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Expedia: Demand for travel to Brazil grows among international consumers

Tourism To Brazil On The Rise

Expedia: Demand for travel to Brazil grows among international consumers

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Expedia, Inc. announced today data showing growth in the number of online bookings to Brazil made on the more than 100 Expedia® and Hotels.com® travel sites ...

Boeing speeds up 737 production to meet worldwide demand

Boeing Next-Generation 737

Boeing speeds up 737 production to meet worldwide demand

RENTON, Wash. - Boeing began building the first Next-Generation 737 at the program's new production rate of 35 airplanes a month.

Airlines record 5th successive month of global capacity growth

Global Airline Industry

Airlines record 5th successive month of global capacity growth

CHICAGO, Ill. - The world's airlines have scheduled 5% more capacity on 3% more flights for the fifth month running, according to the latest statistics from OAG, a UBM Aviation brand.

British Airways announces increase in Antigua and Barbuda flights

British Airways

British Airways announces increase in Antigua and Barbuda flights

British Airways has announced an increase in flights to Antigua & Barbuda, at a time when the airline has been cutting back in the Caribbean.

Bartlett: Jamaica's tourism 13.6 percent up

Jamaican Tourist Arrival Numbers Rise

Bartlett: Jamaica's tourism 13.6 percent up

Jamaica's uptick in cruise ship visitors has kept the country's tourist arrivals afloat, with a 13.6 percent increase in the first 8 months of the year, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has ...

Low-fare airline IndiGo to increase number of flights to Singapore

IndiGo Plans More Singapore Flights

Low-fare airline IndiGo to increase number of flights to Singapore

Low-fare airline, IndiGo recently announced that it would increase flights to Singapore as the current overall limit, permitted by the air services agreement between the two countries, remains ...

Dubai tourism expects boost from cruise trade

Dubai Tourism

Dubai tourism expects boost from cruise trade

The number of passengers to Dubai via the cruise industry is expected to increase by 50,000 year-on-year for the forecast period until 2015, according to Majid Al Marri, director - hotel ...

25 Percent of Children Under Age 6 Now Live in Poverty

Rapid rise in child poverty leads to later increase in crime

WASHINGTON - Rising child poverty rates could mean higher crime rates in the future, a national law enforcement group warned today.

Israeli tourism to Turkey increases 60.5 percent

Israeli tourism to Turkey

Israeli tourism to Turkey increases 60.5 percent

84,000 Israeli visited Turkey in August 2011, 60.5% more than the 52,300 who visited in August 2010, three months after the Mavi Marmara incident, according to the Israel Airports Authority ...

Kenya expects 1.2 million international tourists in 2011

Kenyan Tourism To Break Record In 2011

Kenya expects 1.2 million international tourists in 2011

International tourist arrivals are expected to hit a record 1.2 million by the end of the year.

Dubai hotel occupancy up 10.5 percent

Dubai Tourist Arrivals Increase

Dubai hotel occupancy up 10.5 percent

DUBAI, UAE — Dubai continues to attract a large number of tourists as hoteliers in the emirate recorded the biggest year-on-year jump in occupancy level within the Middle East during July, ...

Macau visitor numbers up 18 percent

Macau Arrivals Soar

Macau visitor numbers up 18 percent

Visitor arrivals to Macau increased by 18.0 percent year-on-year to 2.55 million in July.

Chinese tourism to Nepal surges

Chinese visitors flock to Nepal

Chinese tourism to Nepal surges

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Annual tourist arrivals from China crossed the 46,000 mark in 2010, a five-fold jump from 2001, attesting to the growing popularity of the Himalayan country among Chinese ...

Boeing working with Russian airports to increase capacity

Moscow Air Show

Boeing working with Russian airports to increase capacity

ZHUKOVSKY, Russia - Boeing announced today at the Moscow Air Show that it has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate toward increasing the efficiency and capacity of leading Russian ...

Direct foreign investment in Ukraine increases fivefold

Ukraine

Direct foreign investment in Ukraine increases fivefold

KYIV, Ukraine - Over the period of the last 12 months foreign direct investment to Ukraine has increased almost five times over.

Aeromexico: Passenger traffic up 32 percent

Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B de C.V.

Aeromexico: Passenger traffic up 32 percent

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B de C.V. ("Aeromexico"), the largest intercontinental airline in Mexico, has reported its operating statistics for July.

Lufthansa increases Abu Dhabi flight capacity

Lufthansa German Airlines

Lufthansa increases Abu Dhabi flight capacity

ABU DHABI, UAE - Airports Company (Adac) and Lufthansa German Airlines announced yesterday the increase of flight capacity between Frankfurt and Abu Dhabi International Airport starting by the end ...

UAE tourism up 18 percent

Emirates' Tourism On The Rise

UAE tourism up 18 percent

DUBAI, UAE - Dubai’s travel industry is experiencing a bullish trend this Ramadan, up by 18 percent over that of 2010 mostly traceable to special airfare packages.

Cost of Antarctica cruises to rise due to new anti-pollution rules

Antarctica cruises

Cost of Antarctica cruises to rise due to new anti-pollution rules

The cost of cruising to Antarctica is likely to rise next month with the introduction of new regulations that will compel ships visiting the region to use less polluting fuels.

ATA reports slower growth in June air travel spending

Air Transport Association

ATA reports slower growth in June air travel spending

WASHINGTON - The Air Transport Association of America, Inc. (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S.

India's foreign tourist arrivals up 24 percent

India posts increase in foreign arrivals

India's foreign tourist arrivals up 24 percent

NEW DELHI, India - Reclaiming its position as a favoured Asian destination, India posted a 24% increase in foreign tourist arrivals in 2010 as compared to 2009.

Airlines Reporting Corporation

Air ticket sales by US travel agents up 7 percent

ARLINGTON, Va.

Most Americans think devastating natural disasters are increasing

Natural Disasters On The Rise

Most Americans think devastating natural disasters are increasing

NEW YORK - Reading or watching the news, one might be struck by the seemingly constant barrage of reports of disasters, both natural in origin and not.

Malta's tourist numbers up

Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association

Malta's tourist numbers up

The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) yesterday reported that the performance of Malta’s hotel industry during the first quarter of this year registered positive growth but ...

Boeing to boost 737 production rate to 42 per month

Boeing To Increase Next-Generation 737 Production Rate

Boeing to boost 737 production rate to 42 per month

SEATTLE, Wash. - Boeing announced today it will increase the production rate for its Next-Generation 737 to 42 airplanes per month.

Dominican Republic seeing record increase in tourist numbers

Dominican Tourist Numbers Up 14 Percent

Dominican Republic seeing record increase in tourist numbers

In the first four months of 2011, a record 330,697 non-residents visited the Dominican Republic (DR), a 14% increase over the same period last year and the highest growth for visits to the DR in ...

If Tiger quits, domestic fares will soar - analysts

Tiger Airways

If Tiger quits, domestic fares will soar - analysts

If the budget airline Tiger Airways quit the Australian aviation market domestic fares could rise by as much as 15 per cent, analysts estimate.

India's hotel industry back in the black

Hotel profits up in India

India's hotel industry back in the black

NEW DELHI, India - Just a year ago, Anju Bali, a travel and tour operator in New Delhi, was being chased by hotel executives with discounts and freebies and even offers for foreign junkets.

Turkey tourist numbers up 31 percent

Turkish Tourism Increases

Turkey tourist numbers up 31 percent

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey tourist numbers rose 31% on the year in April to 2.29 million, the Culture and Tourism Ministry announced today.

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