Blackpool’s tourism economy has grown for a fourth successive year.The latest independent research figures from Scarborough Tourism Economic Activity Monitor (Steam) for 2018 show, compared t…
Oyo Hotels & Homes raises $1.5bn in new funding
Oyo Hotels & Homes has announced that it is raising $1.5 billion as part of its Series F funding round.As a part of this round, RA Hospitality Holdings will infuse approximately $700 million as…
Tourists safety affirmed by Rwanda Development Board
The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has informed the general public that tourism services continue to operate normally in Volcanoes National Park and all other national parks in Rwanda following sec…
WTTC honours Portugal for tourism focus
The World Travel & Tourism Council has saluted the Portuguese government for recognising the importance of the sector to the overall economy.Making tourism a priority has resulted in the sector…
Stop what you’re doing! New Zealand appears twice on world map
Kiwis are used to our homeland being left off world maps. It’s often a hot topic when our beautiful country is suddenly forgotten about.But Kiwis are celebrating after a map of the globe doin…
SAA and Air Seychelles expand codeshare to NY
SAA has expanded its codeshare agreement with Air Seychelles (HM) to New York, effective November 1.SAA will be the operating carrier on the Johannesburg-New York sector, and Air Seychelles will be…
How Instagram Has Shaped The Tourism Business
Did you know that 48% of Instagram users use this social network to discover and choose the destinations they will visit during their trips? The figure has been growing over the years, making it an…
German Tourism Develops Unevenly In Different States
In the past ten years, the number of overnight stays of tourists in the new federal states of Germany has increased less strongly than in the former federal territory (excluding Berlin). The number…
Turkish Airlines has lofty growth goal, but how will it get there?
ISTANBUL — Turkish Airlines aspires to fly 120 million passengers by 2023, an increase of 60% over the 75 million passengers it carried last year.But in an interview here Tuesday, Turkish cha…
Concerns over performance and audit outcomes at Department and SAT
SA’s Minister of Tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, has received the Annual Performance Report of South African Tourism (SAT) and the audit outcome of the department.While the department rece…