Chinese/US
By Nelson Alcantara
HONOLULU (eTN) - The China National Tourist Office has announced that a senior China tourism delegation is scheduled to visit the United States.
India, Thailand
By eTN Staff Writer
Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, has mounted relief operations for transporting stranded passengers at Bangkok, due to the political unrest in Thailand and consequent closure ...
Annual Hotel Issue 2008
By eTN Staff Writer
GAYOT.com, which has converted the content of its famous award-winning hotel guides into a comprehensive and complimentary online hotel database, is pleased to announce the release of its Annual ...
Maldives
By minivannews.com
Tourists at luxury resort One and Only Reethi Rah on Sunday found themselves in the middle of a confrontation between employees on strike and riot police when protestors fled into their eating ...
Cruise News
By usatoday.com
Holland America is making some big boasts about the pool deck it plans to add to five ships starting next year.
Fiona Jeffery Honored
By eTN Staff Writer
Fiona Jeffery, chairman of World Travel Market, has won the prestigious Shine Women of the Year 2008 - Leadership Award.
BA Is In Talks With Qantas
By ukpress
A giant new airline could be formed following news that British Airways is in talks about a possible merger with Australian carrier Qantas.
Thailand Crisis
By Stéphane Hanot, eTN Staff Writer
As 100,000 tourists are stranded in Bangkok, trying to find a way to leave the country in a way of another, travel companies in Thailand showed already three weeks ago their worries at London’s ...
Open Skies Agreement
By Nelson Alcantara
Travel from Singapore to Romania and Zambia has just become a lot easier, as the three have cinched two separate Open Skies Agreements (OSAs) to allow full flexibility on air services.
Turkey, Hilton
By Unal Basusta, eTN Ambassador
ISTANBUL, Turkey (eTN) - Hilton Hotels Corporation (HHC) has announced its plan to operate 40 new properties in Turkey, representing 5,500 rooms, by 2014.
In Quest For Effective And Environment-Friendly Airplanes
By eTN Staff Writer
LONDON - The aircraft industry is developing the More Electric Aircraft (MEA), with the ultimate goal of distributing only electrical power across the airframe.
Flight Search Traffic Normal According To Skyscanner
By eTN Staff Writer
EDINBURGH - The recent Mumbai terrorist attacks, which left at least 195 dead, and Thailand's political protests, which have led to a temporary state of emergency, have failed to deter travelers, ...
Travelocity Data
By eTN
For those who priced out a December trip earlier this year and found travel was out of their reach this holiday season, it's time for another look.
Pirate Attack
By theaustralian.news.com.au
A bid by Somali pirates to hijack a luxury cruise ship was foiled by an international taskforce, officials said today, as ransom negotiations for a Saudi super-tanker stretched into overtime.
UNWTO Resilience Committee Preparatory Meeting
By eTN Staff Writer
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt / MADRID, Spain – In the face of the global economic downturn, international tourism will experience less and probably negative growth over the next six to nine months, ...
Tourism Security
By washingtonpost.com
American officials and security experts say the deadly terrorist attack in Mumbai will undoubtedly cause Western-style hotels and tourist spots around the world to beef up their safeguards.
Terror in Tourism
By David Beirman
Terrorists in Mumbai and political activists in Thailand have both made it clear that if there is a sure way to publicize a cause--target tourists or tourism.
Thailand Crisis
By Stéphane Hanot, eTN Staff Writer
Thousands of travelers stranded in Bangkok are struggling to go out of the country. But what remains strange is the inefficiency of Thailand’s civil aviation authorities.
Sex Tourism
By AP
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Tourists who go abroad to abuse children should face the prospect of prosecution in their home countries if they are caught having sex with kids in nations with lax ...
Thailand
By telegraph.co.uk
British tourists stranded in Thailand face uncertainty over when they will be able to get out after the Foreign Office said it would not charter flights to evacuate those unable to get home.
Hotel Room Rate Strategies
By Ahmed Mahmoud, Starwood Hotels and Resorts
Flexible pricing, flat rate, dynamic pricing, and floating rates - all Revenue Management (RM) must begin with a scientific approach to developing a pricing strategy or all yielding will be done ...
Mitigating Potential Negative Impacts Of Crises On Tourism
By eTN Staff Writer
CHENGDU, China/ MADRID, Spain - Tourism stakeholders’ preparedness and effective and accurate communication are among the key factors to substantially mitigate potential negative impacts of ...
Alitalia’s Inheritance Up For Grab
By Unal Basusta, eTN Ambassador
After Ryanair has announced seven new international as well as four new domestic flight routes from Bologna last month, it is now Emirates and Etihad’s turn to grab choice pieces from ...
Global Aviation Industry
By Nelson Alcantara
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its report for international air traffic for October and the numbers are not good.
India Terror Attacks
By Nelson Alcantara
India’s capital of Mumbai has been targeted by terror attacks killing at least 80, by last count.
Addresses Forum
By eTN Staff Writer
The President of Skål International, Hulya Aslantas, attended the traditional Skål luncheon held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, during the World Travel Market London held this month.
SATH
By Nelson Alcantara
The 2009 Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality (SATH) world congress is to be held from January 4 – 8, 2009 in Orlando at Walt Disney World, it was announced yesterday.
Nude Tourism
By Nelson Alcantara
Australian resorts aren’t the only ones allowing their guests to shed their clothes this year.
North Shore Oahu
By Nelson Alcantara
Wherever I go, I get asked the very same question: Where are you from? A question whose answer elicits yet another question: Do you surf? “Well, I try to,” is normally my answer.
Collection Activity Begins With Seizure Of Bank Account
By eTN Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, DC - Wiley Reinm partner H. Jason Gold, the court-authorized liquidating trustee for the bankruptcy estate of Dornier Aviation (North America), Inc.
