Where is it? 50 km south of Dunedin, in the Clutha District.Origin of current name: It’s either a shortened version of Milltown (for the early flour and oat mills) or a reference to the English …
CruiseWorld attendees celebrate Harmony christening
FORT LAUDERDALE — While Royal Caribbean International held its traditional naming ceremony for the Harmony of the Seas and attendees heard from cruise line executives and the ship’s godmot…
Windstar prepares to launch online booking
FORT LAUDERDALE — Windstar Cruises will soon add the capability for online booking, president John Delaney said in a presentation at CruiseWorld.The Seattle-based small-ship line has picked Vers…
Europcar sees revenues rise in third quarter
Europcar has announced total revenue of €707 million compared for the third quarter of 2016, compared to a figure of €693 million in 2015.This represents a 5.1 per cent increase at constant …
Amaratunga: Bureaucracy holding back tourism growth in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s ambitious plans to develop its tourism sector are being held up by too much bureaucracy, according to the island’s minister for tourism, John Amaratunga.Speaking ahead of the i…
Charges against Cecil’s killer dropped
Charges against the hunter involved in the killing of Cecil the lion have been dropped, Theo Bronkhorst’s lawyer is quoted as saying in an Eyewitness News report.Bronkhorst accompanied US dentis…
Aruba’s tourism minister leaves post
Aruba’s minister of tourism, Otmar Oduber, resigned from his post on Nov. 3, according to Oduber’s Facebook and Twitter accounts.Neither the Aruba Tourism Authority nor the Ministry of Tou…
Waitangi Treaty Grounds the place for a history lesson
Alex Braae visits the Treaty Grounds — a perfect spot to soak up a little of our history.Imagine hosting an overseas visitor in New Zealand in February. They turn on television news to images of…
ASTA to roll with the changes a Trump presidency may bring
Following the election of Donald Trump, ASTA is concerned that his administration might roll back President Obama’s steps to normalize relations with Cuba, but the trade group is confident it wi…
Carnival CEO says Trump likely to be pro-business
Carnival Corp. CEO Arnold Donald said that the election of Donald Trump as president has the potential to be good for the cruise industry, but he also said he hopes that Trump will do “the right…