Concord Hospitality plans to open Pittsburgh’s first Autograph Collection Hotel in the heart of the Oakland neighbourhood.Construction began on the 167-room property, The Oaklander Hotel, last m…
Qantas beats financial guidance for second half of 2016
Qantas today reported an underlying profit before tax of $852 million and a statutory profit before tax of $715 million for the six months ended December 31st, 2016.The underlying result was down 7.5 …
Eurostar discover British ‘traveller-selves’
Eurostar has revealed research exploring Brits’ ‘traveller-selves’.The new research shows that travellers enjoy a travel state of mind which changes attitudes to food, technology, re…
Japan welcomes record number of visitors
The Japan National Tourism Organisation has announced that the number of visitors to Japan in 2016 was 24.04 million people.This represents the largest on record since JNTO started to keep the statist…
Refurb for historic Garden Route hotel
The Protea Hotel by Marriott George Outeniqua, in George, Western Cape, has recently been refurbished.“The refresh of the property has been taken through from the outside to the interiors,&rdquo…
Desert on the Pacific becomes Peru’s latest tourist attraction
The Peruvian peninsula of Paracas, whose 335,000 hectares (827 acres) of tropical desert stretch into the Pacific Ocean to form one of the richest, rarest ecosystems in the world, has just recently be…
Flight check: Melbourne to Auckland with Virgin Australia
Amelia Wade flies aboard Virgin Australia’s VA150 from Melbourne to Auckland.The plane: Boeing 737-800.Class: Economy.On time? Definitely – though I nearly wasn’t after being distrac…
Bill calls for 67% cut in Visit Florida’s budget
Florida’s travel marketing organization, Visit Florida, was dealt a setback on Tuesday when a Florida House committee voted in favor of a bill that would slash its budget by 67%.In defiance of F…
Vail Resorts to buy Stowe for $50M
Vail Resorts has agreed to buy all of the ski-mountain operations at Vermont’s Stowe Mountain Resort for $50 million.Stowe, which includes the Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak ski areas, will bec…
Paris says tourism is rebounding after a difficult 2016
PARIS (AP) — Tourism to Paris is showing signs of a revival after a yearlong slump attributed to deadly extremist attacks, violent labor protests, strikes and floods.The biggest drop came in dem…