Gallery Suites Vacation Rentals has joined forces with Oyo Hotels & Homes to furnish and manage a portfolio of 10,000 elite properties in Dubai.The agreement will result in a portfolio of premier …
Vote for gorilla names through National Geographic
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Rwanda’s Kwita Izina gorilla naming ceremony, Visit Rwanda has asked National Geographic social audiences to help choose the name for one of the baby mountai…
LATAM reveals new premium business class in São Paulo
LATAM Airlines Group has unveiled its new premium business class on-board the first Boeing 777.The upgrade is part of a $500 million investment to improve the airline’s passenger experience and …
Brush with disaster: Toothbrushes are the new frontline in ocean plastic
A chain of hotels has begun supplying a very specific solution dissolve ocean plastic pollution, one bristle at a timeThere’s plenty more toothbrushes in the sea.If ever there were words of comf…
World Travel Awards headed to the Thompson Okanagan in 2020
World Travel Awards has revealed it will host its North America Gala Ceremony 2020 in the Thompson Okanagan, British Columbia.The leading travel industry figureheads and decision-makers from across No…
JA Beach Hotel set to reopen in Dubai following extensive renovations
JA Beach Hotel at JA the Resort, Jebel Ali Beach, Dubai, has completed its 2019 makeover.The property will reopen for business on September 1st.In keeping with the world-class resort facilities at the…
Silver Moon floats out at Fincantieri shipyard, Italy
Silversea’s new cruise ship, Silver Moon, touched water for the first time earlier at Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy.The float out was marked by a celebratory event and a traditional coin…
Indo-German Chamber of Commerce signs on for inaugural ITB India
Messe Berlin has announce its cooperation with the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce in the organisation of the inaugural ITB India next year.The cooperation was formalised in in Berlin, Germany, by Dir…
National Treasury highlights tourism plans in new policy document
The tourism sector can drive labour-intensive growth and help to combat South Africa’s high-levels of unemployment. This was stated in a new policy document released by South Africa’s Nati…
Tourism to Cuba collapses due to Trump travel restrictions
Data from the Bureau of Statistics had already shown a 20% drop in tourist arrivals in June after Washington banned cruises to Cuba that same month and made it difficult for US citizens to obtain a wa…