Air New Zealand has been named in a prestigious industry publication as Airline of the Year and will give its 11,000 staff an extra day off as a reward.
NICOSIA — Cyprus tourist arrivals plunged 10.9 percent in 2009, the government's statistics office reported on Wednesday, bringing more bad news to the recession-hit economy.
Harare — THE Zimbabwe Council for Tourism will spend US$3 million on equipping critical service personnel with essential customer service skills ahead of the 2010 soccer World Cup in South ...
While the East African Community (EAC) prepares a strategy to sell its five partner states as a single tourism destination, Kenya has called for a memorandum of understanding with Tanzania on the ...
After increasing from 2.06mn in 2006 to 2.29mn in 2007, the report expects arrivals to have increased to 2.51mn in 2008 before dipping down to 2.29mn in 2009.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Despite prolonged contraction in major tourism source markets, Barbados is projected to record a 10 percent increase in cruise passenger arrivals by the end of 2009.
Between dealing with terrorism threats and crises abroad, President Barack Obama has been unwinding in Hawaii with his family. They've snorkeled in pristine bays and dined in fashionable ...
JAKARTA - Indonesia aims to attract 7 million foreign tourists in 2010, up from about 6.45 million visitors this year, Tourism and Culture Minister Jero Wacik said on Wednesday.
Tiger Airways Holdings Pte, the budget carrier part-owned by Singapore Airlines Ltd., may raise about S$200 million ($143 million) in an initial public offering, according to a pre-marketing ...
The first meeting of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Ad-hoc Working Group for the Establishment of the Association of Caribbean Cruise Ship Destinations (ACCD) was due to take place in ...
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Local stakeholders within the tourism industry are cautiously optimistic about the prospects for the cruise industry when the 2010 winter seasons starts on December 15.
The cruise industry is forecast to contribute more than $3 billion to Australia's economy by 2020 but only if the federal and state governments can address port bottlenecks that are restraining ...
The crisis gripping the airline industry is without precedent in the history of commercial aviation, a group of top airline industry associations said in a signatory letter on behalf of the travel ...
In an attempt to survive the economic crisis and the depreciating US dollar, Chile’s tourism industry has amplified national travel promotions targeting local and foreign vacationers.
UK cruise industry is reaping the rewards of offering variety and value as more and more people opt for a cruise holiday in the new "Tens" decade about to open.
China plans to develop the tourism industry into a strategic pillar industry in the national economy, according to an announcement by the State Council in an executive meeting chaired by Premier ...
Lan Airlines SA, Latin America’s biggest air carrier by market value, is “window shopping” for mergers and acquisitions as its Latin American passenger traffic recovers, Chief Operating ...
Korea plans to spend 10.2 trillion won ($8.8 billion) by 2020 to develop a “world-class tourism industry hub” on a vast reclaimed tidal flat south of the capital, the government said ...
Saudi Arabia's tourism industry is unique in that despite the limitations of
strict entrance visa regulations, the industry has strong growth potential. BMI