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First German airport to offer free landing charges to electric aircraft

First German airport to offer free landing charges to electric aircraft

Juergen T Steinmetz - June 30, 2019 0

At Stuttgart Airport in Germany, new charges for take-off and landing come into effect on July 1st, 2019. The new regulations actively encourage the use ... Read More

U.S. consulate in Hong Kong issues warning to visitors: Legislator Building under attack

U.S. consulate in Hong Kong issues warning to visitors: Legislator Building under attack

Juergen T Steinmetz - June 30, 2019 0

The Hong Kong Legislator building is under attack. The U.S. consulate today warns American visitors in Hong Kong to avoid major areas in Hong Kong. ... Read More

List of LGBTQ Pride events: Much of the world celebrates, some are not allowed

List of LGBTQ Pride events: Much of the world celebrates, some are not allowed

Juergen T Steinmetz - June 30, 2019 0

World Pride came home to celebrate in New York, where it all began. The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members ... Read More

Texas plane crash: All onboard dead – Another King Air aircraft consumed by fire

Texas plane crash: All onboard dead – Another King Air aircraft consumed by fire

editor - June 30, 2019 0

A twin-engine passenger plane crashed today, Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Addison, Texas, killing all onboard. It is believed there were at least 10 people ... Read More

First Virgin Hotel in UK major selling points are more than 1000 years old

First Virgin Hotel in UK major selling points are more than 1000 years old

Juergen T Steinmetz - June 30, 2019 0

The first Virgin Hotel in the UK owned by Sir Richard Branson has a major selling point before it’s even constructed. The opening of Virgin ... Read More

Report: Boeing outsourced 737 MAX software development to $9/hr subcontractors

Report: Boeing outsourced 737 MAX software development to $9/hr subcontractors

Chief Assignment Editor - June 30, 2019 0

Boeing has been outsourcing software development to newly graduated programmers employed by third-party software developers – including Indian HCL Technologies Ltd and Cyient Ltd – ... Read More

New Beijing airport will be world’s largest with 100 million passengers by 2040

New Beijing airport will be world’s largest with 100 million passengers by 2040

Chief Assignment Editor - June 30, 2019 0

The construction of new Daxing International Airport, that covers the area of 1.4 million square meters and the terminal’s territory is equivalent to 25 football ... Read More

Jamaica Minister Bartlett to review Tourism Security Audit Report

Jamaica Minister Bartlett to review Tourism Security Audit Report

Juergen T Steinmetz - June 29, 2019 0

Jamaica Tourism Minister, Hon Edmund Bartlett has announced that he will be reviewing the report on the intensive island wide security audit of the sector ... Read More

Global Tourism Resilience Centre to partner with MIT on Sargassum Research

Global Tourism Resilience Centre to partner with MIT on Sargassum Research

Juergen T Steinmetz - June 29, 2019 0

The recently in Jamaica established Global Tourism and Crisis Management Centre is set to partner with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to conduct research ... Read More

Solomon Islands hotels to achieve Minimum Standards Accreditation

Solomon Islands hotels to achieve Minimum Standards Accreditation

Juergen T Steinmetz - June 29, 2019 0

The Solomon Island Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) has announced the first Solomon Islands accommodation providers to achieve ‘Minimum Standards Accreditation’. The accommodation providers, ... Read More

Secrets of the Trajan Column revealed at Giardino di Boboli-Florence

Secrets of the Trajan Column revealed at Giardino di Boboli-Florence

Mario Masciullo eTN Italy - June 29, 2019 0

by Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy A spectacular exhibition explains how the extraordinary monument of the Trajan Column was built, raised by the emperor Trajan in ... Read More

Women Travel Solo, Widely and Stylishly

Women Travel Solo, Widely and Stylishly

Dr. Elinor Garely - special to eTN - June 29, 2019 0

by Dr. Elinor Garely - special to eTN About the Woman Traveler The fact that women like to travel is not a new phenomenon. What ... Read More

Pakistan President lauds Prince Aga Khan for promoting tourism

Pakistan President lauds Prince Aga Khan for promoting tourism

editor - June 29, 2019 0

President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi praised Prince Aga Khan IV for promoting tourism in Gilgit Baltistan (GB). Aga Khan is a title held by ... Read More

Lufthansa Group’s airline Edelweiss offers CO2 offsetting within booking process

Lufthansa Group’s airline Edelweiss offers CO2 offsetting within booking process

Chief Assignment Editor - June 29, 2019 0

From now on, Edelweiss passengers can pay for their CO2 compensation quickly and easily together with the ticket price. The Swiss holiday airline, which belongs ... Read More

Netherlands student team wins Airbus Fly Your Ideas 2019 global competition

Netherlands student team wins Airbus Fly Your Ideas 2019 global competition

Chief Assignment Editor - June 29, 2019 0

Aerospace and academic experts from Airbus and the International Space University (Strasbourg) have selected Team “Zero” Heroes from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, as winner ... Read More

Collateral damage: Boeing 787 Dreamliner dragged into 737 MAX probe

Collateral damage: Boeing 787 Dreamliner dragged into 737 MAX probe

Chief Assignment Editor - June 29, 2019 0

US Department of Justice is expanding its Boeing inquiry, probing the charges that the 787 Dreamliner’s production was plagued with the same incompetence that dogged ... Read More

‘Airport emergency’ leaves all flights grounded at Newark Liberty International Airport

‘Airport emergency’ leaves all flights grounded at Newark Liberty International Airport

Chief Assignment Editor - June 29, 2019 0

Newark Airport in New Jersey was shut down on Saturday morning due to an airport emergency, leaving all flights grounded for approximately one hour at ... Read More

New GM at Kanaloa at Kona resort

New GM at Kanaloa at Kona resort

editor - June 28, 2019 0

Castle Resorts & Hotels has named Dale Mustard as general manager of Kanaloa at Kona, a private condominium oceanfront resort overlooking Keauhou Bay. Mustard will ... Read More

Christian tourists to have 17 more places of worship to see in UAE

Christian tourists to have 17 more places of worship to see in UAE

Mario Masciullo eTN Italy - June 28, 2019 0

The construction of 19 non-Muslim places of worship for communities residing in Abu Dhabi for over 33 years, for which authorization procedures are underway, will ... Read More

India travel services: Our pre-budget wish list

India travel services: Our pre-budget wish list

editor - June 28, 2019 0

Ahead of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement of the First Budget, India travel services companies, issued the following statements with regard to pre-budget expectations: ... Read More

Japanese airline looking to start Islamabad-Bangkok-Tokyo route

Japanese airline looking to start Islamabad-Bangkok-Tokyo route

editor - June 28, 2019 0

The Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan, Kuninori Matsuda, said that a Japanese airline wants to start flights for an Islamabad-Bangkok-Tokyo route. In a meeting with the ... Read More

Happy Independence Day, Seychelles

Happy Independence Day, Seychelles

editor - June 28, 2019 0

The “One Seychelles” Political Party has posted a message wishing the People of Seychelles a Happy National Day. “On the 29th June 1976 our islands ... Read More

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport: Busiest spring on record

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport: Busiest spring on record

Dmytro Makarov - June 28, 2019 0

As we head into the first official long-weekend of summer, Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is pleased to announce its busiest spring on record as ... Read More

Lotte Arai Resort: Japan’s Green Season

Lotte Arai Resort: Japan’s Green Season

Dmytro Makarov - June 28, 2019 0

LOTTE ARAI RESORT has increased its popularity during Japan’sGreen Season by suggesting visitors to Niigata Prefecture spend part of their travel at the resort to ... Read More

AG Group is born: Incoming Italy tourist group meeting growing tourism demand

AG Group is born: Incoming Italy tourist group meeting growing tourism demand

editor - June 28, 2019 0

An important day in particular for Italian tourism, but not only for the Incoming tourism sector. We can only stand in awe and observe the ... Read More

Embraer delivers its first new Praetor 600 super-midsize business jet

Embraer delivers its first new Praetor 600 super-midsize business jet

Chief Assignment Editor - June 28, 2019 0

Embraer announced today the first delivery of its new Praetor 600 super-midsize business jet to an undisclosed European customer. The delivery ceremony was held at ... Read More

Aeroflot: Business class upgrades announced

Aeroflot: Business class upgrades announced

Dmytro Makarov - June 28, 2019 0

Aeroflot is Russia’s flagship carrier and a member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance. Aeroflot serves 159 destinations in 54 countries. Aeroflot is pleased to announce a number of ... Read More

Air Canada flies from Montreal to Sydney, Nova Scotia

Air Canada flies from Montreal to Sydney, Nova Scotia

Chief Assignment Editor - June 28, 2019 0

Air Canada yesterday inaugurated new, non-stop service between Montreal and Sydney, Nova Scotia . This arrival of flight AC7998 in Sydney yesterday marked the beginning ... Read More

Charlotte Tilbury launches at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5

Charlotte Tilbury launches at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5

Chief Assignment Editor - June 28, 2019 0

Today, makeup artist to the stars, Charlotte Tilbury, announced that her eponymous, award-winning brand, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, is continuing on its incredible, global beauty takeover ... Read More

Strong earthquake strikes Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands

Strong earthquake strikes Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands

Chief Assignment Editor - June 28, 2019 0

Strong, magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Northern Mariana Islands’ Maug Islands region today. Preliminary Earthquake Report: Magnitude 6.4 Date-Time • 28 Jun 2019 15:51:31 UTC • ... Read More