The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key, in a pre-budget announcement confirmed an additional $8 million over four years for Tourism New Zealand to target visitor growth opportunities in the USA an…
Cancun, Mexico to Host IATA AGM and World Air Transport Summit in 2017
Aeromexico will host the 73rd IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Cancun, Mexico from 4-6 June 2017.IATA’s member airlines accepted Aeromexico’s invitation …
Augarten Art Hotel
An eclectic, strikingly designed glass and metal structure breaks with the surrounding Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture. Architect Günter Domenig’s design for Augarten Art Hote…
Chile records significant rise in cruise visitors
Chile has witnessed a 35% rise in cruise ship passenger arrivals in 2015-16 with a record number of 414,000.Nine ports in Chile received 217 visitors by foreign-flagged cruise ships during the six mon…
Outrigger Reopens Castaway Island Resort in Fiji
The Outrigger Castaway Island resort in Fiji has reopened following a three-month island clean-up and property renovation after February’s devastating tropical cyclone Winston.Resort General Man…
Playa Espiritu resort project takes shape near Mazatlan
The first stage of Playa Espiritu is slated to open by the end of 2018.A massive Mazatlan-area resort project that has been in the works since 2008 has been guaranteed funding from the Mexican governm…
Trump hotel bookings down 59% in Q1, says search site
Trump Hotels’ first-quarter bookings fell 59% from a year earlier, according to travel search engine Hipmunk, but the company headed by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says those …
Austria registers steady growth in the MICE industry
MICE industry in Austria witnessed a significant growth in 2015. The country hosted 18,172 events with approximately 1.46 million participants, as per the latest Meeting Industry Reports Austria, pres…
Vietjet Launches Daily Flights Between Ho Chi Minh and Kuala Lumpur
Vietjet has launched daily flights between Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) in Vietnam and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Flights depart from Ho Chi Minh at 09:30 to arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 12:25. The return flights ta…
Dar es Salaam Airport to come up with a new Cargo Terminal
Swissport, Tanzania’s leading airline ground handling service company has reportedly attained IATA certification for safe ground operations (ISAGO) for their two main international airport stati…