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Chinese Airlines

China's airlines still working to repair their balance sheets

By ANDREW PEAPLE

China's airlines are heading into calmer skies after a difficult couple of years thanks to crucial government support. It won't be the last time Beijing's help is needed.

Arabian Travel Market 2010

Arabian Travel Market to continue to enhance its global travel and tourism industry engagement

Reed Travel Exhibitions, organiser of Arabian Travel Market 2010, has announced this year's New Frontiers Award - which is designed to recognise destinations that make an outstanding contribution to t

Cruise Industry

Cruising 2009: Summing up events and controversies

By Paul Motter

Where were we a year ago?

US Travel Promotion Act

Airlines to play active role in travel promotion

By Andrew Compart

U.S. airlines are expected to be “active partners” in a new partnership between the federal government and private sector to boost international travel to the U.S., a leader of that effort said.

Airline Industry

IATA: International passenger demand up in January

International air travel demand continued to improve in January, the International Air Transport Association reported Tuesday.

US Travel Promotion Act

Travel Promotion Act: Will it help or will it hurt?

By HUMA KHAN

The U.S.

Dubai Cruises

Range of cruises leaving from Dubai expanding all the time

Anyone who is booking holidays to Dubai with a view to traveling elsewhere before returning to the home may like the idea of stepping on to a luxury cruise.

Airline Industry

ALPA president: Consolidation in US airline industry inevitable

Consolidation in the U.S. airline industry is "inevitable," the president of the Air Line Pilots Association union said on Wednesday.

Business Travel

United CFO: Demand for business travel recovering

By reuters.com

NEW YORK - Demand for business travel on U.S.

Tourism Decline In Spain Ends

Spain's tourism bounces back

MADRID - THE number of foreign tourists arriving in Spain inched up in January from a year earlier, the industry ministry said on Monday, ending 18 consecutive months of decline for the key tourism se

Mauritius Tourism

Mauritius tourism industry expected to recover in 2010

PORT LOUIS - Mauritius expects its its tourism industry to recover this year on the back of higher visitor numbers after the island, one of Africa's best tourism performers, has weathered the crisis b

Airline Industry

Asia's budget carriers flying high

By Megawati Wijaya

SINGAPORE - It is a sign of the changing aviation times that as once high-flying premium carrier Japan Airlines (JAL) was filing for bankruptcy last month, Singapore's budget flier Tiger Airways was s

Taiwanese Tourism Boom

Taiwan's tourism rides high on Lunar New Year

By Jason Tan

Thirty-one-year-old sales executive Jenny Liu is flying to Bangkok during the Lunar New Year holiday along with five other family members.

Demand For New Planes Increases

Boeing: Demand for commercial jets improving

By Kyle Peterson

Boeing Co.

Sierra Leone Rebuilding Tourism Industry

Tourists returning to Sierra Leone

By Scott Stearns

Sierra Leone is trying to rebuild its tourism industry hurt by years of civil strife.

Scandinavian Airlines

SAS asks for cash, plans job cuts

STOCKHOLM - Scandinavian airline SAS asked shareholders for 5 billion Swedish crowns ($672 million) to keep it flying and reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss, sending its shares diving to a

No Heavy Losses For Australian Tourism

New data: Aussie tourism fared better than expected in 2009

By JESSICA MARSZALEK

Australia's tourism industry has weathered the global financial downturn of 2009 better than expected, with new data showing international visitors only slightly down.

Cruise Industry

Cruising through the rough year

By Bob Retzlaff

It was a rough year in the travel industry in 2009 — airlines, hotels, resorts, rental car firms and other segments of the industry suffered significant financial losses, some of the double-digit va