DOMOTEX, Deutsche Messe AG. “DOMOTEX is particularly affected by the impact of the Corona pandemic, as the vast majority of DOMOTEX exhibitors and attendees come from abroad. However, given the current pandemic situation, international business travel is not expected to recover in the short term,” adds WedellCastellano. Just over a month ago, the organizers wanted to stage DOMOTEX in the southern part of the Hannover exhibition grounds in a compact format as a ReStart event in three halls, thus giving the industry a chance to meet physically after almost two years of pandemic. Wedell-Castellano: “What was considered a realistic and promising Re-Start scenario a month ago, and was also well received by the market, has proven to be no longer feasible in recent days.” The organizers are looking into a DOMOTEX date later in the 2022 calendar year.