MSC Cruises recognized nine travel partners as top producers for 2016.Its highest award, the President’s Award for Overall Partner of the Year, went to World Travel Holdings.Other winners wer…
SWISS reports record in passenger volume for 2016
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) transported 16,517,559 passengers in 2016, a 1.3% increase on 2015, which had itself been a record year in passenger volume terms. A total of 145,868 flights w…
What the UK Prime Minister’s Latest Brexit Speech Means for the Travel Industry
UK’s Prime Minister Theresa May on January 19, 2017 delivering a significant speech on Brexit during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Associated Press Since the vote at the…
North American Tourists Are Spending More in Post-Brexit Britain
North American tourists flocked into Britain to take advantage of the weak pound after last year’s Brexit vote, but spending by European tourists – far greater in number – slipped…
Sevnica, Slovenia Is Hoping for a FLOTUS Tourism Bump
“First Lady” apple pies in the Kruhek bakery in Melania Trump’s hometown of Sevnica in Slovenia are selling like hot cakes.“We sell more than a hundred a day so the pies are…
Milan Bergamo Airport breaks passenger records in 2016
Milan Bergamo Airport witnessed another year of robust growth throughout 2016, welcoming close to one million more passengers than the year before.Experiencing 7.2 per cent passenger traffic growth…
Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines go online on short and mid-range flights
Soon, passengers of Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines will be able to go online on shorter journeys too as they have already been able to do for some time on long haul flights.Harry Hohmeister, Membe…
VisitBritain expects a landmark year for inbound tourism
VisitBritain indicates that 2017 is set to be another record year for inbound tourism to the UK.Spending by overseas visitors is predicted to reach £24.1 billion in 2017, an eight percent inc…
Bench Events to launch The Summit in June 2017
Industry leaders are preparing to meet at The Summit 2017, an event designed for hospitality and tourism insiders to be held on June 6th at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London.The event falls at an…
Cox & Kings-owned MEININGER Hotels to open its second hotel in Brussels
Cox & Kings owned MEININGER Hotels signed a lease contract with Nelson Canal for a hotel in Brussels. The hotel will have 150 rooms and 668 beds and will be located on Rue Bara 101 close to the…