Crowned as the world’s most livable city-eighth time in a row, Vienna tourism recorded an all time high with almost seven million tourists between January-June 2017 marking an increase of 4.2…
Carnival begins work on first fully LNG-powered cruise ship
Carnival Corporation has marked the official beginning of construction for the first of its seven next-generation cruise ships that will be fully-powered by liquefied natural gas with a keel-laying…
Iceland Residents Aren’t Embracing Chinese Tourism Investment
Icelanders aren’t embracing the wave of interest from Chinese investors. Pictured are travelers in Iceland’s Blue Lagoon. Bloomberg Chinese investors are eager to jump on Iceland’…
Airlines for Europe calls for action on air traffic control capacity
In a joint letter to the European air navigation service providers, chief executives of Airlines for Europe’s member airlines express their concerns regarding the disruption caused by air tra…
Tourist Expenditure In Berlin Increases
How many visitors actually come to Berlin each year? What is the amount of the tourist expenditure? The Statistical Office counted 31 million overnight stays in 2016. In the survey, however, only t…
London Lays out a Strategy for Smart Tourism Growth Amid Brexit Concerns
With negotiations underway some 14 months after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, the mayor of London and London & Partners, the city’s tourism board, are releasing a …
Lufthansa Group to offer free rebooking on European routes
Lufthansa Group is making flying more flexible for passengers.Beginning in September, customers on European routes of Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa and Swiss with booking categories Economy Flex, or…
Travel Rollback for U.S-Russia Trips Leads to Further Isolation
The latest loop in the escalation of U.S.-Russia hostilities is probably the dumbest and the most damaging: The two countries are introducing de facto travel restrictions for each other’s cit…
Travel Rollback for U.S.-Russia Trips Leads to Further Isolation
The latest loop in the escalation of U.S.-Russia hostilities is probably the dumbest and the most damaging: The two countries are introducing de facto travel restrictions for each other’s cit…
Iceland Will Search for Tourists With Drones When Next Volcano Erupts
In this October 26, 2016 photo, the church of Vik, Iceland, near the Volcano Katla, After a summer of increased seismic activity at Katla, Icelanders are obsessing over the smallest sign of an erup…