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Air New Zealand receives "Airline Oscar"

Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand receives "Airline Oscar"

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.

Australia tourism report - Q1 2010

Australian Travel Market

Australia tourism report - Q1 2010

Since the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) pandemic in 2003, tourist arrivals in Australia have grown steadily.

Cyprus tourism plunges 10.9% in 2009

Cyprus Tourist Arrivals Dip

Cyprus tourism plunges 10.9% in 2009

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.

Zimbabwe Tourism Council secures personnel training funds

Zimbabwe Tourism

Zimbabwe Tourism Council secures personnel training funds

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 ...

Kenya seeks tourism promotion deal with Tanzania

Kenya-Tanzania Tourism Deal

Kenya seeks tourism promotion deal with Tanzania

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 ...

Egypt: Tourism beyond the package tour

Egypt

Egypt: Tourism beyond the package tour

By Peter Kenyon

In Egypt, tourism is big business.

Costa Rica tourism report

Analysis Of Costa Rica Travel Market

Costa Rica tourism report

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.

Barbados enjoys vibrant cruise tourism market

Barbados

Barbados enjoys vibrant cruise tourism market

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.

Ten travel trends for 2010

Travel 2010

Ten travel trends for 2010

By JILL SCHENSUL

Call it The Year of Travel Uncertainty.

Obamas' vacation puts Hawaii's struggling tourism industry in spotlight

Hawaii

Obamas' vacation puts Hawaii's struggling tourism industry in spotlight

By ANA SEMUELS

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 ...

Indonesia expects 8.5% tourism increase in 2010

Indonesian Tourism

Indonesia expects 8.5% tourism increase in 2010

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.

Climate change catastrophe threatens Caribbean Tourism

Climate Change And Tourism

Climate change catastrophe threatens Caribbean Tourism

RODNEY BAY VILLAGE, St.

Tiger Airways said to plan IPO

Tiger Airways

Tiger Airways said to plan IPO

By Katrina Nicholas

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 ...

Oman tourism report provides detailed analysis of travel market

Oman

Oman tourism report provides detailed analysis of travel market

Omani tourism currently relies on visitors, to the south west coast, many of them from other Gulf countries.

Association of Cruise Ship Destinations being formed

Association of Cruise Ship Destinations

Association of Cruise Ship Destinations being formed

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 ...

Cautious optimism in Jamaica's cruise sector

Jamaica's Cruise Industry

Cautious optimism in Jamaica's cruise sector

By ALESIA EDWARDS

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.

Travel industry leaders to Obama: 7 ways to create more jobs

Travel Industry Jobs

Travel industry leaders to Obama: 7 ways to create more jobs

By Dave Kovaleski

With nearly 400,000 travel industry jobs lost in 2008 and 2009 as a result of the economic downturn, both the U.S.

Australian cruise industry needs port upgrades to grow

Cruise News

Australian cruise industry needs port upgrades to grow

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 ...

Airline industry calls for EU aviation summit

EU

Airline industry calls for EU aviation summit

By George Dooley

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 ...

Chilean tourism industry promotes national travel

Chilean Tourism

Chilean tourism industry promotes national travel

By Gida Homad-Hamam

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 cruising set to break records in 2010

UK Cruising

UK cruising set to break records in 2010

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 to promote tourism as a main industry

China

China to promote tourism as a main industry

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 is ‘window shopping’ for acquisitions

LAN Airlines SA

LAN Airlines is ‘window shopping’ for acquisitions

By Nathan Gill and James Attwood

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 ...

J.W. Marriott, Jr.: Hospitality industry sees start of recovery

Hospitality Industry

J.W. Marriott, Jr.: Hospitality industry sees start of recovery

By Kristina Peterson

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The chief executive of hotel giant Marriott International, Inc.

Cruise ship bonanza for South Africa

Cruise News

Cruise ship bonanza for South Africa

South Africa is set for a money-spinning cruise tourism bonanza heading into next year with Durban at the heart of the action.

Future looks bright for Sri Lanka's tourism

Sri Lanka

Future looks bright for Sri Lanka's tourism

By Sanjeevi Jayasuriya

The country’s tourist industry is poised to become a vibrant industry with the next winter season prospects looking bright.

$8.8 billion ‘tourism hub’ planned at Saemangeum

South Korea

$8.8 billion ‘tourism hub’ planned at Saemangeum

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 ...

Arrival of 266 French boosts Kenya's tourism

Kenya's Tourism

Arrival of 266 French boosts Kenya's tourism

Kenya's tourism industry got a further boost on Monday when a French plane arrived in the country for the first time with 266 tourists.

Commercial travel to outer space a reality by 2012

Space Tourism

Commercial travel to outer space a reality by 2012

By Gene J. Koprowski

The latest trend in eco-tourism is completely out of this world ... and right around the corner.

Report: Saudi tourism to keep on growing

Saudi Arabia Tourism Report

Report: Saudi tourism to keep on growing

Saudi Arabia's tourism industry is unique in that despite the limitations of
strict entrance visa regulations, the industry has strong growth potential. BMI

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