Travel Trade Maldives is the platform that connects the travel trade community of the Maldives to the global network of travel agents easily and instantly.Staged annually in Maldives, the event is the leading global event for the travel trade industry…
RwandAir has announced it will commence three weekly flights to London Gatwick Airport from Kigali on May 26th, 2017.London, one of the world’s leading financial centres, becomes RwandAir’s first European and second long haul route.The destination will be served by…
The Philippines officially welcomed Star Cruises earlier when SuperStar Virgo arrived in Manila to begin her inaugural homeport deployment in the country.The occasion was commemorated with a special ceremony at Manila South Harbour.“It is our honour to call Manila SuperStar…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. said it will become a 40% partner in a joint venture to upgrade the primary cruise pier and terminal in Malaysia.The project to improve the Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal in George Town calls for lengthening the…
Luxury all-inclusive hotel specialists Sandals and Beaches Resorts, both part of Sandals Resorts International, will launch to the trade a new fully protected UK tour operator under the name of Unique Caribbean Holidays.The new venture will debut on April 10th.The…
I BOUGHT MY FIRST PLANE TICKET for a solo trip to Africa when I was 18. I had decided to climb Kilimanjaro pretty much on a whim and with the vague hope of impressing girls, and was looking forward to…
ROLLER COASTERS DON’T NEED MODIFICATIONS in order to be scary. Falling from the sky on a rickety pile of metal is terrifying enough as it is. But Six Flags in Maryland has decided to up the ante. They’ve invented a…
1. Your parents usually knew what they were talking about.When I was in my teens and early 20s, I harbored an intense suspicion that my parents never knew what they were talking about. I still occasionally harbor this suspicion on…
Turbulence is a bumpy business. Besides inducing anxiety in passengers around the world, it costs the airline industry about $100 million per year because of factors like crew and passenger injuries, maintenance, operational issues and money lost while planes are…
As frequent flyers, it can be easy to think that you’re being misled by airlines and their frequent flyer programs. And a couple of years ago, a congressman from Florida, Alan Grayson, felt the same, prompting the Inspector General of…
