Cheval Gloucester Park has celebrated its re-opening this week with a ribbon cutting ceremony.The event follows a two year, full-scale multi-million-pound refurbishment at the Kensington, London, prop…
Boeing 777X flies for first time in United States
In a rare piece of good news for the company, the new Boeing 777X has taken to the skies for first time as it enters the next phase of its test program.Based on the 777 and with proven technologies fr…
Lessons from the drought have upped WC tourism players’ preparedness
Cape Town and the Western Cape have recovered from the threat of acute water shortages. Today the City and Province’s dams are over 70% and 50% full respectively.This is from the City of Cape To…
How the social media cause overtourism?
The word ‘overtourism’ was considered one of the words of the year by the Oxford English Dictionary in 2018. In recent years, overtourism has been recurring in the world’s most popul…
Wex confirms US$1.7bn acquisition of eNett and Optal
Wex has entered into an agreement to purchase eNett, a provider of business-to-business payments solutions to the travel industry.In a separate deal, the financial technology service provider signed t…
U.S. to limit ‘birth tourism’ – warning to all pregnant Travelers
The White House, under the President Donald Trump Administration, has announced a new visa policy to put an end to the common practice of ‘birth tourism’.Until now, pregnant women of forei…
Simmonds appointed managing director of Saga Holidays
Saga has announced that Chris Simmonds will be returning to Saga Holidays in March as its new managing director.He will be replacing Maria Whiteman, who left the company late last year.Having previous…
New accessibility focus for Heathrow with key appointments
Heathrow has announced that disability campaigner, Helen Dolphin, and the experienced equality and inclusion regulator, Keith Richards, have both been named as new co-chairs of the Heathrow Access Adv…
British Foreign Office urges against Hubei travel
The British Foreign & Commonwealth Office has begun to advise against all travel to Hubei province in China due to the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak.The organisation urged British nationals i…
Avani to open Nairobi hotel
Avani Hotels & Resorts has made its debut in Kenya with the signing of its first property, The Avani Nairobi Suites.Currently under construction in Westlands, Nairobi, the hotel is expected to ope…