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Let Travel Inspire you this Winter Lockdown

With the cold weather causing many of us to spend more time indoors this February, the team at GEC PR has come up with some suggestions to help keep us all entertained and energised during the upcoming weeks.

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PHLCVB Helps Parents to Entertain Children at Home with Creative and Educational Philadelphia-Themed Experiences

For families looking for ways to keep children entertained at home during the school holidays, PHLCVB has come to the rescue with a selection of interactive creative and educational Philadelphia-themed activities, suitable for all ages and abilities.

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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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