Being loved by the passenger
The audience of the 2013 Passenger Experience Conference, which included senior representatives of major airlines, air framers, and cabin interiors suppliers, learned how a hotel chain boosted ...
World Travel Market Research
Increasing Chinese incomes plus growing Internet bookings equals an expected 15 percent growth of China outbound travelers from 2012-2017 in Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR).
Major factors affecting the industry
ABU DHABI – "The trends of the future will be demographic, economic, and ecological… Globalization is the most progressive, powerful force we've ever seen, but it needs to be managed," said ...
Cornwell Muleya named CEO
KAMPALA, Uganda - Air Uganda is pleased to announce the appointment of its new CEO, Cornwell Muleya. Mr.
Leading travel magazine welcomes Mark Branle to the staff
YARDLEY, Pennsylvania – Global Traveler, the only monthly magazine for business and luxury travelers, announces the appointment of Mark Branle as Advertising Manager.
ICTP President States Importance Of Driving The Green Agenda
HAWAII, USA; BRUSSELS, Belgium; VICTORIA, Seychelles; BALI, Indonesia - At the 50th Annual Congress of the International Hotel and Restaurant Association (IH&RA) held in Istanbul, Turkey, ...
Skal International President speaks
Over the past 10 years, the travel and tourism industry has embraced the need to go green, so much so that it is now the norm and not a fad or a unique selling proposition.
only network planning forum for entire European region
In six weeks time, Europe’s aviation community will meet at Routes Europe, taking place May 12-14.
Portland has a lot to offer tour operators
LEXINGTON, Kentucky - Portland, Oregon, will be the 2014 site of Contact, NTA’s popular tour operator retreat, association and Travel Oregon leaders announced.
5 star airlines: ANA, Asiana Airlines, Cathay Pacific Hainan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines.
The largest Japanese airline and Star Alliance member becomes a 5-star airline. This is the third Star Alliance Airline joining this exclusive rating.
Tanzania clean water project announced
LONDON, England - Alfred Pisani, Founder and Group Chairman of Corinthia Hotels, and Corporate Patron of international water aid charity, Just a Drop (JAD), has committed to a second Corinthia ...
CEO of largest airline international network
By Ron Kuhlmann, Aviation Journalist
In 2010, Temel Kotil, CEO of Turkish Airlines (TK/THY), surprised the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) by announcing that TK’s goal was to become the ...
Best practices for data usage
By Dr. Elinor Garely
If you are not a math genius or aced your quantitative analysis courses at MIT, the current focus on big data delivers either a migraine headache or a wish for the days when spreadsheet analysis ...
Three tour operators to be selected
SEATTLE, Washington – Providing financial support to early-stage adventure tourism enterprises is the purpose behind the Tour Operator Scholarships launched today by the Adventure Travel Trade ...
Tourism liability
By Dr. Peter Tarlow, President of Tourism & More, Inc., special to eTN
Travel and tourism professionals can never forget that their profession is not only one that evokes high levels of emotions, but is often open to all sorts of liability cases that range from the ...
Tourism leaders compete for top awards
The World Travel Awards-Middle East have become a hot ticket on the agenda for awards across a myriad of categories in this tourism hub.
Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport officially signed as Host of 2013 event
Routes is delighted to announce that Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport was officially appointed today as the Host for the 3rd Routes CIS event, to take place on 21-23 July of this ...
world travel market
By wtmlondon.com
World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, is delighted to announce this year’s line-up of high-caliber speakers for the third WTM Vision Conference – Dubai on 7 ...
Green Events
In planning and hosting IMEX America 2012, a major goal for show organizers, Regent Exhibitions, was to strike a healthy balance between trade show growth, event quality, and a responsibility to ...
NTA presents cold facts in warm Hawaii
LEXINGTON, Kentucky - When NTA tour operators attend Contact on Hawai`i, the Big Island, August 15-17, they will look past the warm waters to get the cold facts.
Thailand travel and tourism
By Ton Gerrits, Skal International Hua Hin & Cha Am
HUA HIN, Thailand - “Tourism in Thailand has a great future.
IMEX Frankfurt
Following the successful test and roll-out of a new, single email inbox for hosted buyers at IMEX America last year, the IMEX Group is introducing the same concept for all hosted buyers at IMEX in ...
European Hotel Managers debate in Milano
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
Experience, satisfaction, ostentation, wellness, and sustainability, with time for themselves and for their families – this is a list that specifies the privileges of “deluxe,” which has no ...
indigenous tourism
Just one year after the promulgation of the Larrakia Declaration on March 30, 2012 in Darwin, proposals are now being put in place for the next major gathering of Australian indigenous tourism, ...
Event meets for first time Africa
It was announced today at the BRICS Summit, which is currently taking place in Durban, South Africa, that KwaZulu-Natal Province (KZN) will play host to the 21st World Route Development Forum ...
Annual General meeting
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
UGANDA (eTN) - Skal Kampala Chapter 611 last night held the mandatory annual general meeting, and after serving twice as Club President, Kainembabazi Sabiti, has stepped down, making way for Miss ...
World Travel Market
The first World Travel Market (WTM) Vision Conference–Sao Paulo has an industry-leading line up to give senior industry delegates the information, insight, and opinion to run their ...
Steve Forte named new Chief Operating Officer of Virgin America
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
World Travel Market
World Travel Market (WTM) Chairman, Fiona Jeffery OBE is leaving after 26 years to pursue other interests in the global travel and tourism industry.
Hotel Finder
Google Hotel Finder was hyped as potentially the biggest ever game changer in the ever-evolving travel landscape, but has that really materialized, and has it done what everybody thought it ...
