Forum brought together 19 policymakers from 11 countries, destination representatives, business events executives from 30-plus countries The pandemic has led to new ways of thinking, working and operating business events, yet “anybody who thinks they have the picture of change, are probably wrong – very different things are happening in different parts of the world,” […]
Minister of Tourism, the Honorable Josephine Connolly in a press conference at the recent Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Marketplace held in Barbados, informed tourism and travel industry partners of the newly established Destination Marketing and Management Organization (DMMO) that will replace the current Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board in the coming months. […]
Group travel booking innovators Joyned have today announced a commercial partnership with leading hotel chain RIU Hotels. A global chain with over 100 hotels across 20 countries, RIU Hotels’ current offering will be further enhanced by Joyned’s F&F booking functionality. Joyned Booking enables online users to invite friends or family to the RIU Hotel website, […]
Anantara Hotels announces further strides into Italy with the opening of Anantara Convento di Amalfi Grand Hotel, the second Anantara in Italy. Nestled high above the town of Amalfi on Italy’s alluring Amalfi Coast, Anantara Convento di Amalfi Grand Hotel, is set in a restored 13th-century cliffside Capuchin convent. The 800 year old building underwent […]
Recently, the EU announced the Refuel EU Aviation program. This program will require air transport companies to include some sustainable fuels in the kerosene use. Thus, all flights departing from EU airports must integrate at least 2% sustainable aviation fuels within two years. In 2030, this share will have to increase to 6%, to reach […]
Worldwide air travel reservations to fly between May and September are 35% higher than in 2022, according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) data. The survey, which covered 4,700 travelers from 11 countries, corresponds to reservation data from the first quarter of this year. Bookings rebounded most in the Asia-Pacific region (+134.7%) after the removal […]
Compared to 2019, there has been a significant improvement in Milan’s tourism sector, and there is a positive outlook for the return of desired traffic, particularly from China. Milan has seen an unprecedented surge in spring tourism, with 2.5 million arrivals and 3.5 million overnight stays recorded in the year’s first quarter. The analysis of […]
According to Turespaña, Spain welcomed over 8.1 million international air passengers in April, a 16.9% increase from last year. In the first four months of 2021, 25.26 million international passengers arrived in Spain, a 34.9% increase from 2020. In April, international passenger arrivals from the main source markets increased, with 57.6% of all passengers coming […]
Istanbul is expecting 45,777 congress tourists in the remaining months of the year, according to Şekib Avdagiç, President of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO). Turkey is aiming for a tourism income target of $86 billion. At least 36 international congresses will occur in Istanbul this year, with participants ranging from 300 to 25,000 and […]
Once the Covid-19 restrictions are lifted, China is expected to revive its hotel industry. According to data from Lodging Econometrics, 3,659 hotels, and 680,959 rooms are being developed or constructed in the Chinese hotel sector. Of these, 2,697 projects are already under construction, the highest number recorded in history. The hotel industry experienced a rebound […]