Highgate, a leading hotel management, investment and development company, announced today the appointment of Elizabeth Redmond to Chief Accounting Officer. In her new role, Elizabeth will be responsible for leading Highgate’s global accounting operations and driving innovation across Highgate’s accounting and reporting practices. Elizabeth succeeds Joseph Klam, who will assume the new role of Chief […]
Tourism Trinidad and the Aquila Centre for Cruise Excellence have joined forces to enhance the visitor experience for cruise ship passengers visiting the island. The Aquila Centre is known for its innovative training programs aimed at enhancing the customer experience within the cruise industry. The organization has trained thousands of tourism professionals in over 30 […]
Saint Lucia is presented with the opportunity to be recognized for the industry’s gold standard in global travel at the 30th anniversary of the World Travel Awards, with nominations for six prestigious 2023 titles; Caribbean’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination, Caribbean’s Leading Cruise Destination, Caribbean’s Leading Destination, Caribbean’s Leading Honeymoon Destination, Caribbean’s Leading Luxury Island Destination, […]
Queen Anne received her crowning glory on Friday, April 14, as Cunard’s iconic red and black funnel was secured onto the luxury cruise line’s newest ship. This significant construction milestone, known as the ‘funnel lift,’ took place at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, and takes the remarkable ship one step closer to her maiden voyage […]
United Airlines announces new direct flight to Christchurch, New Zealand and other South Pacific destinations United Airlines today announces the largest South Pacific network expansion ever to and from the continental US, including the first nonstop flight between San Francisco and Christchurch set to commence on December 1. United Airlines will be the only carrier […]
Spanish airports under the Aena network transported a total of 53.6 million passengers in the first quarter of the year, which is 41.6% more than in the same period recorded in 2022 and 1.6% more than in the first three months of 2019. The Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport recorded the highest number of passengers in […]
Tour operators and airline companies in Russia increased the number of planned flights from Russia to Turkey. The target number of Russian tourists in Turkey has also increased. While 5.5 million Russian tourists visited Turkey last year, 7 million are expected this year. Dmitriy Gorin, Vice President of the Union of the Russian Tourism Industry, […]
Wild looping, chain carousels at dizzying heights, and breath-taking themed rides: the 2023 amusement park season has begun! But which amusement parks in Germany are worth their money? Last year alone, over 30 million people visited amusement parks in Germany at least once. But which amusement park in Germany is the best to visit this […]
The development of platforms such as Airbnb has accentuated the imbalances in certain local housing markets. An inter-ministerial mission in France has submitted a report to the government proposing solutions to combat this phenomenon. One of them is to make the taxation of furnished rentals less attractive. In tourist areas, the development of digital platforms […]
A new episode of pollution hits the north of Thailand and the area of Chiang-Mai, the second city of the country. The city of Chiang Mai and parts of the north of the country are affected by extremely high levels of air pollution. It has become a tourism problem already in the most northern regions […]