Maybe it’s only coincidence that the state flag of Texas and the fleet flag of Carnival Cruise Line are red, white and blue.But with the move of the Carnival Radiance into Galveston in 2021, whe…
Cuesta handed vice president role with Amadeus
Amadeus has appointed Fernando Cuesta to the role of senior vice president, commercial, Europe, hospitality.Based in Madrid, Cuesta will oversee all European countries as well as French-speaking count…
Mariah Carey kicks-off one-year-to-go countdown to Dubai Expo 2020
Mariah Carey has urged guests from around the world to visit Expo 2020 in Dubai as the emirate begins the one-year-countdown to the show.Playing a free concert at Burj Park in Dubai, the popstar kicke…
Uganda Tourism to draw Middle East with new travel campaign
The Uganda Tourism Board has launched the ‘Experience Uganda – First!’ campaign, which packages the country to residents of the Gulf States.The campaign, which offers selected Gulf C…
Cuban Outbound Tourism Reveals An Increase
About 519,000 Cubans traveled abroad undergoing 889,000 trips during the first eight months of 2019, an increase of more than 20% over the same period of 2018 according to figures from the island&rsqu…
Qantas tests ultra-long-haul service from New York to Sydney
The first non-stop commercial airline flight from New York to Sydney has landed after 19 hours 16 minutes in the air.A total of 49 passengers and crew were on the flight, which was used to run a serie…
Levin handed leadership role with American Express Global Business Travel
American Express Global Business Travel has appointed David Levin to the role of chief information security officer.Levin reports to chief information technology officer, David Thompson, and is based …
Marriott acquires Elegant as it seeks to grow all-inclusive offering
In a busy week for Marriott, the company has reached an agreement with the board of Elegant Hotels Group on the terms of a recommended all cash offer.Under the terms of the offer, each Elegant shareho…
Fight Centre launches new business travel booking tool
Flight Centre Business Travel is giving UK customers the option to book and manage business travel via an online solution for the first time with the launch of HelloFCBT.The new proprietary travel tec…
Qatar Airways touches down in Langkawi, Malaysia
The first Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Langkawi, Malaysia, has touched down at Langkawi International Airport.The new service to Langkawi will be operated by the airline’s state-of-the-art …