Europe

The first hotel to enter China from the Edition brand, the Sanya Edition Hotel has been praised by guests for its stylish design style and exciting multi-functional activities.Inspired by the Edition …

airBaltic transported a record number of passengers in July, with 452,646 people taking their seats.The figure is an increase of 15 per cent on the same month last year.From January till July some 2,3…

Current Air Canada chief operating officer Benjamin Smith has been selected by Air France-KLM as its next chief executive.Smith has played a major role at Air Canada over the past two decades, and bec…

VisitBritain has announced that its flagship annual travel trade event, ExploreGB, is to be held in Harrogate in 2019.ExploreGB is a trade-focused event with hundreds of international buyers from coun…

From November 2017 to March 2018, the Balearic Islands saw a 24.91 per cent increase in visitors from the UK compared to the winter season running from November 2016 to March 2017.The figures highligh…

London Luton has celebrated its busiest-ever July, as 1.67 million passengers travelled through the airport.This marks a 3.1 per cent increase compared with last year, making July the 18th consecutive…

Belmond has appointed Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan as financial advisors with a view to a possible sale.In a statement earlier, the luxury group said it was exploring “strategic alternatives to e…

Go Vilnius, the official tourism organisation for Lithuania’s capital city, has launched a new ad campaign – Vilnius; the G-spot of Europe.A multimedia advertising campaign, it will be dir…

Brittany Ferries has welcomed a second milestone in the build of its next ship, Honfleur.Keel laying is the point at which the first hull blocks are lowered onto a slipway.After they are joined, Honfl…

London-based PR operation Grifco is to merge with MMGY Global, the world’s leading integrated travel and hospitality marketing company.Along with sister company Ophir PR, Grifco will become part…