Sustainable tourism in Africa has received a great boost with the signing of a mutual recognition agreement (MRA) between Fair Trade Tourism a leading Southern African non-profit organisation promotin…
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Fathom’s Dominican Republic cruises to add Cuba call
Fathom, Carnival Corp.’s social-impact cruise line, has been given permission to visit Cuba on cruises scheduled to go to the Dominican Republic.Fathom will offer a port call in Santiago de Cuba…
Be Inspired: The Best Places To Go In 2017
Ah, January. That glorious time of year when you have the maximum amount of holiday allowance to plan with (and you might have even have carried a few cheeky days over from 2016). While you may alread…
Virgin Holidays to unveil new ad campaign ahead of key trading period
Virgin Holidays newest marketing campaign will launch on December tomorrow with a hero television commercial to promote its January sale.The advert features one hundred people – some of them rea…
U by Uniworld to launch to younger cruisers in March 2017
Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection has announced its newest addition, U by Uniworld, set to launch sales in March 2017 and begin sailings in early 2018.U by Uniworld will offer immersive, authe…
Cuban Tourism Boom Leads To The Lack Of Food
For a few years now, Cuba has been opening its economy. As a result, and thanks to the warmer relations with the U.S., the number of tourists coming to the country has been growing fast. After decades…
Spring Festival: Chinese Travel Abroad But Somewhere Else
6 million Chinese are expected to travel abroad during the Spring Festival holidays, as reported by the online travel agency Ctrip. Thailand, Japan and the United States have emerged among the most po…
Carnival Cruise Line to get third Vista-class ship in 2019
Carnival Cruise Line will grow and update its fleet in 2019 via a ship swap with sister brand P&O Cruises Australia.Carnival will add a sister ship to the Carnival Vista, a vessel that was origina…
TripAdvisor invests in Traxo
TripAdvisor is leading a $5.2 million financing round for travel data company Traxo. Traxo’s clients include Lufthansa and travel management firm Travel and Transport.The financing will go towar…
Hong Kong company agrees to buy and operate Baha Mar
Chow Tai Fook Enterprises said Monday that it agreed to acquire the long-delayed Baha Mar resort project in the Bahamas, and said the first phase would open in April.Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook will…