ITB Asia, the ‘Trade Show for the Asian Travel Market’, has announced it will continue its partnership with leading conference and association management company, K.I.T Group, expanding this year’s Association conference programme. A series of sessions entitled ‘EAST Meetings WEST’ will focus on how European and International associations can optimize their activities and relationships […]
Lufthansa raises 500 million euros to refinance existing liabilities which are maturing in 2021 Since July 2020, Deutsche Lufthansa AG has raised a total of around 500 million euros by using aircrafts as security in eight financing transactions. This enabled the Group to secure additional funds on top of the 1.6 billion euros raised via […]
The Global Tourism Economy Forum (“GTEF” or “the Forum”), scheduled to take place at the Venetian Macao from 12 to 14 October, 2015, will unveil an innovative world class dialogue on cultural tourism with the theme of “One Belt One Road – Unleashing New Dynamics of Cultural Tourism”. A pre-event press conference was held […]
State of emergency declared in greater Tokyo area as record number of new COVID-19 cases sparking fears Japan’s hospitals will be overwhelmed The greater Tokyo area reported a record 2,447 new COVID-19 infections today, up from 1,591 on Wednesday, while Japanese media reported nationwide new coronavirus case count of over 7,000, also an all-time high. […]
On 4 December 2015 the Council approved the compromise text agreed with the European Parliament on the proposal for a directive on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime. “The compromise agreed today will enable the EU to set up […]
Severe travel restrictions and quarantine measures cause air travel demand to slow down and come to a complete stop in November The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the recovery in passenger demand which had been slowing since the Northern hemisphere’s summer travel season, came to a halt in November 2020. Total demand (measured […]
When the magical Christmas time comes, Tourism Review editorial team creates a brand new publication related to the holiday events or specific destinations. This year it was decided to publish ‘Top 10 Christmas Markets around Europe’. There are many incredibly beautiful and cozy markets in small and medium size European cities as well as […]
US President Donald Trump and UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili have something in common. The urge to stay in power no matter how. The master in manipulating elections is from Georgia, this is the country of Georgia Two former secretary generals, one assistant SG and one UNWTO Executive director started the “Decency in Election” campaign with […]
International tourist arrivals grew by 4.4% in 2015 to reach a total of 1,184 million in 2015, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Some 50 million more tourists (overnight visitors) travelled to international destinations around the world last year as compared to 2014. 2015 marks the 6th consecutive year of above-average growth, […]
Aeromexico’s December passenger numbers up 20.5% versus November 2020, driven by increases in both domestic and international passenger demand Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V. today reported December 2020 operational results. Grupo Aeromexico transported 1 million 116 thousand passengers in December 2020, an increase of 20.5% versus November 2020 driven by increases in both domestic and […]