Online travel sales in Asia to grow 90 percent in 10 Years

SINGAPORE (August 12, 2008) – Online travel sales in Asia will grow about 90% over the next 10 years, say industry experts, with China, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Vietnam leading the way.

Tourist industry in El Salvador maintains positive growth trend

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (August 11, 2008) - According to a report made public by the Ministry of Tourism through the Salvadorean Tourism Corporation (CORSATUR), El Salvador has received a significan

Passenger traffic at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport ahead of last year's record pace

WICHITA, Kansas - After setting a record for passenger traffic in 2007, Wichita Mid-Continent Airport reports that 2008 traffic is up 9.14% over last year's second quarter numbers.

Tourism growth in Asia remains robust

Singapore - Unveiling its latest Asia Digest 2008 at a press conference in Singapore today, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, the region’s market leader in hotel investment and advisory services, identifie

Remarkable growth in Saudi domestic tourism trips

The SCTA anticipated that domestic tourism will witness a remarkable growth of about 15% during the summer of 2008.

Bulgaria’s airports maintain double-digit growth

Passenger demand at Bulgaria’s three main international airports has almost tripled since 2000 with double-digit growth achieved every year.

Kenya and France in tourism growth pact

Kenya and France have signed a pact to support tourism growth.

Spirit Airlines attacks record fuel prices

MIRAMAR, Florida - Spirit Airlines attacks record high fuel prices by revising 2008 growth, cutting 15% of non-fuel costs, continuing to increase non-ticket revenue and continuing to expand to the Car

Travel and tourism industry in Oman tipped for further growth

The country's travel and tourism sector, buoyed by an unprecedented boom in holiday travels, will be one of the many highlights of the Salalah Tourism Festival.

Jamaica's Tourism Minister challenges north and south American sales

Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has issued a strong challenge to members of the North and South American sales and marketing team to intensify its efforts to meet the projected growth lev

Discounter determined to grow at expense of rivals

It was Valentine's Day 2007, but JetBlue was not feeling the love.

A nasty swirl of ice and snow pummeled the Northeast, forcing the airline to cancel more than 1,000 flights. On the runways of John F. Kennedy International Airport, hundreds of JetBlue passengers sat trapped on paralyzed planes, some for 10 hours.

Swift growth in international tourism for El Salvador

Tourism Minister Ruben Rochi submitted the "Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities" report, which indicates the main actions and projects carried out at the Ministry, while highlighting the Government's strong support when declaring the sector State Policy and strategic axis of the nation's economy.

NZ tourism faces bleak growth forecast

New Zealand's tourism industry is preparing for a drop in visits from Britain and the United States.

The New Zealand Herald says the industry fears the effects of the financial crisis in those countries will stop their people travelling overseas.

After a decade long boom, tourism is now New Zealand's biggest earner of foreign ... read more

Minister: US sanctions crippling growth of national airline

Damascus - U.S. sanctions on Damascus have crippled the development of national carrier Syrian Arab Airlines, and it has had to cancel orders for new Airbus planes, Transport Minister Yaarob Badr said Tuesday.

Syria can't place orders for new planes "because of the U.S. sanctions" which Washington imposed in 2004, Badr was quoted as ... read more

Fast growth in air travel cheers Berlin Air Show

Berlin - India's rapidly expanding airline industry is typical of the robust markets that cheered European aerospace and defence companies on Tuesday, the first day of the Berlin Air Show.

Double digit growth for NZ cruise industry

The growing popularity of cruising among New Zealanders has been confirmed by new industry statistics that show more than 30,000 Kiwis took a cruise holiday last year.

The figures, compiled by the International Cruise Council Australasia, reveal an 11 per cent growth rate in New Zealanders enjoying ocean cruises, with numbers rising from ... read more

Buddha smiling in tourist circuit

NEW DELHI - The Buddha is smiling, again. For years, the Buddhist travel segment has been lagging but things are looking up, say travel agents specialising in the segment. According to estimates, Buddhist travel accounted for about 10-12% of the total of 4.63 million tourists who visited India in 2006-07.

Online travel purchases continue to grow

Everyone knows what it's like.

You call the credit card company to ask a simple question about your bill, but you're forced to navigate an extensive path of numbered menus for a question that would take merely seconds for a person to answer.

"If I'm going to pick up the phone and dial, I want to talk to someone," said Jane Folsom, ... read more

Filipinos going for ride in the country

A new trend is emerging in the local travel industry—Filipinos are becoming less and less “a foreigner in their own land.”

According to the Philippine Travel Agencies Association, an uptrend in domestic tourism is apparent both in the business and leisure segments.

Continued growth signalled for Travel & Tourism Industry

Berlin, GERMANY - World Travel & Tourism is expected to generate close to US$8 trillion in 2008, rising to approximately US$15 trillion over the next ten years, according to the latest Tourism Satellite Accounting (TSA) research launched today by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and its strategic partner Accenture.