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Heathrow identifies the languages children should learn for future success

Global Editor- April 6, 2017 0

With Heathrow expecting a record 868,000 passengers over Easter weekend and 200,000 extra families set to travel, the UK’s hub airport today announced its Little ... Read More

UNWTO Silk Road Task Force Group discusses in Valencia a common framework for historic routes

Global Editor- April 6, 2017 0

Representatives from 24 countries of both private and public nature involved in the Silk Road Task Force have convened in the Mediterranean city of Valencia, ... Read More

European Union parliament approves visa wavers for Ukrainian citizens

Global Editor- April 6, 2017 0

The European Union legislature has overwhelmingly backed plans to allow Ukrainian citizens into the bloc for short stays without visas. The EU parliament on Thursday ... Read More

Jamaica Cabinet approves changes to Customs Tariff Regime

Chief Assignment Editor- April 5, 2017 0

Ground transportation operators in the Jamaica tourism industry, including tour operators, have been given an incentive to diversify, upgrade and refresh their fleets with Cabinet-approving ... Read More

Brand USA wants tourists in America to experience the USA like a local

Chief Assignment Editor- April 5, 2017 0

US President Trump wants to “make America great again.” Brand USA tells travelers to the United States they are heroes. The United States has been ... Read More

Maldives ready to host international travel trade show TTM 2017

Chief Assignment Editor- April 5, 2017 0

Travel Trade Maldives (TTM) is the platform that connects the travel trade community of the Maldives to the global network of travel agents easily and ... Read More

Commemorating the SMS Cormoran II: The Lecture Series

Chief Assignment Editor- April 5, 2017 0

The Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the scuttling of the SMS Cormoran II on April 7, 1917. A series of ... Read More

RwandAir launches Kigali-Harare service

Global Editor- April 5, 2017 0

Rwandan national airline, RwandAir, launched four times weekly service between Rwanda's capital city of Kigali and Zimbabwe's capital Harare. The airline will fly between Kigali ... Read More

Turkish Airlines and social media phenomenon have taken off for Somalia

Global Editor- April 5, 2017 0

Turkish Airlines, flying to more countries than any other airline in the world, this time has taken off for an important journey in the name ... Read More

Canadian airport leaders gather in Ottawa

Global Editor- April 5, 2017 0

Senior executives from more than two dozen airports across the country are in Ottawa today to meet with parliamentarians and highlight the important role airports ... Read More

Vancouver International Airport develops next-generation BorderXpress kiosks

Global Editor- April 5, 2017 0

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) today announced its proprietary line of self-serve border control solutions, BorderXpress, has been expanded to meet the requirements of Canada Border ... Read More

Tourisme Montréal relaunching Passeport MTL

Global Editor- April 5, 2017 0

Tourisme Montréal is relaunching Passeport MTL, a single card for discovering Montréal's top attractions. The card gives users access to 23 attractions and unlimited public ... Read More

Alaska Airlines announces new long-haul service from Portland and Los Angeles

Global Editor- April 5, 2017 0

Alaska Airlines and Virgin America today announces new daily, nonstop service between Portland, Oregon, and New York's John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) beginning Nov. 6; ... Read More

Canada’s last Ice Area cited as potential World Heritage site

Global Editor- April 5, 2017 0

A new report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in partnership with the US-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and UNESCO's World ... Read More

Budapest Airport boosts business with the Balkans

Global Editor- April 5, 2017 0

Budapest Airport has welcomed five strategically important new connections with Wizz Air, the ultra-low-cost carrier now linking the Hungarian gateway to five capitals in the ... Read More

UNWTO/CTO workshop ends with commitment to improve tourism product

Global Editor- April 5, 2017 0

A regional workshop on sustainable destination management and marketing has ended in Saint Lucia with a commitment by participants to improve the tourism product and ... Read More

Twenty-five-year veteran Nancy Drolet appointed to CTO Canada post

Global Editor- April 5, 2017 0

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the region’s tourism development agency, has appointed experienced travel professional Nancy Drolet as business development representative for Canada. Ms. Drolet, ... Read More

Tea for Two – Time to Mend Fences over a Cuppa

Juergen Steinmetz- April 4, 2017 0

Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe having tea with His Majesty Queen Elizabeth II?  His Excellency Walter Mzembi, minister of tourism for Zimbabwe recently gave an interview ... Read More

Tourism region in Iran struck by 6.1 earthquake

eturbonews- April 4, 2017 0

The region is known to visitors. An earthquake with magnitude 6.1 occurred 71km NNW of Torbat-e Jam, Iran at 06:09:12.05 UTC on Apr 5, 2017. ... Read More

New Orleans brakes tourism records in 2016

Global Editor- April 4, 2017 0

New Orleans has broken tourism records again! The "Big Easy" welcomed 10.45 million visitors, who spent $7.41 billion in the city in 2016. According to ... Read More

South African Airways issues warning

Chief Assignment Editor- April 4, 2017 0

According to Tim Clyde-Smith, SAA’s Country Manager for Australasia, new visa rules came into force on January 16 of this year South African Airways has ... Read More

Jamaica Tourism: State of the industry

Chief Assignment Editor- April 4, 2017 0

Minister of Tourism for Jamaica, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, shared the country’s tourism perspective at a presentation made today. At the Sectoral Debate Presentation on April ... Read More

British Airways launches nonstop London-New Orleans service

Global Editor- April 4, 2017 0

British Airways - the flag carrier and the largest airline in the United Kingdom (based on fleet size), has begun nonstop service from London to ... Read More

Nevis to welcome Crystal Yacht Expedition Cruises’ guests starting November

Global Editor- April 4, 2017 0

The Nevis Tourism Authority is pleased to announce with Cruise Global that starting November, 2017, Crystal Yacht Expedition Cruises', luxury yacht, Crystal Esprit will call ... Read More

Avianca Brasil announces launch of Miami-Sao Paulo service

Global Editor- April 4, 2017 0

Oceanair Linhas Aéreas S.A. (Avianca Brasil) has announced that it will launch daily passenger service between Miami International Airport and Sao Paulo on June 23, ... Read More

RIU aims to attract family tourism in Torremolinos with ClubHotel Riu Costa del Sol

Global Editor- April 4, 2017 0

RIU has just opened the doors of the ClubHotel Riu Costa del Sol. This new hotel, with its privileged location on the maritime promenade of ... Read More

Cologne Bonn marks SkyWork’s fifth anniversary

Global Editor- April 4, 2017 0

Five years ago SkyWork Airlines commenced operations from Cologne Bonn Airport to Berne. Celebrating the fifth anniversary of the launch, the German airport has marked ... Read More

Tenerife hosts a record number of TV, film and photo shoots in 2016

Global Editor- April 4, 2017 0

Tenerife hosted a record-breaking number of 116 national and international TV, film and photo shoots in 2016, 28 more than the previous year, according to ... Read More

Heathrow: More trade links to Chinese economic powerhouse

Global Editor- April 4, 2017 0

China Southern Airlines has confirmed a second daily departure between Heathrow and Guangzhou starting the 1st of June of this year. The airline’s twice daily ... Read More

Exploring unusual places in Brussels at “Iris Day in the districts”

Global Editor- April 4, 2017 0

Iris Day, which on this coming 6 and 7 May celebrates the 28th anniversary of the BrusselsCapital Region, will offer many free activities for young ... Read More