“Be very careful. Visa and Mastercard could be a problem,” President Joko Widodo warned Indonesian officials Few days ago, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo demanded the country’s authorities to distance themselves away from Western payment systems such as Visa and Mastercard and start using credit and debit cards issued by Indonesian banks. According to Widodo, Indonesia […]
Just as the summer season approaches, Budapest Airport is already looking ahead to ensure its network for the winter continues to offer a diverse selection of destinations. In a boost to the Hungarian gateway’s route map, Wizz Air has announced the commencement of two new routes from October, adding Copenhagen and Sharm El Sheikh to […]
Southwest Airlines Co. today announced an expanded partnership with Sabre Corporation to begin utilizing PRISM, an industry-standard data solution designed to streamline the sales process with corporate travel managers and travel management companies. Sabre’s PRISM brings decision science to the Southwest Business Sales Team, allowing the ability to develop a more customized travel solution for […]
Hotelbeds has seen strong demand in Greece since the start of 2023. Over the past three months, bookings have grown 40% versus the same period in 2022 and 12% over the same time frame in in 2019. These figures cement Greece’s position as one of the most sought-after destinations, ranking in the top 10 for […]
Avion Express, the leading narrow-body ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) and charter operator, has signed a contract with the Latvian national airline airBaltic to wet-lease four 180-seat Airbus A320 aircraft for the upcoming 2023 summer season. This partnership will facilitate airBaltic’s growth to meet the increasing passenger demand and ensure successful scheduled flights operations. […]
Radisson Hotel Group, one of the fastest-growing hotel companies in Africa, plans to strengthen its robust African presence in 2023 further with the opening of eight new hotel already confirmed to date. The Group aims to reach 150 hotels within the next five years across the continent, reinforcing Africa as a key growth market. With […]
Starting on March 26, 2023, a total of 86 airlines will serve 292 destinations in 92 countries worldwide from Frankfurt Airport Several new destinations and more seating capacity from Frankfurt Airport: Effective with the start of the summer flight schedule on March 26, 2023, a total of 86 airlines will serve 292 destinations in 92 […]
The Cuban community living abroad was the second largest group of visitors Cuba had in 2022, according to official reports. In total, last year, 333,191 Cubans residing in other nations arrived in the country, according to official data published by the National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI). The United States was the largest source […]
Last year, meeting tourism had a direct economic impact of 1.715 billion euros in Madrid, a figure that represents 87% of that obtained in 2019 and that places it as one of the great engines of development of the tourism sector in the capital. These data have been released by the Madrid Convention Bureau (MCB). […]
Riyadh Air aims to compete with Gulf airlines such as Emirates, Qatar Airways or Etihad and turn the kingdom into a transportation hub. Saudi Arabia has the means of its ambitions as it has just placed a record order with Boeing. The record B787 order from Boeing is another step of Saudi Arabia to become […]