Eva Air has celebrated the delivery of its first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner.The plane is the first of 20 super-efficient 787-10s the carrier plans to use on high-density routes within Asia from this sum…
Ypsilon partners with Amadeus for low-cost carrier payment solution
Travellers today increasingly look to travel agencies to help them search for and book travel on low-cost carriers.This demand is driving the need for platforms such as Ypsilon as they aggregate low-c…
Weshah appointed general manager at Grand Hyatt Al Khobar
Grand Hyatt Al Khobar has welcomed Nizar Weshah to the role of general manager of the hotel, which is slated to open by the end of this year.Weshah is from Jordan and is a seasoned hotelier with over …
Zim bans all forex
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has made the Zimbabwean dollar the sole currency for legal tender purposes.Coming into effect on June 24, the British pound, United States dollar, South African rand, Bots…
Anko van der Werff: responsible for leading the recovery of Avianca
After much deliberation, the board of directors of Avianca Holdings appointed the Dutchman Anko van der Werff as the new president of the organization, who will take office on July 15 of this year. Va…
Your ultimate Fraser Coast travel planner
Hervey Bay is well known as a playground for whales and Fraser Island is a UNESCO World Heritage site worthy of royalty, but there’s much more to make a Fraser Coast holiday one to remember.Thin…
Delta acquires 4% stake in Korean Air
Delta has acquired a 4.3% stake in Korean Air’s largest shareholder, Hanjin KAL, and plans to increase that stake to 10%, pending regulatory approval.Current market prices value the stake at abo…
Senior Tourists Are Offered Special Tours
The aging of the population is a subject that interests many developed countries such as Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Japan with respect to tourism. Longer lifespans and declining birth rates are co…
Russia Moving To An E-Visa Regime Step By Step
Russia is planning to move to an e-visa regime. At the moment, the situation is rather tangled with bureaucracy and the country is losing visitors due to the complicated and lengthy visa application p…
Dubai Tourism offers upbeat appraisal of sector at industry showcase
The Dubai Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing has provided a positive outlook of the industry to leading stakeholders and partners at its first biannual city briefing event.Official were ke…