Canadian travel giant Sunwing says it has revised its summer flight schedule to operate without the Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane. 

The new schedule, which runs through the end of October, has been “reconfigured ahead of time to accommodate the non-availability of this aircraft type.”

It comes in the midst of a continued worldwide grounding of the 737 Max 8. 

“Proactively revising our summer schedule will ensure that we can offer our customers the same exceptional value and award-winning inflight experience they have been accustomed to. Until the end of October, all Sunwing Airlines flights will be operated on our Boeing 737-800 airplanes with their distinctive orange tails,” said Andrew Dawson,  Sunwing’s president of tour operations. 

“With these changes, our customers should feel more confident about booking their vacations or destination weddings early and taking advantage of the great deals,” Dawson said. 

The company said that, should the Max 8 become available, it would “evaluate opportunities to add capacity or reintegrate the aircraft into the fleet at that time.”

Sunwing operates a massive flight network from Canada to the Caribbean and Mexico.

The company has also announced that it has launched a flexible reservation policy in light of the novel coronavirus. 

— CJ

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Belize has many eco-resorts in its unspoiled rainforests — Chaa Creek and the Ka’Ana Resort, to name a couple of outstanding examples — but this Central American nation also has hundreds of miles of Caribbean coastline on its eastern border, as well as hotspots like Ambegris Caye and Caye Culker in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. And where there’s beach in Belize you’ll find beach resorts, from Belize City and San Pedro in the north to Hopkins and Placencia in the south.

Cayo Espanto By Belizean resort standards, Cayo Espanto has been around forever — the opening of this private island resort off the coast of San Pedro 22 years ago helped put luxury travel to Belize’s islands on the map. This tiny island has just seven villas (including one overwater villa) and — with a two-to-one staff to guest ratio — surrounds guests with service, from butler-delivered meals and spa treatments to outdoor activities that include wading into the shallow waters off the island for guided fly fishing, and snorkeling, scuba diving and boating on and around the nearby Mesoamerican Reef and the famous Blue Hole.

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T-Mobile will be headlining the highly-anticipated new entertainment hub coming to the heart of San Juan. 

The project formerly known as District Live will now be known as Distrito T-Mobile. 

The 475,000-square-foot complex will include a Caribbean Cinemas VIP Movie Theater, a pair of ziplines, a music venue, a virtual reality gaming center and a range of eateries. 

The centerpiece of the project will be 14,000 square feet of LED screens, including one of the largest 4K screens in the United States. 

“The residents of Puerto Rico have shown so much resilience as they rebuild after one of the worst natural disasters ever, and we want them to know T-Mobile is here to support them — this time, through a huge 10-year investment into the region,” said John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile. “We’re honored to expand our role in helping the community bounce back with Distrito T-Mobile — this is going to be epic!”

It also includes the first-ever Aloft hotel in the Caribbean, which opened its doors last month. 

T-Mobile has signed a 10-year naming-rights deal for the project, according to Bob Newman, president and CEO of developer ASM Global. 

“We at ASM Global are thrilled to have T-Mobile as our premier, naming rights partner at this incredible new venue,” Newman said. “We have worked closely with T-Mobile for years, which makes us confident in our ability to elevate Distrito T-Mobile beyond anything we’ve ever seen in Puerto Rico.”

— CJ

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