The new all-suite, 166-guest American Duchess, has arrived in New Orleans to undergo final preparations for her August 14th inaugural sailing.The American Duchess is owned and operated by the American…
Tourism Technoligy Changed The Way We Travel
Technology and, more specifically, Internet, are changing the way tourism is organized and commercialized. On the one hand, users do not travel the same way they did a few years ago because they now h…
Ecology And Tourism In France Hit By Forest Fires
A number of forest fires are ravaging hundreds of hectares of French regions – including some protected sites – which is having a negative impact on the environment, ecology, and tourism o…
Chinese Tourists Invade Greece And Invest
Chinese tourists are currently “invading” Greece in big numbers. Last year, 150,000 Chinese travelers visited the country. Usually they travel in groups, but more and more individual trave…
Mixed bag for May arrivals
Tourist arrivals for May 2017 showed a gradual increase from major key markets, with France showing particularly strong growth consistent with the positive performance throughout the year so far.Total…
Artsy Style on Lake Atitlan With Lush Hotel in Guatemala
There are two big draws to Lake Atitlan in Guatemala: the views and the Mayan villages. With Lush Atitlan Hotel, you get both. It’s got panoramic lake and mountain vistas, but you’re a foo…
Moreton Island: Natural wonder
Just a hop, skip, and jump from Brisbane, tourists are spoilt for choice on sandy Moreton Island, writes Elizabeth BinningSeventy years ago visitors to Moreton Island would have landed in a sea of red…
Disney World hotels introduce mobile check-in
Guests staying at Disney World hotels can now use their MagicBand and the My Disney Experience app to skip the check-in line.Guests with an active My Disney Experience account who have paid for their …
Vienna breaks visitor number record as city breaks boom
Austrian capital Vienna recorded almost seven million visitor bednights between January and June this year, 4.2 per cent more than for the same period the previous year.“City breaks to Vienna co…
Heathrow beats all-time passenger records in first half of 2017
Heathrow beat all-time records in passenger traffic during the six months ended June 30th, with the airport welcoming 37.1 million passengers.This is up 3.9 per cent on same period in 2016.At the same…