South African Airways and Etihad Airways tie up
South African Airways (SAA) and Etihad Airways have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) allowing the two airlines to introduce a comprehensive range of codeshare and interline air services ...
Pacific Asia Travel Association
BANGKOK, Thailand - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) CEO Martin Craigs this week wrote to attendees and speakers of the PATA Annual Summit to pledge the association's ongoing support for ...
United Arab Emirates Tourism
By Nelson Alcantara, eTN editor-in-chief
Abu Dhabi has been dubbed as a tourism destination that ranks among the world’s “best-in-class” by some of the world’s most influential travel and tourism industry players following its ...
Falkland Islands Cruise Trade
Argentina has been accused of trying to ‘strangle’ the Falkland Islands by intimidating cruise ships which stop there, it emerged yesterday.
Saudi Tourism To Indonesia
Indonesia has launched a major drive to attract more Saudi tourists this year. Its new two-day promotion ended at the Mall of Arabia this week.
Tourism Australia marketing
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
The "Best Jobs in the World" by Tourism Australia is part of a major international tailor-made marketing strategy to promote tourism opportunities offered by the program, Australian Working ...
World Federation of Travel Agents and World Tourism Organization join forces
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
(eTN) ITALY - For the first time in the last 10 years, Mario Bevacqua, President of UFTAA, the World Federation of Travel Agents and Tour Operators, and Taleb Rifai, Secretary General of the UNWTO ...
International Tourism Month
By Dr. Peter E. Tarlow
Tourism is not only the world's largest industry, but also often its most misunderstood. Many people outside of the industry believe that tourism professionals are on a permanent vacation.
Travel domain
Selfcatering.travel made the logistical decision to align itself with the .travel domain as a purposeful and thoughtful marketing tool.
Publishing a book on Seychelles a long-cherished wish for honorary consul
A book on Seychelles travel was published and launched successfully as of April 25, 2013 and is now in Korean book stores.
Alex Popovich, IATA Senior Vice President for Industry Distribution and Financial Services meets the UFTAA Board in Kuala Lumpur
Aleks Popovich, IATA’s Vice President for Industry Distribution and Financial Services had a cordial meeting, with the Board of UFTAA on April 18, 2013, soon after his presentation to all ...
IATA projects huge airline sector profit growth
Dubai, UAE - Global airline sector profit is likely to grow to $7.5 billion this year, with Asia Pacific and West Asia based airlines dominating the international passenger market and leading the ...
Statement from National Air Cargo
ORLANDO, Fla. - National Air Cargo will not speculate as to the cause of the accident involving National Flight NCR102.
Leisure travel market delivers promising first quarter
DALLAS, Texas – The leisure travel market delivered a promising first quarter for hoteliers globally as bookings grew +5.1% through the end of March, according to data released today by Pegasus ...
World ATM Congress 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C.
International Jazz Day
NEW YORK, N.Y.
most influential restauranteurs, finest chefs
2013 S.Pellegrino World's Best Restaurant List:
El Celler de Can Roca Girona, Spain
Noma Copenhagen, Denmark
Osteria Francescana Modena, Italy
Mugaritz San Sebastian, ...
Italy second most common tourism destination in the EU
ABU DHABI, UAE - The number of tourists from the UAE to Italy is expected to increase this year by 5-7 percent, Santino Adriano Berrino, president of the Italian Tourism Union – Foreign Branch, ...
Emirates Airline
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
Emirates, Dubai’s award winning airline, has announced that come October travelers from the airline’s East Africa destinations Entebbe, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam will have more choices when ...
International Air Transport Association
GENEVA, Switzerland – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released figures showing that air freight markets weakened in March, and that the improvement in air cargo growth rates ...
International Air Transport Association
BAKU, Azerbaijan – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged Azerbaijan to adopt an agenda for enhanced safety and regulation to enable aviation to expand its role as a catalyst ...
US Immigration Reform
BAHAMAS - Proposed US immigration reforms could have positive implications not only for Caribbean nationals living in the United States, but also for countries of the region, asserted a former ...
Last day to bid in travel auction
YARDLEY, Pennsylvania – Global Traveler’s annual online charity travel auction ends May 1.
VISA Card: Top spenders abroad are the Saudi Arabians
Visa’s latest Global Travel Intentions Study 2013 has revealed that global cross- border tourism is thriving and travelers intend to increase budgets for their next trip by an average of five ...
Nepal Airlines
PARIS, France — Airbus said Monday it had signed an agreement with Nepal Airlines for the sale of two short- to medium-range A320 planes in a deal worth $183 million (140 million euros) at ...
UNWTO and Tourism Australia
Over the past decades, Asia and the Pacific has consolidated its position not only as one of the major tourism destination regions, but also as an increasingly important outbound market.
Opposition sent to U..S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary LaHood
ASTA, the American Society of Travel Agencies appeals to their members to comment on IATA Resolution 787.
International Air Transport Association (IATA) report
Global airline sector profit is likely to grow to $ 7.5 billion this year, with Asia Pacific and Middle East based airlines dominating the international passenger market and leading the way in ...
new nonstop service
SAN FRANCISCO, California – Hearts are aflutter from the US West Coast to France over new nonstop air service.
UN World Tourism Organization and Pacific Asia Travel Association join forces
MADRID, Spain & BANGKOK, Thailand - The lasting support to the development objectives and the positioning of tourism as a central contributor to economic growth and sustainability in Asia are ...
