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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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The declaration is not legally binding and is focused on a global level. Governments in emerging markets and developing economies: Dominican Republic; Ghana; India – two-wheelers and three-wheelers constitute more than 70% of global sales and more than 80% in India.

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2025 Travel: Luxury Resorts Prioritize Privacy and Being Worth the Expense

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The high-end market is responding to three plagues in travel: overpriced, overcrowded and overheated, as in global warming, said Jack Ezon, who runs the bespoke travel agency Embark Beyond , based in New York. In spring, W Hotels will open its first all-inclusive, W Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic (opening rates from $799 a night).

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Travel 2025: ‘Friend-Finding Tours,’ Private Islands and a Mixed Bag of Prices

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Jump to: Credit… Miriam Martincic A recent Booking.com global survey of 31,000 travelers found that 71 percent of respondents want to leave the places they visit better than when they arrived. In spring, W Hotels will open its first all-inclusive, W Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic (opening rates from $799 a night).

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Why Did the Hotel Chain Hire a Marine Biologist?

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As the global director of sustainability at Iberostar Group , Megan Morikawa is striving to prove that large travel operators can be better stewards of the planet. The first year that I joined, we constructed our first coral lab at a property in the Dominican Republic. How did that start? The coral lab is three things in one.

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What to Know About Food Poisoning When Traveling

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And a lawsuit filed this year in Toronto in connection with the food poisoning-related deaths in 2023 of 8-year-old Stephen Gougeon and his mother, April, alleges, among other things, that the Dominican Republic resort where they stayed did not take sufficient care in food handling. What should you do if you develop symptoms?