Air France KLM and FlySafair have entered into an interline agreement that took effect on December 11.Pieter Bootsma, Executive Vice President Strategy of Air France KLM, made the announcement at KLM&…
Reed appoints new World Travel Market portfolio director
Reed Travel Exhibition had appointed a new portfolio director for the World Travel Market brand.Claude Blanc, who has over 25 years of experience within the travel trade and hospitality industry, take…
South Pacific Tourism Organization partners with UNDP to implement SGD 14
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the South Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO), in partnership with Beqa Adventure Divers (BAD), launched an initiative to mobilise tourism resources to implemen…
Hyatt opens convention hotel in Seattle
The Hyatt Regency Seattle opened in the city’s downtown on Monday. The 1,260-rooom hotel is Seattle’s largest, edging out the 1,236-room Sheraton Grand Seattle.The hotel is two blocks from…
The Kingsbury Hotel Colombo & Amaya Resorts and Spas conducted a four-city roadshow in India
The Kingsbury Hotel Colombo & Amaya Resorts and Spas conducted its four-city roadshow in India. After Mumbai, the workshop was held in Ahmedabad, New Delhi and Chandigarh. Stakeholders, travel age…
Heathrow sees record passenger flows in November
In another consecutive record month for the airport, 6.11 million passengers travelled through Heathrow in November, up 3.3 per cent.This is the first time that passenger volumes in November have exce…
Mumbai International Airport bags the runner up award in the Favourite Airport Category at Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Travel Awards
Adding to its extensive list of laurels, Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) administered by GVK MIAL bagged the runner-up award in the ‘Favourite Airport&rs…
Fair Trade Tourism welcomes Kruger’s 10-year Management Plan
Fair Trade Tourism (FTT) has praised the Kruger National Park’s ground-breaking 10-year Management Plan, signed off last week by Minister of Tourism, Derek Hanekom, in his capacity as Acting Min…
TAP Air Portugal launches two new United States departures
TAP Air Portugal will launch five return flights per week from Lisbon to Chicago O’Hare on June 1st.Later the same month, on June 16th the airline will additionally add five weekly trips from Li…
Thomas Cook signs interline deals with Liat and airBaltic
Thomas Cook Group Airline is expanding its worldwide route network with two additional partner airlines – airBaltic and Liat.With its fleet of 101 aircraft, Europe’s eleventh-largest airli…