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Department of Homeland Security has clarified that from 2016, residents of four US states may soon need to show a valid passport in order to board a domestic flight. Travelers who live in Louisiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire and New York are being urged to apply for a passport or secure another form of REAL ID-compliant identification now. For most travelers, applying for a passport book is the best idea, as it can be used for all international travel as well as domestic identification. Find out more about the REAL ID Act.

Department of Homeland Security has clarified that from 2016, residents of four US states may soon need to show a valid passport in order to board a domestic flight. Travelers who live in Louisiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire and New York are being urged to apply for a passport or secure another form of REAL ID-compliant identification now. For most travelers, applying for a passport book is the best idea, as it can be used for all international travel as well as domestic identification. Find out more about the REAL ID Act.

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In case you do not have a US passport or an enhanced driver's license. This is the time to apply for one. As US Homeland Department has announced the final implementation date for Real ID Act (January 22, 2018), all US citizens would need to follow the Real ID requirements for domestic flights. What is Real ID Act and why every US citizen need to be aware of it? Read the post to get complete information.

In case you do not have a US passport or an enhanced driver's license. This is the time to apply for one. As US Homeland Department has announced the final implementation date for Real ID Act (January 22, 2018), all US citizens would need to follow the Real ID requirements for domestic flights. What is Real ID Act and why every US citizen need to be aware of it? Read the post to get complete information.

AS COVID-19 FEARS subside, travelers are significantly less concerned about safety during travel, driving a significant rebound in travel activity, according to a survey by travel risk and crisis response provider Global Rescue. Most are vaccinated, or have recently recovered from COVID-19. The 2021 fall Global Rescue Traveler Sentiment and Safety Survey revealed that nearly 86 percent of travelers have taken domestic trips, and 42 percent have traveled internationally, since the start of the pandemic last year. The survey was conducted among more than 1,500 of the firm's current and former members between Oct. 26 to 30, 2021. "Between April and October, there's been a 74 percent jump in people taking domestic trips and an enormous 207 percent increase in individuals traveling internationally," said Dan Richards, CEO of Global Rescue and a member of the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. According to the survey, fear of COVID-19-related quarantine or infection while traveling declined by 37 percent compared to January 2021.

NEARLY HALF OF travelers, or 49 percent, have already taken an international trip, according to a survey by travel risk and crisis response provider Global Rescue. That indicates an 88 percent jump in travel abroad since summer of 2021. The Winter 2022 Global Rescue Travel Safety and Sentiment survey has also revealed that domestically, 85 percent of respondents have already traveled, signaling an 18 percent increase during the period. The survey of more than 1,400 respondents between Jan. 25 to 29 found that nine out of 10 travelers are "much less or less" concerned about travel since the pandemic, showing a 22 percent increase in travel confidence. "All signals are pointing to the beginning of the end of international travel restrictions due to the pandemic. Countries like New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and others are opening their borders as severe COVID-19 illnesses and hospitalizations decline, vaccinations increase and testing is more convenient. Domestic travel continues to increase but the big news is that travel abroad is surging," said Dan Richards, CEO of Global Rescue. "When people feel safe, they travel and we are seeing tremendous, positive change in the traveler confidence about their well-being."

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About Koh Samui 4 star Package 7 nights and 8 days: Package Includes: Return Airport Transfers Return International Air ticket Domestic air ticket Thailand visa Package Validity: 10th Jan 2015 till 30th April Tour: Half day Bangkok city and old Temple 4 nights stay in Koh Samui Punnpreeda Beach Resort Deluxe room with (daily breakfast) 3 night stay in Bangkok Galleria 10 hotel Bangkok Deluxe chill room with (daily breakfast)

About Turkey Tour Package- 7 Nights and 8 days Included Services: * 2 nights accommodation in Istanbul at 4 star Ramada Atokay hotel * 2 nights accommodation in Cappadocia at 4 star Blue Valley Cave hotel * 2 nights accommodation in Pamukkale at 4 star Colossea hotel * 1 night accommodation in Izmir at 4 star Ilayda Avantgarde hotel * Meal plan as mentioned in the itinerary * Admission fees for all sightseeing mentioned in the itinerary * Transfer service from/to Airport and hotel on shared basis * Land transportation by air-conditioned, non-smoking vehicle Excluded Services: * Visa for Turkey if needed * International or domestic flights * Lunch / beverage * Tips to the guide and driver (optional) PACKAGE ITINERARY:- Day 1: Friday, Welcome to Istanbul. You will transferred from the airport to hotel and the remainder of the day is yours, free to explore Istanbul. Overnight Istanbul Day 2: Saturday, Istanbul Old City Tour the exotic city that spans both Europe and Asia visiting the Blue Mosque, the Hagia Sofia, Topkapi Palace and the Hippodrome. Overnight Istanbul (Breakfast) Day 3: Sunday, Ankara - Cappadocia After breakfast we drive towards the nation`s capital, Ankara to visit Anitkabir, the Mausoleum of the famed Mustafa Ataturk before continuing on to the surreal landscape of Cappadocia. Overnight Cappadocia (Breakfast, Dinner) Day 4: Monday, Goreme - Underground City Today we tour the Goreme open-air museum, Pasabag and Uchisar castle and Kaymakli underground city. Photo opportunities are everywhere so have your cameras ready! Carpet weaving has long traditions in Turkey and at the carpet village we learn how the carpets are made by hand what determines their value. Tonight, don`t miss the optional Turkish folklore evening featuring folklore and belly dancers. A night you won`t forget! Overnight Cappadocia (Breakfast, Dinner) Day 5: Tuesday, Konya - Pamukkale Leaving Cappadocia we head south along the ancient Silk Road just as

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The crossing Annapurna Thorong La Pass (5,416m) trek is one of the difficult pass trek in Annapurna Himalayan region.Annapurna Thorong La pass combine trekking best for local adventure which loves nature, landscape enjoying with different Gurung villages, Tibetan villages traditional, cultural, language, ethnic groups life style.Annapurna Thorong la pass trek is most popular for stunning mountains views including the Lamjung Himal (6970m) , Mt. Manaslu (8150m), Annapurna III (7550m), Annapurna Iv (7570m), Gangapurna (6480m), Pisang peak(6081m), chulu west (6430m), Tilicho peak (7140m) Tukche peak (6950m), Nilgiri (7045m), Dhaulagiri (8160m) etc. Thorong la pass trek start from Beshishar and all the way up to Jagat, chamje, Dharapani , chame village and flowing the river side beautiful waterfalls, Green jungle and natural hot spring in the chame village we can go and relax .Where will be more than 3 thousand meter high they have no trees totally dry place.Highest lake in the world Tilicho Lake located at 4915m.After the Thorong La pass trek down hill to Muktinatha Village big Hindus Temple and Buddhist temple -domestic Airport Pokhara - Jomsom - Pokhara flight, Best apple garden of Nepal Marpha Village, Tibetan Buddhist Temple, Natural Hot spring in Tatopani Village.We Himalayan local guides will do arrange relevant package trip. Wish Great life time experience Nepal Himalayan region.

The Everest Base Camp trek - 9 Days is we designed for trekkers who have short holidays but still would like to touch the world highest Everest Base Camp (5,380m). It's one of the most rewarding and popular treks in the world, where you will be experience the likely sceneries of Himalayan ranges, Ancients Buddhist monasteries and wildlife animals throughout the travel. Trek begins with a 30 minute Domestic flight to Lukla from Kathmandu Airport and trek start from Lukla is a main tourism connection of Everest regions and we will be walking from Lukla towards through Sherpa settlements and go into the Mt. Sagarmatha National Park then trails goes in following up Northern side of Dudkoshi River, crosses the bridge and climb up hill to reach entry police check point and passes beautiful traditional Sherpa village likes Namche Bazzar, Tengboche, Pangboche, Dingboche, Labuche, Gorakshep and reach finally your destination at Mt. Everest Base Camp.

Everest Base camp trek - 14 Days from Lukla begin Kathmandu Domestic Airport to Lukla Hillary Airport with 35 minutes Flight attractive. There after we ready our trekking bag pack and set out on walking to all the way down hills and uphill to get Phakding village.Everest Base camp trek gives you incredible Himalayan views of the Sagarmatha National park in twelve days E.B.C. trek

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT may have expanded an immigrant visa program that can bring more workers to the U.S. to ease the labor shortage but processing those visas may still be delayed due to a pandemic-related backlog. A group of lawmakers recently wrote a letter to the Department of State urging the agency to bring that processing back to pre-COVID levels. The letter, sent by Reps. Darren Soto, a Florida Democrat, and Peter Meijer, a Michigan Republican, along with 86 other Congress members says visa processing has been slowed by procedures put in place at the beginning of the pandemic but which are no longer needed because testing and vaccines are so readily available. "[Pandemic restrictions] disrupt the reopening of American businesses. According to the U.S. Travel Association, international visitor spending in the U.S. dropped by 76 percent in 2020, leading to the loss of $141 billion and 1.1 million American jobs," the letter said. the letter said. "As international and domestic travel begin to recover, many travel businesses rely on H-2B and J1 visas to meet short-term and seasonal workforce demands that cannot otherwise be filled. With such a significant portion of U.S. visa processing sites fully or partially closed, travel businesses will not have the international visitors or the temporary workers they need to generate a speedy and robust recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic."

IN RECENT WEEKS, CBRE Hotels Research has revised its forecast for the hospitality industry upward in light of several factors, such as rising occupancy levels, improvement in domestic travel and some opening in international travel. Recent developments, however, including the rise of the Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19, elevates the uncertainty level of those forecasts, but still the industry is expected to return to 2019 levels by the second half of 2023 rather than 2024. Hotel occupancy in the third quarter rose 35.1 percent over the previous year, according to CBRE's December 2021 edition of Hotel Horizons. ADR also saw gains, reaching 2019 nominal levels in the third quarter. "CBRE expects ADR will continue to exceed 2019 levels, followed by a demand recovery in early 2023," CBRE said in a statement. "Pent-up demand for leisure destinations, an increase in household personal savings and fewer constraints on availability compared with earlier in the pandemic contributed to the brisk pace of ADR recovery. The resumption of inbound international travel will help gateway markets regain occupancy in the coming year."

BEST WESTERN HOTELS & Resort executives say the company is riding a wave of success that brought its members to Hawaii for its 2023 Annual Convention. Best Western benefited from budgeting for a forecasted recession that now seems unlikely this year, and saw continued growth domestically and internationally with India "top of mind." Other topics addressed during the convention at Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu last week include the strategy to be followed by Joelle Park, Best Western's newly hired senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Also, the company's new program to advance women in hotel ownership was getting under way. Making waves Larry Cuculic, president and CEO, opened the conference giving details on the company's performance. "The Big Wave reflects the surge that BWH Hotels has made in the travel industry and how we are making 'big waves' together all over the world," Cuculic said. "Our Big Wave has rippled through our organization, our industry, and our lives, touching our guests, our communities, and leaving a rich legacy of success."

DESPITE PROJECTIONS OF persistent inflation and a moderate economic recession, CBRE's November 2022 Hotel Horizons forecast calls for a 5.8 percent increase in RevPAR in 2023. This is up from CBRE's previous forecast of a 5.6 percent increase in RevPAR for 2023. Propelling CBRE's increased outlook for RevPAR is an expected 4.2 percent rise in ADR, driven in part by the continuation of above long-run average inflation. For 2023, CBRE is forecasting the Consumer Price Index in the U.S. to increase by 3.5 percent year over year. Inflation continues to have a mixed impact on the hotel industry, bolstering top-line growth while pressuring margins. Supply and Demand Inflation is also impacting development activity. The combination of rising construction material costs, a tight labor market, and high interest rates will serve to keep supply growth over the next five years 40 percent lower than historical trends. Instead of construction, we expect cash flows in the near term to be focused on debt reductions, renovations and remodels given the backlog of Capex that built up during the pandemic. Given its forecast for a 0.2 percent decline in 2023 gross domestic product, CBRE lowered its expectations for demand growth from 3.3 percent in their August 2022 forecasts to 2.9 percent in the November update. With the projected supply increase remaining at 1.2 percent for 2023, the net result is a reduction in CBRE's occupancy growth estimate for the year to 1.6 percent, down from the 2 percent increase previously forecast. The lowering of occupancy expectations will somewhat offset the enhanced outlook for ADR growth.

HOTEL INVESTMENT AND management company Banyan Group has announced that its $35 million Banyan Lodging Enhanced Value Fund has been fully subscribed. The final participants were domestic and foreign families, a statement said. The BLEV, or "Believe" fund offers an opportunity for investors to purchase hotels that have been impacted by the on-going COVID-19 crisis, the statement added. "Interest in our BLEV fund has risen steadily since our original announcement earlier this year, as evidenced by how quickly the raise was completed, to the point where we now actually are over-subscribed," said Rakesh Chauhan, managing partner and CEO, Banyan Investment Group. "We already have our sights on several respected hotels in strong markets with high barriers to entry and multiple demand generators to help offset any potential economic headwinds that could arise in the future. We look forward to a successful run with our partners and fully expect this to be a profitable endeavor for all involved."