There has been a significant increase in demand for Australian visas in India with the rising popularity of Australia as a holiday destination, an official statement said from the Australian governmen…
Anderson appointed president of Sabre Hospitality Solutions
Sabre Corporation has named Clinton Anderson as president of Sabre Hospitality Solutions, effective from August 7th.He will succeed Alex Alt who has accepted an executive position at another company.&…
Clear Channel backs VisitLondon advertising campaign
Clear Channel UK will support the mayor of London’s #LondonIsOpen for Summer campaign, placing ads on over 100 of its state-of-the-art New World Payphones phone kiosks around the capital.The cam…
Swissôtel heads into UAE with Al Ghurair deal
AccorHotels has announced the signing of an agreement with Al Ghurair, one of the Middle East’s leading family businesses, for the rebrand of a landmark property consisting of 428 rooms and 192 …
MATATO takes on Think Strawberries for global PR role
The Maldives Association of Travel Agents & Tour Operators has appointed Think Strawberries Luxury Travel Marketing as its international representation firm.The India-based company will handle all…
Botswana to host conservation summit
Botswana is to host a major conservation summit to redouble efforts to protect the KAZA (Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area) elephants and to devise collaborative solutions for problems t…
TRAVEL DEALS: 50% Off Royal Playa del Carmen, 30% Chile Ski Vacations, Las Hadas Golf Getaway
Sports vacations are in focus for this week’s roundups of the best Latin America travel deals. You can get 30 percent off a ski vacation at Valle Nevado, the ski resort in Chile (remember, it&rs…
Beach, bach, beauty in the Coromandel
Greg Bruce and family enjoy a Coromandel break, despite the weatherA couple of weeks before our weekend in Hahei, we made the mistake of talking about Hot Water Beach with our nearly-4-year-old, and f…
Growing routes, Frontier charts a new direction
Frontier Airlines’ plan to grow its network by 21 cities while introducing 85 new routes by next summer can be viewed as both a strategic change of direction and a message to Wall Street ahead o…
easyJet to recruit 1,200 cabin crew as expansion continues
Already on the lookout for a new chief executive, easyJet has revealed it is to recruit more than 1,200 new cabin crew.The staff will be recruited to permanent and fixed term cabin crew positions as t…