AccorHotels has signed an agreement with Mantra Group with the view to acquire all of the issued capital in the company by way of a scheme to be approved by Mantra shareholders.Under the terms of the …
Thompson appointed chief information officer with American Express Global Business Travel
American Express Global Business Travel has appointed David Thompson as its new chief information and technology officer.He formally assumes the role later this year and will be based in Phoenix, Ariz…
Kinnear to step down as Air Seychelles chief in December
Roy Kinnear will step down as chief executive of Air Seychelles in December.Staff at the Seychelles’ national carrier were informed of the resignation through a note from the chair of the carrie…
Malta Tourism Authority partners with Beautiful Destinations
The UK and Ireland office of the Malta Tourism Authority is the first tourism board to partner with leading online travel brand, Beautiful Destinations, to create high-quality marketing assets to bols…
Qatar Airways increases frequencies on eastern European routes
Qatar Airways has doubled its frequencies to a number of destinations in Eastern Europe and the Nordics, following a significant increase in passenger demand to the popular destinations of Prague, War…
Kenya to get 4 000 new hotel beds in five years
Kenya is set to get an additional 4 000 hotel beds in the next five years. Speaking during the World Tourism Day fete in Nairobi, Director of Tourism, Keziah Odemba, said the expected multibillion-shi…
Tour operators: Cuba travel warning driven by Trump’s political posturing
Tour operators last week decried the U.S. State Department’s latest Cuba travel warning as baseless and yet another example of the kind of blatant political posturing by the Trump administration…
Murray River: Masterpieces on the Murray
Phil Vine takes a river cruise with ‘all the patience in the world’.If ageing is an art form – and it probably is – the Murray Princess is a floating gallery, a boatload of por…
Hurricane fallout: JetBlue reducing capacity
JetBlue, which operates approximately 20% of its flights in and out of the Caribbean on a typical day, expects to reduce capacity fleetwide by approximately 2.9% below earlier plans because of hurrica…
China creates a global tourism organisation World Tourism Alliance
China has recently constituted a new international tourism organisation known as the World Tourism Alliance (WTA). World Tourism Alliance will work as UNWTO in propelling global tourism exchange and c…