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Cox & Kings sells PGL in £467m deal
Cox & Kings has parted with residential adventure brand PGL for £467 million.A consortium of investors, led by Midlothian Capital Partners, completed the deal to acquired HB Education, the h…
Ministry of Civil Aviation unveils Digi Yatra – a biometric based digital processing of passengers at airports
The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu released the policy on the biometric-based digital processing of passengers at airports called Digi Yatra. Addressing the …
Southwest still awaiting Hawaii approval
Southwest Airlines is still hopeful about beginning to sell tickets to Hawaii this year.“We are ready to go with our flight scheduling once we receive the requisite approvals,” Southwest p…
Pepper joins Eurostar team at St. Pancras in London
Eurostar has welcomed Pepper the robot to its London St Pancras team.In a first for the UK travel industry, the interactive humanoid robot offers customers, particularly families and children, a fun n…
Qatar Airways goes triple daily on Maldives departures
Qatar Airways has added a third daily flight to the Maldives.The new service to Malé Velana International Airport, which is set to launch on October 28th, is part of the airline’s continu…
Vietjet and Japan Airlines launch codeshare sales
Effective from tomorrow travellers can book Vietjet and Japan Airlines codeshare flights for departures from October 28th.Vietjet and JAL originally signed a memorandum of understanding for commercial…
Tourism Shouldn’t Deal With Average Travelers
We often like to generalize, and yet we remain unaware of how difficult this habit makes it for us when it comes to reaching our consumers. This trend is not unique to the tourism sector; nevertheless…
The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul, completes extensive overhaul
The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul, has completed an US$8.5 million renovation.The newly refurbished guestrooms, suites and meeting facilities have been re-designed by architects and artists to reflect the es…
Luxury at sea, a 2018 trend
Travelers are increasingly choosing suites on larger ships and sailings on luxury small-ship lines and river cruise lines, according to AAA Travel.After analyzing its cruise bookings for the past 12 m…