With Kiwi tourism hitting all-time highs, New Zealand has emerged as a hotbed for hotel development.In Auckland alone, roughly 2,500 new rooms are slated to come on line in the next five years, with upscale Western brands like InterContinental, SO…
Disney Cruise Line has agreed to sail a ship of at least 3,500 passengers from Miami on a year-round basis, starting in 2023.It will be the first time Disney deploys a ship year-round from a homeport other than Port Canaveral,…
The Luxury Collection has announced that Hotel Talisa, a top luxury ski resort in Vail, Colorado, has joined the brand.Introducing Vail’s only true ski-in/ski-out luxury resort, Hotel Talisa is the newest addition to the Luxury Collection’s portfolio of diverse hotels…
The Norwegian Encore will display a splash of primary colors and abstract shapes on its hull, according to a rendering released by Norwegian Cruise Line.The ship’s hull will be painted by Spanish artist Eduardo Arranz-Bravo prior to its delivery in…
AccorHotels has appointed Mark Willis as chief executive officer for Middle East and Africa.Based in Dubai, Willis will be responsible for overseeing a combined network of close to 400 hotels in operation and pipeline across the regions.Willis joins the company…
Great Plains Conservation has announced dates for the closure of luxury tented Selinda Camp in Botswana, for a complete rebuild.Cheryl Lubner, Reservations Director of the camp, told Tourism Update that the camp would close on November 1 and reopen on…
Iberia has announced it will offer its new premium economy class on flights to Havana and Johannesburg, while boosting capacity on Madrid-Lima and Madrid-São Paulo routes.At the start of the 2019 summer season, Iberia passengers flying to Havana and to…
The eighth Magical Kenya Travel Expo (MKTE) will take place in Nairobi, from October 3-5.Organised by the Kenya Tourism Board, MKTE is East Africa’s largest travel expo, connecting leading African products and top-producing global buyers – with key source markets…
TripAdvisor has welcomed the result of a legal ruling in Italy which saw a persistent online review fraudster sentenced to jail.In one of the first legal cases of its kind, the criminal court of Lecce ruled that writing fake reviews…
London Stansted’s long-haul routes drove the airport to its busiest ever month in August, with 2.98 million passengers travelling through the airport.Stansted’s successful growth led MAG, the UK’s largest airport group, to grow by 3.2 per cent year-on-year in its…
