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SWAROVSKI OPTIK and Chile Tourist Board Launch ‘Day and Night’ Digital Campaign To Drive Awareness Of Adventure And Wildlife Tourism

The Chile Tourist Board, in partnership with long-range and high-quality optic specialists SWAROVSKI OPTIK and UK tour operator Hayes&Jarvis, has launched a Day and Night campaign from 11th January to 7th March to drive awareness of Chile as a world-class visual and adventure tourism destination.

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Look Forward To Conservation Events And A Resort Re-Opening At Aitken Spence’s Maldives Resorts This Spring

This Spring, Aitken Spence Hotels has an exciting and educational line-up of sustainability and conservation experiences for guests at its two five-star Maldives properties – Heritance Aarah and Adaaran Prestige Vadoo. The Adaaran Select Hudhuran Fushi Resort Maldives will also re-open on 1 March 2021.

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GEC PR’s Travel Trend Predictions For 2021

Predicting travel trends is never an easy task and with the pandemic news changing on what seems to be a daily basis, it’s especially hard to make sense of the shifts at a time like this. However, it is important to be optimistic about travel and to focus on the opportunities that might crop up in the year ahead, such as the roll out of the Coronavirus vaccine hopefully opening global travel up once more.

Now that we are officially one month into the new year and while we patiently wait for travel to resume once more, GEC PR has pulled together its top five predictions on what will be big in travel for the year ahead.

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Plan Ahead For A Naturally Socially Distanced Holiday In The Maldives

Those seeking secluded destinations for a 2021 holiday when travel resumes should plan ahead for a trip to the Maldives, the Indian Ocean nation that lends itself perfectly to social distancing thanks to its unique geography and one-island-one-resort offering.

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Is 2021 Shaping Up To Be The Year The Travel Industry Takes Diversity Seriously?

Multiple new year sign ups to Women in Travel (CIC)’s BAME Corporate Membership scheme is signalling that diversity and inclusion are now taking centre stage in the travel sector in 2021, with dnata Travel Group and The University of Surrey’s School of Hospitality & Tourism Management joining the ranks of Google to continue the education around allyship and tackling diversity issues.

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SWAROVSKI OPTIK Announces Environmental Campaigner And Ornithologist Dr Mya-Rose Craig As A Partner Opinion Leader For 2021

SWAROVSKI OPTIK, the long-range and high-quality optic specialists, has announced an exciting partnership with 18-year-old environmental activist and ornithologist Dr Mya-Rose Craig as a partner opinion leader during 2021.

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Six Top Reasons To Put Philadelphia On The Holiday Wish List

As we look ahead to future travel plans, here are six reasons why the city of Philadelphia, recently placed on Condé Nast Traveller’s Gold List, honouring the editors’ most coveted Destinations in the World, should be on every traveller’s wish list.

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A Case Study on How to Successfully Promote a Destination During a Pandemic

It’s safe to say this year has been one of the most difficult years the tourism industry has ever experienced. As a PR agency specialising in working with travel and lifestyle brands, we’ve certainly had our share of some of low points. However, we’ve thankfully had first-hand involvement of several of the highs.

So, to end the year on a positive note, we wanted to share our learnings on how the team at GEC PR has successfully handled the PR and Marketing for one of our destination clients, the Maldives Tourist Board.

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Ten Reasons Why The Maldives Should Be Top Of Your Travel List In 2021 Courtesy Of Aitken Spence Hotels

With the Maldives on the UK’s safe travel corridor list and 2021 just around the corner, there’s no better time to start planning for next year’s getaway to paradise.

To help holidaymakers with inspiration for their trip to the idyllic Indian Ocean destination, Chef Amila Silva, Aitken Spence’s Executive Chef at the five-star all-inclusive Heritance Aarah, shares his ten reasons why the Maldives should be at the top of everyone’s travel list in 2021.

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