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Guam Visitors Bureau booth visited by US Secretary of Commerce

US travel Association International Pow Wow

Guam Visitors Bureau booth visited by US Secretary of Commerce

TUMON, Guam - US Secretary of Commerce John Bryson visited the Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) booth on the convention floor during the US Travel Association's 2012 International Pow Wow in Los ...

The battle for Australian skies intensifies

Qantas shrugged off threats by rival Virgin

The battle for Australian skies intensifies

The battle for Australia's skies intensified yesterday as Qantas shrugged off threats by rival Virgin and announced big capacity increases with more on the way.

ICTP welcomes Kiribati as newest destination member

International Council of Tourism Partners continues to expand

ICTP welcomes Kiribati as newest destination member

The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) announced today that Kiribati has become a destination member.

West Australian Alligator Airways grounded

Australian charter operator grounded over safety issued

West Australian Alligator Airways grounded

The Civil Aviation safety Authority has grounded a West Australian charter operator because of worries about the safety of its operations.

Pan Pacific Hotels Group appoints Craig Bond as Area General Manager of Oceania

Pan Pacific Hotels Group

Pan Pacific Hotels Group appoints Craig Bond as Area General Manager of Oceania

SYDNEY, Australia - Pan Pacific Hotels Group has announced the appointment of Craig Bond as Area General Manager of Oceania. Craig will also lead the team at PARKROYAL Darling Harbour, Sydney. ...

Australia to double spending on tourism industry by 2020

Investors and developers sought to build more hotels and resorts

Australia to double spending on tourism industry by 2020

The federal government is targeting investors and developers to build more hotels and resorts in cities and regions in a bid to meet the target of doubling spending in the tourism industry to $140 ...

Sydney wants tourists to stay extra night and taste its culinary delights

Visitors encouraged to dine at one of "Sydney's ethnic eat streets".

Sydney wants tourists to stay extra night and taste its culinary delights

The state government has an ambitious plan to encourage overseas tourists to stay an extra night in Sydney to taste the culinary delights of suburbs like Haberfield, Cabramatta and Harris ...

Queensland launches shorter version of “best job” campaign

Tourism Queensland

Queensland launches shorter version of “best job” campaign

The "best job ever" ended up being a bit of a fizzer for British adventurer Ben Southall back in 2009, but now Tourism Queensland appears to be having another go.

Value of Australia's tourism industry likely to top $100 billion

Australian Tourism

Value of Australia's tourism industry likely to top $100 billion

The value of the tourism industry to Australia's economy is likely to top $100 billion this year for the first time, research shows.

Irish tourist goes on crime spree in Australia

Tourists use stolen credit card numbers to live in luxury

Irish tourist goes on crime spree in Australia

An Irish tourist used illegally obtained credit card numbers to live in luxury during a six-week crime spree in Australia that has been compared by his lawyer with the wild bachelor party in the ...

Passport-free travel between Australia and New Zealand proposed

Anzac express paths

Passport-free travel between Australia and New Zealand proposed

Passport-free "Anzac express paths" between Australia and New Zealand should be established in both countries, the peak tourism body says.

Drunk British tourists steal penguin from Australian park

Stupid is as stupid does - the Brits done it again

Drunk British tourists steal penguin from Australian park

Three British tourists have been accused of stealing a penguin from an Australian marine park, during a night of revelry.

Baton passes to Trinidad and Tobago for next year’s Sustainable Tourism Conference

14th Annual Sustainable Caribbean Conference

Baton passes to Trinidad and Tobago for next year’s Sustainable Tourism Conference

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – In a symbolic passing of the “baton,” Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Tourism, Raye Sandy, received the Caribbean Tourism Organization ...

Auckland to spend $200,000 on chasing wealthy Chinese tourists

Auckland Airport and Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development fund

Auckland to spend $200,000 on chasing wealthy Chinese tourists

Auckland is chasing China's wealthy tourists, setting up a $200,000 fund to help attract the big-spending visitors to the city.

Puerto Rico to be featured on new Travel Channel series

The first of multiple segments highlighting the island

Puerto Rico to be featured on new Travel Channel series

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC) encourages travel enthusiasts to watch the premier episode of the Travel Channel’s new series “Park Secrets,” which will ...

Qantas fuels A330 with recycled cooking oil

Qantas finds sustainable alternative to aviation fuel

Qantas fuels A330 with recycled cooking oil

An Australian airline said Friday it had found a sustainable alternative to aviation fuel that was more economical and efficient and cut an aircraft’s carbon emissions: recycled cooking oil.

Puerto Rico tourism receives 2 Reader’s Choice Awards

Proving Puerto Rico does it better in the Caribbean

Puerto Rico tourism receives 2 Reader’s Choice Awards

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Luis G.

High Australian dollar takes savage toll on tourism

Foreign spending down in Australia

High Australian dollar takes savage toll on tourism

The high Australian dollar is taking a savage toll on the nation's tourism industry, with official figures showing foreign visitors' spending has slumped to its lowest level in more than four ...

Fiji: It's business as usual

Fiji Floods

Fiji: It's business as usual

Flood-ravaged Fiji insisted it was "business as usual" for the South Pacific nation's vital tourism industry Wednesday, as officials confirmed the death toll from recent downpours had risen to ...

Australian outbound tourism is alive and well

Australians are on the Outward Bound

Australian outbound tourism is alive and well

Australian outbound tourism is alive and well according to recent national figures.

Tourists flee as heavy floods hit Fiji

Fiji Devastating Floods

Tourists flee as heavy floods hit Fiji

Australia will provide whatever assistance is needed to Fiji after devastating floods, the Foreign Affairs Minister, Bob Carr, said yesterday.

Carnival Cruise Lines irked by Sydney dock refusal

No docking at Garden Island for Carnival

Carnival Cruise Lines irked by Sydney dock refusal

Carnival Corporation's chief executive, Ann Sherry, warned yesterday, that the US cruise giant will rethink its Australian operations if it is not allowed to get access to Sydney Harbour port ...

Hotel on Barbados’ South Coast recognized for improvement of sustainability performance

Recertified by Green Globe

Hotel on Barbados’ South Coast recognized for improvement of sustainability performance

LOS ANGELES, California - Green Globe today announced recertification of the Accra Beach Hotel & Spa, Barbados.

Guam launches official GVB Russian language website

Guam Visitors Bureau actively pursues Russian tourists

Guam launches official GVB Russian language website

TUMON, Guam - An official Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) and Mariana Visitors Authority delegation is in Moscow, Russia, and met with the US Consul General and the US Commercial Service, including the ...

Fiji aligns national airline ownership requirements with international laws

Fiji Aviation Industry

Fiji aligns national airline ownership requirements with international laws

SUVA, Fiji - To ensure compliance with international law and bilateral requirements governing air service rights granted to national airlines that fly to other nations, the Republic of Fiji has ...

New Zealand cruise passenger numbers to rise in 2013

New Zealand Cruise Industry

New Zealand cruise passenger numbers to rise in 2013

Cruise ship passenger numbers in New Zealand are expected to soar more than 20 per cent next year despite the negative publicity following the deadly capsizing of the Costa Concordia off the coast ...

Qantas: Decision to ground fleet must remain with airline

Grounding Airline Fleet

Qantas: Decision to ground fleet must remain with airline

Qantas says forcing airlines to submit a safety case to the regulator and the Government prior to grounding its fleet would be impractical and could put passengers at risk.

Foreigners in New Zealand warned about risk of theft

NZ Theft Warning

Foreigners in New Zealand warned about risk of theft

Incoming tourists are being warned about the risk of theft from cars and campervans in New Zealand, but Police Minister Anne Tolley says there has been no spike in incidents.

Vivid Sydney lights up Australia's Harbour City

Vivid Sydney 2012

Vivid Sydney lights up Australia's Harbour City

SYDNEY, Australia - International artists and creatives are set to descend on Sydney with the announcement of the fourth annual Vivid Sydney program that will transform the city into a canvas of ...

Northern Mariana Islands joins global tourism alliance, ICTP

International Council of Tourism Partners adds more Polynesian regions

Northern Mariana Islands joins global tourism alliance, ICTP

The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) announced today that the Northern Mariana Islands has become the newest destination member to their global tourism alliance.

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