Tourism

New Managers at The Gore London and The Pelham London

Five-star hotels The Gore London and The Pelham London – both part of Starhotels Collezione have appointed new hotel managers. J-J Pollak and Niccolò Consigli joined the team in January 2023. Having spent over a decade working within luxury hospitality, they will both be responsible for the planning, directing and coordinating of the hotel’s day-to-day […]

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Budapest Airport: Exceptional performance throughout 2022

Budapest Airport hosted its 14th Annual Gala last night, celebrating the close collaboration of partnerships which have enabled the airport to remain robust and to continue to deliver exceptional performance throughout 2022. The Hungarian gateway handled 12.2 million passengers last year having recovered 75% of 2019 passenger traffic and the outlook for the year ahead […]

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Jamaica Resilience Funds Get US$1.7 Billion Boost

Jamaica is set to receive a total of US$1.7 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as approved Thursday, March 2, 2023. The Executive Board of the IMF gave the go ahead for this approved funding under its Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL) and Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF). The 2-year arrangement sets in motion […]

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More Russia to Kuwait flights on Jazeera Airways

Moscow Domodedovo Airport appreciated the first month of cooperation with Jazeera Airways. During this short period, the air harbor successfully served 28 take-off and landing operations of the airport’s partner, which flies in a unique direction for Russia — Kuwait. “We are very pleased with the results of the first month. The most popular routes […]

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New Toronto to Cancun Flight on Canada Jetlines

Canada Jetlines continues to expand on the strong relationships with the Travel Agency community, and Tourism Boards in both Canada and Mexico Canada Jetlines Operations Ltd. announced their first scheduled flight to Mexico from Canada took place today, between Toronto and Cancun. “Canada Jetlines is very proud to operate our first scheduled flight between Canada […]

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Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Flight Reductions Not Legal

The need to restore the economic damage to the civil aviation industry of the Netherlands is not being addressed The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and airlines are mounting a legal challenge to the Dutch government’s sudden decision to reduce Schiphol airport’s capacity. Schiphol Airport is already restricted to 500,000 flights annually. The government’s decree […]

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Lufthansa Group achieves financial turnaround

Lufthansa Group announced that it had achieved financial turnaround in 2022 with Adjusted EBIT of 1.5 billion euros. Carsten Spohr, CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, said: “Lufthansa is back. In just one year, we have achieved an unprecedented financial turnaround. With an operating profit of 1.5 billion euros, the Lufthansa Group has achieved a much […]

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Knights of the Lamp heads to the true home of Arabia

SUPER JUNIOR, in collaboration with Saudi Tourism Authority, presents its new travel reality show, ‘Knights of the Lamp,’ filmed in the enigmatic Saudi Arabia. Knights of the Lamp stars SUPER JUNIOR LEETEUK, SHINDONG, EUNHYUK, DONGHAE, RYEOWOOK, and KYUHYUN. In the show, the six knights head to the mysterious land of Saudi to embark on an […]

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Nusuk Explained by Saudi Tourism Authority

Nusuk, Saudi’s first-ever official integrated digital platform, offers all pilgrims and visitors an easy-to-use planning gateway for their journeys to Makkah and Madinah, and beyond. Today, the Saudi Tourism Authority (STA) hosted a successful roadshow in Malaysia. 22 partners, including DMCs, hoteliers, Umrah companies, and travel associations, attended the launch of Nusuk. This new Umrah-integrated […]

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US Visa Waiver for Philippine Citizens pushed

Philippine citizens may soon be able to enter the United States without a visa. This would however only apply for travel to Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands- two US territories in the Pacific Ocean. Gutierrez: USINDOPACOM strategy warrants visa waivers for Filipinos Today Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) President and CEO Carl TC Gutierrez announced that […]