Brazil is emerging as a tourist favourite in 2020, in terms of attracting foreign visitors. The exchange rate situation, the recovery of the economy and the new offerings of products and services a…
Caribbean tourism growing twice as fast as global average
Tourist arrivals to the Caribbean increased by a solid 9.7 per cent during the first half of 2019 when compared to the same period last year, according to new figures.Addressing the media at a news…
Chiloe, Chile: South America’s island of millennia-old myths and traditions
There were 5000-square-metre plots of Chiloe for sale in the Wall Street Journal the day I arrived on the island.No-one was revealing the price; but according to locals, and assuming they weren&rsq…
Garcia handed chief financial officer role at Embraer
The board of directors at Embraer has elected Antonio Carlos Garcia as the company’s new chief financial officer and investor relations officer.He will replace Nelson Salgado, who will move t…
Cuban Tourism Falls Dramatically – By 6%
Tourist arrivals to Cuba continue to plummet, dropping 6% over last year. The effects of the US sanctions have already begun to be felt with a steep decline of American visitors to the island.The d…
V Resorts bags the prestigious UNWTO Award for Sustainable Tourism
V Resorts, a boutique Indian leisure travel and hospitality brand, bagged the prestigious World Tourism Award (UNWTO) 2018-19 held at St. Petersburg, Russia, recently. V Resorts has been felicitate…
Tourism Trinidad Limited targets a 7% increase in international visitor arrivals for 2020
For the new fiscal year 2019-20, Tourism Trinidad Limited’s (TTL) main goals are to increase visitor arrivals by 7% to 380,000; attain an average hotel occupancy rate of 64% and grow visitor …
Nicaraguan seeks to woo UK travellers with new campaign
The Latin American Travel Association, in collaboration with the Nicaraguan Tourism Board, has launched a #NicaraguaisOpen tourism campaign.The campaign aims to promote Nicaragua’s widespread…
Chablé Maroma Lives Up to the First in the Yucatan Peninsula
Back when the original Chablé Resort & Spa opened outside of Merida, Mexico, it got high praise from our reviewer for its sleek modern design that upended the typical hacienda hotel aest…
World leaders welcomed to Future Investment Initiative in Saudi Arabia
The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia has welcomed a series of global heads of state and senior policy makers to the third annual Future Investment Initiative.The event is taking place in Riya…