While global tourism still grew in 2016 despite terror threats around the world, countries where terrorist attacks have occurred have been hurt, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).The WTTC said global tourism grew 3.3% in 2016, and…
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr says the airline group’s surcharge on GDS bookings has been so successful that he would be “very surprised” if other airlines do not follow suit.Spohr addressed the topic during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Thursday,…
Struggling Italian flag carrier Alitalia unveiled a business plan Thursday that it expects will return the airline to profitability by 2019.The plan calls for a 1 billion euro reduction in costs by 2019 through staffing and other operating cuts. The…
Lufthansa Group is all set to deploy its newest long-haul aircraft, the Airbus A350-900 to India’s financial capital during the summer schedule of 2017. Mumbai, from April 16 onwards would become the third destination worldwide to welcome the aircraft. Flying…
FORT LAUDERDALE — Norwegian Cruise Line unveiled a rendering of a new class of ship it plans to build starting in 2022.No other details were released at a Norwegian news conference at the Seatrade Cruise Global convention that mostly covered…
Forte Village, set on the Italian island of Sardinia, will launch the newly refurbished Villa del Parco Hotel this summer season.Part of the Leading Hotels of the World collection, the five-star Villa del Parco at Forte Village is being re-launched…
Some tour operators have said that talk arising from questions about president Trump’s relationship with Russia during and after the election campaign appear to have triggered a renewed interest among Americans in visiting the country.Others attributed a bump in Russia…
VisitBritain has recently appointed Vikas Sheth as the Country Manager in India. He will be resuming operations at VisitBritain’s Mumbai office from February 2017.Sheth is currently working in the VisitBritain High Commission in Delhi. He has over nine years of…
The number of UK tourists visiting Geneva last year rose 2.9 per cent, in comparison to the same period in 2015, official figures showed.Tourism, both business and leisure, is an important economic driver for Geneva and these figures demonstrate the…
TripAdvisor has announced the results of its 2017 Hotel Pricing Report, revealing UK hotel room rates will be significantly cheaper in 2017 compared to 2016.Driven in large part by a drop in the value of the pound, many inbound travellers…
