Indian tourist arrivals to Austria saw a 25% increase from 2015 to 2016 and 34% in overnights. It includes 2,27,100 overnights (plus 24% from 2015) for 2016 and 1,47,300 arrivals (plus 25% from 2015).…
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Hilton Linzhi Resort opens in Tibet
Hilton has announced the opening of Hilton Linzhi Resort in Tibet.Hilton Linzhi Resort is the company’s first hotel in the region and home to Tibet’s first nine-hole golf course.Located be…
Maharashtra Tourism showcases the state’s traditional architecture at ITB Berlin
Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) participated in ITB Berlin 2017 held from March 8-12, 2017. MTDC participated with the stall space of 89 sq meters that effectively promoted the esse…
Worldmark emerges as Delhi NCR’s new business destination
The mammoth 15-lakh sq ft space is designed around the principle of dining and shopping at leisure. It is a mixed use project of Bharti Realty and is fast emerging as the leisure and food hub in the N…
2016 a record year for Singapore Tourism with 16.4 million tourist arrivals
2016 was a record year for Singapore because of visitor arrivals with an increase of 16.4 million and highest spending by visitors. STB is targeting 25.1- 25.8 billion tourism receipts this year with …
Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum, to open for summer season
Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum, will open for the summer season on April 1st, boasting brand new services.New fitness and wellness facilities, a butler service for every room category, a new partnership wi…
Wandertrails.com raises one million dollars in seed funding
The travel platform, which was launched in July 2016, has raised the funds from Earlsfield Capital, a UK-based venture capital firm.Wandertrails has set an aim to build India’s largest network o…
PATA estimates foreign arrivals to grow by 5% to the Asia Pacific by 2021
Based on year-to-date data and the forecasts for 2016, current estimates are that the destinations as covered in the forecast report will return a combined inbound count in excess of 595 million forei…
Ethiopian Airlines to host ICAO Global Aviation Training and Trainair Plus Symposium
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it will host the ICAO Global Aviation Training and Trainair Plus Symposium with the theme ‘Together, Enhancing Training to Build Capacity’ at Addis Ab…
Sarovar Hotels announces the signing of Sarovar Premiere Lusaka in Zambia
Sarovar Premiere Lusaka is an 82 key all-suite hotel located around the city centre. Built in elegant designs with all modern facilities, it is the only all-suite hotel in town. The hotel is being dev…