Emirates has taken an innovative decision of replacing its Boeing 777-300ER operations on the EK308/EK309 routes and EK304/305 routes with the Airbus A380. The result of this, is effectively initiatin…
Croatia welcomes record number of foreign tourists in June 2017
A total of 1.7 million tourists visited Croatia in the first four months of 2017, which is 22% more in comparison with the same period in 2016. The weekend’s flooding of visitors has further enh…
Sabre Corporation hires Axel Bench as their Regional Director in Asia
Sabre Corporation has appointed Axel Bench as Regional Director– Asia, who will be responsible for South Asia, North Asia and Southeast Asia. Along with this new appointment, the Sabre Airline S…
Conversions to historic farmhouse are under way
Lalibela Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape is converting a 1902 historic farmhouse into a five-bedroom hillside private villa, scheduled to open on August 15. At the same time, Lalibela will reopen its…
LGBT Pride Brings Rainbow Colors to Bogota, Colombia
As a university student studying tourism in Bogota, I’d heard about the city’s gay pride celebration for a long time. And while I’d always wanted to attend the event, until this year…
Spicers Potts Point opens in Sydney, Australia
Spicers Potts Point, a boutique luxury hotel in the trendy Potts Point neighbourhood of Sydney, has welcomed its first guests.Three Victorian terrace houses originally built as private residences have…
Three more routes getting United’s Polaris cabin
United has designated three additional routes that will soon offer its new Polaris business-class cabin.Flights from San Francisco to Beijing, San Francisco to Frankfurt and Newark to Tokyo will featu…
Ellis takes up account manager role at Fairmont St Andrews
Fairmont St Andrews has hired Amanda Ellis as national account manager for the south of England.She will be responsible for strategically growing business from the corporate and incentive markets into…
Norwegian to launch new flights to Chicago and Austin in spring 2018
Norwegian has announced two new US routes from London Gatwick with flights now on sale to Chicago and Austin.The announcement comes as the airline celebrates the third anniversary since it first launc…
Ascott expands stake in Quest Apartments as global expansion continues
The Ascott is acquiring an additional 60 per cent stake in Quest Apartment Hotels for A$180 million.This will increase Ascott’s stake in Quest from its current 20 per cent to 80 per cent, propel…