Exclusive Interview With Pakistan Minister Of Tourism
By Motaz Othman, eTN
Seven years ago and on my way by train to Berlin from Frankfurt, I met with people from Pakistan going to ITB.
Exclusive Interview With Regional Director Of India Tourism
By Motaz Othman, eTN
A few years ago during a conference in Jordan, one Indian delegate said to the audience, “You know that Indians who speak fluent English are more than the population of England and USA ...
ETurboNews Speaks With Seychelles Island Foundation CEO
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Wolfgang H. Thome, long-time eTurboNews ambassador, spoke with Dr.
A Culture Of Success
By Paul Bernhardt, eTN
Eight months after returning to his Portuguese roots to take up the post of chief executive officer at Vila Vita Portugal hotel group, responsible for the Vila Vita Parc resort in the Algarve and ...
Airline President Speaks With ETurboNews
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
A year ago, Puttipong Prasartthong-Osoth took over from his father the destiny of Bangkok Airways.
Exclusive Interview
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
German national carrier Lufthansa has a very clear service philosophy: “We are a full service premium carrier offering the right product and service to all various segments of travelers.
Interview With Sajith Sivanandan From Google
By Marco Saio
Be it for the integration of social search into online travel to Google’s algorithms and Google Labs, to the progression of technology and innovation in the travel industry, there are numerous ...
Exclusive Interview With Seychelles National Park Authority CEO
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
ETurboNews spoke with Mr.
Interview With Greg Albertini Of Marriott International
By Marco Saio
The nature of the lodging business is that there are always peaks and troughs of demand related to the supply available in any given market.
Interview With Founder Of Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association
The Boutique & Lifestyle segment has emerged through a maze of big brands and frequent guest programs to become a prominent lodging category, highly sought after by consumers and investors ...
Preferred Hotel Group Speaks About Critical Revenue Management Issues
By Marco Saio
Revenue management professionals have had to combat several critical issues over the last year or so.
Exclusive Interview
By Kevin Rozario, eTN
Germans are the world’s biggest spenders on international travel (source: UNWTO, 2008). But the outbound travel market has not been showing any signs of real recovery in 2010.
Interview With Cofounder of Circos Brand Karma Morris Sim
A recent report, published on NielsenWire, indicated that time spent on social networking sites has increased from 3 hours per month to 5.5 hours per month in the last year alone, representing a ...
Travel And Tourism - Stimulus For The Global Economy
By eTN Staff Writer
The first T.20 Ministers’ Meeting was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from February 22-24, 2010 to address tourism and its role in the global economies.
Executive talk with Purnomo Siswoprasetjo
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
They are some of the best-known icons of Indonesia’s tourism.
Executive Talk
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
ETurboNews recently had the opportunity to catch up with the vice president of development for the Middle East and Africa of the Intercontinental Hotel Group, Mr. Phil Kasselis, and with Mr.
Tourism Under Pressure
By Kevin Rozario, eTN
The revelation that Nigerian national, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who allegedly planned to blow up a transatlantic aircraft on December 25, was trained by al-Qaeda in Yemen, placed intense ...
eTN Executive Talk
By Hazel Heyer, eTN
The Florida Huddle 2010 was a true success for Florida tourism and its host city of Clearwater. Thanks in part to the efforts by D.T.
Ministerial Statement
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
The government of Seychelles, through the minister responsible, the Hon.
eTN Talks With Malaysian Tourism Minister
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
Recent incidents at the places of worship have tarnished Malaysia’s image of a harmonious multi-ethnic, multi-religious society.
EyeforTravel Exclusive
By eTN Staff Writer
Over the years, there have been intense debates about whether the short-haul, low-cost concept can be extended into long-haul operations.
Interview With Alain St. Ange
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
A recent interview given by Mr. Alain St. Ange, Seychelles Tourist Board Director of Marketing and eTN Ambassador, is reproduced here with his kind permission for the benefit of our readers:
School Tourism Education Program
By eTN Staff Writer
The third phase of Smile - the School Tourism Education Program - will be launched during the next semester (February/March, 2010) in Al-Ahsa.
Tourism and the Environment
By Luc Citrinot, eTN Staff Writer
LONDON (eTN) – The president and CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council, Jean Claude Baumgarten, explains for eTurboNews how his organization is involved in the fight against global ...
Gay Tourists
By Dr. Peter Tarlow, Tourism & More, Inc.
In this down market the gay and lesbian travel market has been one area of growth in the tourism and travel industry.
Fiji Tourism Rebounds
By Nelson Alcantara, eTN
Figures released by Fiji Tourism this week show the destination welcomed a total of 53,138 international visitors in October 2009, a 7.2 percent increase on the 49,586 achieved for the same period ...
Tourism Authority Of Thailand
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
He looks rather shy with his soft-spoken voice and courteous manners. However, Surahon Svetasreni, 56 years old, is not a newcomer to the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
Tourism in Iraq
By Andrew Princz, ontheglobe.com for eTN
Being one of the leading voices of Iraqi tourism and a crusader of the return that country's pillaged and looted antiquities might sound like a thankless task. But to Bahaa Mayah, its a ...
Top Tourist Destination
By Luc Citrinot, eTN Senior Managing Editor Asia
With 78.45 million international travelers in year 2008, France remains the world’s most visited destination, far ahead of the United States (58.03 million) and Spain (57.3 million).
Thailand Tourism Troubles?
By Luc Citrinot, eTN Senior Managing Editor Asia (in Bangkok)
The official appointment of Suraphon Svetasreni as the new governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) was an opportunity for Tourism and Sports Minister Chumpol Silpa-archa to reiterate ...
The Year That Was 2009
By Dr. Peter Tarlow, Tourism & More, Inc.
The dawn of a new year almost always means hopes for a better year than the year that has just passed.
Executive Talk
By Geoffrey Lipman
I know that David Beirman would have expected my response having been kind enough to quote me - so here goes.
Climate Change
By eTN Staff Writer
Climate change is a ticking time bomb for global food security, Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, has said.
ETN Speaks With Geert Sciot
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
While in Brussels recently on the day SN joined the global Star Alliance, opportunity arose to pose a couple of questions to Mr.
Southeast Asian Airlines Executives
By Luc Citrinot, eTN Senior Managing Editor Asia (in Bangkok)
It is a silent revolution but it is a real one. For years, airlines in Southeast Asia have been considered by politicians in power as a tool to national identity and eventually economic ...
Formula One Singapore
By Luc Citrinot, eTN Staff Writer
Singapore considers itself as a primary tourism destination thanks to the increasing number of attractions available to visitors.
Tanzania and Jamaica
By Apolinari Tairo, eTN Staff Writer
Commenting of his week-long trip to the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba and Jamaica, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete said his country has a lot to learn from the Caribbean beach ...
Seychelles Tourism Victory
By Alain St.Ange, eTN Ambassador
The Seychelles took stock of the world economic crisis and reacted to mitigate the effects by handing over the control of their main industry over to the private sector.
Azores Tourism
By Mark Harding, eTN Staff Writer in Portugal
Notwithstanding a dip in visitor numbers this year, the Atlantic archipelago of the Azores is holding its own according to the region’s newly-appointed tourism chief, Miguel Cymbron, a man with ...
Swiss Airlines
By Luc Citrinot, eTN Staff Writer (in Zurich)
As air transport will look back at 2009 as its gloomiest year in decades, Swiss Airlines sounds incredibly optimistic.
Universal Air Travel Plan
By Sandy Dhuyvetter, Travel Talk Radio
Ralph Kaiser, president, CEO, and chairman of Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) joins Sandy Dhuyvetter on BusinessTravelRADIO.
Exclusive Interview With Special Advisor To HM King Abdullah II
By Thomas J. Steinmetz & Motaz Othman, eTN
HE Senator Akel Biltaji is Special Advisor to His Majesty King Abdullah II of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Air France and Low-Cost Carriers
By Luc Citrinot
PARIS (eTN) - Over the last few weeks, rumors and false information on a possible conversion of Air France-KLM short/medium-haul network into a low-cost operation abounded so much that the ...
Exclusive Interview With Jordan Tourism Board’s Director General
By Juergen Thomas Steinmetz & Motaz Othman, eTN
During the World Travel Market (WTM) in London, eTurboNews met with Mr. Nayef Al Fayez, director general of the Jordan Tourism Board and had this exclusive interview.
2012 London Olympics
By Nelson Alcantara
The European Tour Operators Association (ETOA) believes that the 2012 London Olympics will cause considerable damage to the city’s tourism industry and that the event could cost the British ...
Exclusive Interview With Bruno Matheu, Executive VP
By Luc Citrinot, eTN editor
Bruno Matheu, executive vice president of marketing, revenue, and network management for Air France-KLM gave an exclusive interview to eTurboNews explaining the reason behind the launch of a ...
Accor Group Bullish On Asia
By Luc Citrinot, eTN Asia Staff Writer, Bangkok
The economic crisis has shifted priorities for many hotel companies, but Accor Asia Pacific sees opportunities out of the current economic turmoil.
ETN Speaks With Bishop Janusz Kaleta Of Holy See
By Linda Hohnholz, eTN
At the recent General Assembly of United Nations World Tourism Organization in Kazakhstan this month, eTN publisher Juergen T.
Exclusive Interview With Minister Of Tourism Carlos Ricardo Benavides
By Juergen T. Steinmetz, eTN
eTN: How is the current situation when it comes to tourism in Costa Rica?
Jamaica Tourism
By Robert Kelley, eTN Ambassador
Despite the global economic crisis, Jamaican Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says a record number of Canadian tourists are expected to visit Jamaica this winter.
