Magical Kenya exhibited at OTM Mumbai to position the country as a preferred holiday destination and to provide a business networking platform for the Kenyan travel trade to engage with key tourism st…
Saving Chile’s contaminated fish farming industry
As Greenpeace warns of an environmental disaster in Chile due to “toxic fish farming”, its salmon farming industry must prove its commitment to environmental sustainability if it is to con…
Tourism New Zealand rolls out its four-year strategy
Tourism New Zealand has released its new strategy for the next four years with greater focus on increasing international tourism in the regions and shoulder seasons and working with partners to improv…
Direct Travel and Vision Travel to merge
U.S.-based travel management company Direct Travel, No. 15 on Travel Weekly’s 2016 Power List, and Canada’s Vision Travel agreed to merge.“This move is the first step towards a share…
Banyan Tree Phuket appoints Lang as hotel manager
Banyan Tree Phuket has announced the appointment of Manuel Lang as hotel manager, reporting to the area general manager Sriram Kailasam.Bringing over two decades of experience in the hospitality indus…
ANTO conducts luxury travel agents FAM trip to Vienna
The Austrian National Tourist Office (ANTO) in co-operation with the Swarovski Crystal Worlds and the local tourist boards invited 11 Indian luxury travel agents on a Familiarisation trip (FAM) to Vie…
Dukes Dubai welcomes women-only Duchess Floor
Dukes Dubai has debuted its Duchess Floor, an exclusive area dedicated to female guests, with 20 exclusive rooms.Located on the third floor at Dukes Dubai, the floor has private lift access and featur…
Kruger National Park holds park management review
The Kruger National Park has begun the process of reviewing its Park Management Plan.The review is a requirement of the National Environment Management: Protected Areas Act No 57 of 2003, which stipul…
What the tourist industry reveals about Cuba
TOURISTS whizz along the Malecón, Havana’s grand seaside boulevard, in bright-red open-topped 1950s cars. Their selfie sticks wobble as they try to film themselves. They move fast, for th…
Forget the clichés – Surfers Paradise is full of surprises.
It’s 3am and the desire for fresh air over aircon propels me from my bed to the sliding doors of my oceanfront suite. A full moon bathes Surfers Paradise beach in low blue light and as I open th…