Onyx Hospitality Group has launched a brand-new Amari property in Sri Lanka’s historic southwest coastal city of Galle.The 172-room Amari Galle, located a short distance from the Unesco World He…
ABTA: 2.4m Brits prepare for summer getaway this weekend
ABTA estimates that a record 2.4 million British holidaymakers are set to head overseas for summer holidays this weekend, which for the majority of schools in England and Wales marks the start of the …
Dusit Thani Mactan Cebu set to open in late 2018
Dusit International has signed a hotel management agreement with Robinsons Land Corporation, one of the Philippines’ leading real estate companies, to operate the Dusit Thani Mactan Cebu, a five…
Boreholes reopened in Botswana
Water for Elephants Trust (WET) has reopened boreholes for elephants and other wildlife in north-east of Botswana.Alexa Tross, Co-ordinator, told Tourism Update in an interview that a serious water cr…
São Paulo Organic Food Festival Highlights Pizza
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Organic food lovers in São Paulo are being treated to a new event this year focused on pizza, the Off Redondas food festival, which has been running since July …
Follow the Reader: icing on the cake in Pondicherry
Initially, my brother and I, both in our 60s, must have baffled the hotel managers. After all, who books into a not-so-classy three-star hotel on a busy road in steamy Pondicherry for two weeks in lat…
No refunds on deposits for some Royal Caribbean fares
Cruise passengers might have to get used to the idea of nonrefundable deposits now that a second big cruise line has introduced them.Starting this month, Royal Caribbean International added nonrefunda…
The lowest hotel rate tough to find, but OTAs a good bet
Where’s the lowest hotel rate? Online shoppers may have to do a lot of research to find it, a Piper Jaffray study indicates.And when they do find it, OTAs and travel search sites will have the l…
Pilots approve Air France-KLM lower-cost airline
Air France’s pilots union has voted in favor of Air France-KLM’s plan to launch a new airline to compete with Gulf carriers Emirates, Etihad and Qatar on Asia routes.The vote means that Ai…
Abu Dhabi sees record growth in guest arrivals
Abu Dhabi has achieved a record seven per cent rise in the number of hotel guest arrivals over the first four months of the year in comparison to the same period in 2016.A total of 1,601,145 guests ch…