With the suspension of several flights to the CNMI because of the COVID-19 outbreak and the drastic drop in the number of tourists, the Marianas Visitors Association board ordered yesterday a 16-hour cut in the work-hours of its employees, effective immediately. The reduction of...

The Marianas Visitors Authority presented its annual Marianas Seminar & Workshop series in Japan last month, touting direct, daily service by Skymark Airlines in a bid to woo Japanese travelers at a time when tourism is declining globally due to COVID-19. The seminars...

As in prior years, the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands is lending its support to the 2020 Saipan Marathon that will be held this Saturday. HANMI has been a key partner of the annual signature event of the Marianas Visitors Authority. Despite the extreme economic...

A representative of the Marianas Visitors Authority reiterated yesterday the agency’s projection that, due to the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, the CNMI will take a blow to its economy with the loss of over 70,000 Chinese tourists for the rest of the fiscal year. Speaking...