“Dominican Republic is delighted and honoured to be recognised for the third time by the prestigious World Golf Organisation as the Caribbean’s Best Golf Destination 2016,” said Maga…
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Tourism Minister of Jamaica to sign major agreement with Airbnb
The Minister, who made the announcement during a meeting with Airbnb executives, is very optimistic about the potential impact this would have on community tourism and is eager to finalise a memorandu…
UNWTO supports tourism development of Sudan
The visit coincided with a three-day regional executive training on crisis communication in tourism organised by UNWTO and the UNWTO.Themis Foundation.While meeting with the President of the Republic …
RwandAir brings in-flight connectivity on its new aircraft
The 154-seater aircraft in a dual- class cabin configuration are otherwise identical to the two Boeing 737- 800NG with the first Boeing Sky Interior in Africa purchased 6 years ago.“The proven o…
TravelNevada launches new integrated marketing campaign
The new campaign features an enhanced digital experience on TravelNevada.com, new photography and videography featuring genuine Nevada characters, creative executions in key markets such as Los Angele…
Belmond welcomes La Résidence d’Angkor to Cambodia
Belmond La Résidence d’Angkor in Cambodia reopens as an all-suite hotel following a full refurbishment.Newly designed interiors inspired by the classical Khmer era juxtaposed with contemp…
Incredible India second most talked about destination during WTM 2016
At this year’s WTM, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Tourism and for Culture (Independent charge), inaugurated the exhibition along with Simon Press, Executive Director, WTM London and V…
Kenya Airways expands its codeshare agreement with Jet Airways
Kenya Airways, through this agreement, would have its flight code (KQ) on Jet Airways’ seven daily flights between Mumbai and New Delhi, five daily flights from Mumbai to Ahmedabad and five dail…
Global luxury travel market to surpass $1,154 billion by 2022
In 2015, the adventure and safari segment accounted for about 44% of the overall luxury travel market revenue, by tour type as this has been identified as the most popular vacation option among young …
Scoot eyes the launch of long-haul flights from India
The airline began flying between Singapore and India this year, with its initial routes to Amritsar and Chennai followed by the recently launched flights to Jaipur.Scoot’s country head for India…