Hot Air Balloon Crash Kills 19 Foreigners
LUXOR, Egypt - 19 foreign tourists were killed when a hot air balloon exploded and plummeted from the sky in southern Egypt, state-run Nile TV reported.
Airline Bomb Hoaxes
An airliner bound for Shenzhen made an emergency landing midflight last Thursday after a man called in a fake bomb threat in order to keep his girlfriend from leaving onboard, the Shanghai Daily ...
Selamat datang di Berlin!
BERLIN, Germany & JAKARTA, Indonesia - During an official press conference in Berlin, Dr.
Pegasus Airlines
ANKARA, Turkey - Pegasus, Turkey’s largest private air carrier, is planning to open up its shares to the public, according to the company.
Japan Airlines
TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines will offer a new lineup of Japanese cheese for First and Executive Class customers on select international routes from March 1, 2013.
Visiting Moscow and St. Petersburg
LONDON, England - With new EasyJet flights to Moscow launching in the spring, and UK tour operators reporting an ever increasing demand for Russia tours, here are some suggestions for Moscow and ...
inaugural event at Dusit Thani Hotel
Skal International Thailand is pleased to announce that it will be celebrating the relaunch of the Pattaya and East Thailand club at a special event to be held at the Dusit Thani Hotel, Pattaya, ...
La Quinta Joins with Grupo Santos to Open Eight Hotels
FAJARDO, Puerto Rico - At its 2013 La Quinta Conference, La Quinta announced it is accelerating its international growth, through a series of agreements with an affiliate of Grupo Santos, a ...
United Airlines
CHICAGO, Ill. - United Airlines will launch summer-season service from its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport to Anchorage, Alaska, and Traverse City, Mich.
777 Freighter delivered to Korean Air
EVERETT, Wash. - Boeing has delivered the first 777 built at the increased production rate of 8.3 per month, or 100 airplanes per year. The airplane, a 777 Freighter, was delivered to Korean ...
Opening ceremonies of ITB Berlin on March 5, 2013
BERLIN, Germany - Prominent visitors to the world’s largest travel trade show, ITB Berlin, will be opened by Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel for the first time.
We have bad news and we have good news
By Dr. Elinor Garely, Editor in Chief, TourismExecutives.com (a division of eTN Publishing)
This is both a bad news and a good news story.
Annual parade of elephants
During the full moon (which is a holy day for Buddhists) each February, the big temple in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka (the Gangaramaya Temple) hosts a big pageant (perehera), where ...
plane crash on Mt. Kenya
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Dr. Anthony King, former CEO of the Laikipia Wildlife Forum (LWF) and more recently Manager of the Ngolale Ranch in Rumuruti, died yesterday afternoon when his plane crashed on Mt.
International Coalition of Tourism Partners continues to expand membership
HAWAII, USA; BRUSSELS, Belgium; VICTORIA, Seychelles; BALI, Indonesia – The International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) announced that C-Quest Diving Safaris has recently joined as a ...
added boost to the tourism market
The Seychelles Tourism Board and VISA International held a business meeting last week to discuss the implementation of the swipe card facilities.
