Latvian airline airBaltic will begin domestic flights linking Riga and Liepaja on May 16th, 2017.The new route will open up the city on the Baltic coast, Liepaja, for visitors from 60 airBaltic destin…
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Virgin Atlantic and Flybe extend their codeshare flights to Scotland
Travellers in India can now book flights with Virgin Atlantic to Scotland. Customers will be able to book tickets to travel from Delhi with Virgin Atlantic and connect onto Flybe flights at London Hea…
Norwegian Joy floats out in Germany on route to Chinese market
Norwegian Joy, soon to be Norwegian Cruise Line’s first cruise ship custom designed for China, was floated out of Meyer Werft’s covered buildings earlier in Papenburg, Germany.The 168,800-…
Norwegian welcomes 2.1m passengers in February
Norwegian carried close to 2.1 million passengers in February, an increase of 12 per cent compared to the same month last year.The growth is primarily driven by a 53 per cent growth in the company&rsq…
Cruise Critic signs new MSC Cruises partnership
Cruise Critic has announced a new partnership with MSC Cruises, the world’s largest privately-owned cruise line, to expand the Cruise Critic Meet & Mingle program.Starting March 2017, MSC Cr…
Anantara Vilamoura Algarve Resort to debut in April
Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas is preparing to launch the first Anantara in Europe, with Anantara Vilamoura Algarve Resort scheduled to welcome its first guests in April.Located along southern Po…
Trafalgar guarantees all 2017 departures in UK, Europe, and Asia
Trafalgar has reaffirmed its on-going commitment to making it easier than ever for agents to book the brand with confidence, by revealing that an unprecedented 100 per cent of its 2017 Europe & Br…
Europcar brings electric car rental to Milton Keynes
Europcar UK is demonstrating its commitment to sustainable mobility solutions with the opening of a new branch at Milton Keynes Central railway station.Making all forms of vehicle rental – from …
With new ships, Norwegian Cruise Line goes smaller
Norwegian Cruise Line has signed pact with Italy’s Fincantieri to build at least four 3,300-passenger ships between 2022 and 2025.Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings chairman Frank Del Rio said the n…
IAG sees pre-tax profits rise for financial 2016
International Airlines Group has reported pre-tax profits of €2.5 billion before exceptional items for the year to December 31st, 2016.The figure is up 32.7 per cent on that of 2015.However, the …