In the first nine months of 2016, Aeroflot Group carried 32.8 million passengers, up 9.2 per cent year-on-year.Aeroflot airline carried 21.7 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 10.4 per cen…
Westin Cairo Golf Resort & Spa Katameya Dunes opens in Egypt
Westin Hotels & Resorts has announced the opening of Egypt’s best kept secret, The Westin Cairo Golf Resort & Spa Katameya Dunes.Owned by New Cairo for Real Estate Investment Company, th…
New face, new name for Sun International’s flagship
Sun City Hotel in South Africa’s North West province and located at Sun International’s flagship resort, has been rebranded as Soho.The Sun City Theatre inside Soho features the Vibes bar …
Brazil plans to waive visas for visitors from U.S., Japan
Brazil’s government is considering waiving visas for visitors from the United States, Japan, Canada and Australia to boost tourism, and could eventually extend the plan to include China, a touri…
Grand opening for Mantra Richmont Hotel
Grand opening for Mantra Richmond Hotel in BrisbaneMantra Richmont Hotel, a new $28 million 108-room boutique hotel at Spring Hill in Brisbane, was officially opened today by Queensland Minister for T…
Lower fares cut into Southwest’s profit
DALLAS (AP) — Travelers are benefiting from the lowest average airfares in several years, but the discounting is cutting into airline profits and causing some investors to sell.Shares of Southwe…
Trump says new D.C. hotel will be one of world’s finest
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump officially opened the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. here on Wednesday with the cutting of a red ribbon under the lobby’s 200-foot glass ceiling in th…
Manchester Airport joins WeChat and Wiebo to cater to Chinese passengers
Manchester Airport has added Weibo and WeChat, the Chinese equivalents of Twitter and Whatsapp, to its range of social media tools in order to better communicate passengers from the destination.The mo…
Ask Away: What can we do in Singapore?
Soak up the sights and smells of Singapore with these tips from Eli Orzessek.We’re soon to undertake a 14-day cruise from Sydney to Singapore and will have four days there, staying in the City H…
High occupancy figures recorded for Namibia
August officially showed the highest occupancy, 72%, recorded by Namibian tourism accommodation establishments this year, said the Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN).Based on occupancy reports s…