Nearly 29,000 travel trade visitors at event
World Travel Market (WTM) 2012, the leading global event for the travel industry, experienced an overall accumulative 3% increase in visitors with each of the 4 days, attracting more visitors than ...
Tourism Minister for Kenya
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Kenya’s embattled Tourism Minister, at odds with the private sector and at loggerheads with the Board of Directors of the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) and its Chief Executive, Muriithi ...
Enhancing Intra-COMESA Trade through Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development
Seychelles Vice President Danny Faure represented President James Michel at the Sixteenth COMESA Summit of the Heads of State and Government in Kampala, Uganda.
Maastricht Convention Bureau joins International Coalition of Tourism Partners
HALEIWA, Hawaii, USA; BRUSSELS, Belgium; VICTORIA, Seychelles; BALI, Indonesia – The International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) announced the Maastricht Convention Bureau has joined as a ...
Uganda Wildlife Authority
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
UGANDA (eTN) - Dr.
Dr. Michael Kerkloh elected new ADV president
Dr. Michael Kerkloh, who has served as the President and CEO of Munich Airport for 10 years, will now assume the additional role of President of the German Airports Association (ADV).
Worldhotels
FRANKFURT, Germany – Worldhotels has appointed Rob van der Beek as its new Senior Director Hotel Development, based in Amsterdam.
airline industry experts meet in thailand
By Andrew J. Wood, eTN Thailand
THAILAND (eTN) - Skal International Bangkok, part of the travel and tourism industry networking organization which has 19,000 members worldwide, met at the Dusit Thani hotel in Bangkok on ...
Daily countdown
By Gill Staden, eTN Zambia
(eTN) - Every day on Zambezi FM Radio in Livingstone, Zambia, the announcer tells us how many days there are before the UNWTO Assembly to be jointly hosted by Livingstone and Victoria Falls Town ...
member of brand kenya board
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Kenya Airways (KQ) has just announced the appointment of Mr. Chris Diaz as their new Director of Marketing, effective immediately.
providing OTA compliant XML Webservices - MyFareBox one point
MyFareBox allows OTAs to search, book, and ticket anywhere to anywhere air inventory from MyFareBox into their web portal on real-time ...
targeting corporate buyers
EIBTM, the leading global event for the meetings, incentives, events and business travel industry, is set to host a dedicated networking session ...
Leaders of eight developing countries convene
By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN US Correspondent in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The D-8 Summit started in Islamabad, Pakistan, today, and the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Raja Pervez Ashraf, inaugurated the four-day D-8 exhibition.
hospitality and tourism leader
Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago and is also one of the most biologically-diverse regions on the globe.
pakistan Summit from November 19 to 22
By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN US Correspondent in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - All is set for the D-8 summit in Pakistan, and Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has confirmed he will attend the eighth summit meeting of the Group of Eight Developing ...
Minister for Tourism unveils strategy to increase market share
By Apolinari Tairo, eTN Tanzania
TANZANIA (eTN) - In a milestone history of tourism promotion partnerships, the Tanzania Tourist Board has launched an international tourism marketing strategy that will place this African nation ...
8th African Routes Development Conference
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
UGANDA (eTN) - The international Routes organization has just announced the dates for the 8th African Routes Development Conference to be held in Kampala, Uganda, next year.
Implements one-year standstill on the global scheme
“A very unexpected but very welcome development, which may now temporarily prevent a full scale trade war” is the response of World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) President and CEO, David ...
Instantly retrieve data and make notes
This year, EIBTM, the leading global event for the meetings and events industry will offer the benefits of a lead manager app in conjunction with Melville Data ...
Resigns from Italian railways company
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
ITALY (eTN) - Mr. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo founder of the new Italian railways company NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Veloce / New Fast Transport) resigned from his CEO position.
Live sessions streamed across the globe
EIBTM ( www.eibtm.com ), the leading global event for the meetings and event industry, is set to launch its first Hybrid Conference at the ...
Growth and movement of inbound and outbound business
Following the success of last year's inaugural China Meetings Summit at EIBTM ( www.eibtm.com ), the world's economic power house will once ...
CLEAR airport security in less than 5 minutes
By Sandy Dhuyvetter, executive producer and host of TravelTalkRADIO and BusinessTravelRADIO
Airports around the country are getting Clear.
Industrial Court orders stay of execution until hearings
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - First feedback from London is that Kenya’s Tourism Minister looked perplexed and stunned when news was whispered in his ear that Muriithi Ndegwa, clearly now a subject to the ...
Increases across every day of event
The first three days of World Travel Market (WTM) 2012, the leading global event for the travel industry, experienced an impressive visitor increase of 4%.
WestJet appoints President, WestJet Encore
CALGARY, Canada - WestJet today announced the appointment of Ferio Pugliese to the position of President, WestJet Encore, and Executive Vice-President, WestJet effective immediately.
Announces opening of new office at Stockley Park in London
LONDON, UK – RateGain, a leading technology company dedicated to providing solutions catering to pricing, brand intelligence, & eDistribution (channel management) for customers in the travel ...
A new phenomenon in the travel industry - Former Prisons Transform into Modern Day Hotels
By Sandy Dhuyvetter, executive producer and host of TravelTalkRADIO and BusinessTravelRADIO
Nicole Hockin, well known Travel Blogger and travel contributor joins Sandy to bring some Halloween treats to our audiences.
New policies on border crossing between paskistan and India
By Sandy Dhuyvetter, executive producer and host of TravelTalkRADIO and BusinessTravelRADIO
History has been made with the new policies on border crossing between Pakistan and India.
18th festival year a success
By Agha Iqrar Haroon
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan – The Tashkent Tourism Festival concluded with the participation of international tour operators, travel writers, and accommodation providers from 147 countries.
