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  • PUBLIC SERVICE: OYO Hotels opens to Mindanao Covid-19 frontliners

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    To support frontliners engaged in the delivery of medical and other vital services during the Covid-19 pandemic, OYO Hotels & Homes has reopened 24 properties in major cities in Mindanao.

    Based on the Department of Tourism directive, OYO accepts check-ins from foreign guests, government employees, and persons employed in essential services during the enhanced community quarantine. To ensure the safety of guests and staff, walk-in guests are discouraged, and hotel facilities such as swimming pools, gyms and spas are closed in compliance with the government’s social distancing regulations.

    Capital O Asrodel Hotel
    Kathy’s Home Garden Suites
    Kathy’s Home Garden Suites

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  • COVID-19: DOT8 Springs Stranded Tourists, Total Assisted Travelers Now at 11,000

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    TACLOBAN CITY—Cebu Pacific sweeper flight airlifted at least (57) international tourists stranded due to flight cancellations in connection with the national state of health emergency measures.

    The sweeper flight was made possible by the DOT8 Action Team’s exhaustive efforts to contact stranded tourists within 16 hours from the scheduled flight, transporting them safely from various points in the region in coordination with the CAAP, and provision of DOT8 MalasaKITS and boarding passes.

    Stranded tourists receives MalasaKIT bag from a DOT8 A-Team member prior to boarding Cebu Pacific sweeper flight for distraught international tourists.

    Following health and security protocols

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  • AirAsia PH Travel Advisory: AirAsia extends flexibility options for existing flight bookings with departures until 30 April 2020 amidst COVID-19 outbreak

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    Manila, Philippines — AirAsia is offering extended flexibility options for ALL existing flight bookings made on or before 22 March 2020 with a departure date between 23 March and 30 April 2020 (excluding Thailand and India domestic flight bookings operated by Thai AirAsia, airline code FD and AirAsia India, airline code I5).

    AirAsia Travel Advisory

    Eligible guests can now select from the following range of flexible travel options immediately, using the airline’s AI chatbot AVA on support.airasia.com or airasia.com:

    Unlimited flight change: Change to any new travel date before 31 October 2020 on the same route any time up

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  • A World War II Bomb Has Shut Down a Central London Airport

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    London’s only central airport, London City, was closed Monday with all flights in and out cancelled, thanks to the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb nearby.

    Construction workers found the bomb in King George V Dock, which is a stone’s throw away from the end of the London City Airport runway, on the River Thames. After they reported it to the Metropolitan Police in the early hours of Sunday morning, the airport was shut. It remained closed on Monday.

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  • Department of Tourism gives 4-star rating to The Oriental Leyte

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    Tacloban City, Philippines — The Department of Tourism – Region 8 has given the 4-star rating to The Oriental Hotel Leyte, the first in Eastern Visayas, at a recent assembly of private and public stakeholders in the region. The property was given the rating based on the 741 accumulated points as a result of the assessment for premium accreditation by the third-party auditor and the DOT’s Central Office and Region 8 Office.

    The Oriental Leyte foyer
    DOT-8 tourism officer Rina Apostol, The Oriental Leyte general manager Anito Lanticse, DOT-8 regional director Karina Rosa Tiopes, and DOT-8 tourism officer Rodel Balierbare.
    DOT-8 tourism officer Rina Apostol, The Oriental Leyte general manager Anito Lanticse, DOT-8 regional director Karina Rosa Tiopes, and DOT-8 tourism officer Rodel
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