Air France KLM’s new long-haul operation, Boost, designed to compete with the Gulf airlines, will not be a low-cost model. In October, a spokesperson for Air France KLM said the group was con…
A Different Mexico City View at Stara San Angel Inn
Most of Mexico City’s luxury hotels and business hotels sit in a clear corridor between the central historic district and Polanco next to the largest park. It has been difficult to find quali…
New Tank Stream Hotel offers great value accommodation for Sydney
New Tank Stream Hotel offers great value accommodation for SydneyOne of Sydney’s newest hotels, The Tank Stream Hotel, located in the heart of the city’s heritage area, is offering grea…
IAG to launch long-haul venture in Barcelona
International Airlines Group (IAG) — parent of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus –plans to launch a new long-haul operation out of Barcelona in June.The company said it ha…
Arrivals to SA continue to climb
Overseas arrivals to South Africa are up 20% and total arrivals are up 14% year-to-date compared with the same period in 2015. This is according to the October 2016 stats released during December 2…
Cuba: classic cars, cigars, cocktails and contradictions
Blenheim woman Janna Wilkinson has been blogging about her life in Bermuda. Here she talks about a recent trip to Cuba.Cuba had been on our bucket list for quite some time and with the embargo lift…
InterGlobe Air Transport partner up with APT
InterGlobe Air Transport (IGAT) has been appointed as the exclusive sales agency in India for the luxury cruise and tour operator APT. IGAT would be responsible for promoting and selling APT’…
Will Uniworld’s millennial-focused river cruises find a market?
With its millennial-focused U by Uniworld brand, Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection is creating a product for 18- to 40-year-olds before any significant demand for such a product exists, acc…
FICCI launches Travel Tech Launch Pad
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerceand Industry (FICCI), as part of its mandate to further enhance India’s digital drive in the travel and tourism industry has launched its maiden i…
Carnival Corp.: Wearable technology to transform cruise experience
Carnival Corp. has created a new Bluetooth-enabled disc that will replace and augment plastic key cards on future ships and be the underpinning for a variety of new ways of doing things on cruises.…