By law, 25% of Costa Rican territory is considered a protected area and a new reform of the environmental legislation will forbid tourists from traveling to the country to practice hunting tourism.Last week, Costa Rica became the first Latin American…
Driving through the Canberra suburb of Ainslie about 9pm, a mob of about 20 kangaroos hopped across the road. They took their time, lazily eyeing my car.Just for the record, Ainslie is not out in the boondocks. It’s classified as…
AccorHotels has signed an agreement to acquire 85 per cent of 21c Museum Hotels.21c combines a multi-venue contemporary art museum, boutique hotels and chef-driven restaurants, with 11 properties currently open and under development across the United States.The company was founded…
Carlson Wagonlit Travel has launched CWT Travel Consolidator, an analytics tool that captures every part of an organisation’s travel and expense spend.“Gathering, matching and reconciling travel and expense data is challenging and it’s often hard to get the full picture…
Primera Air will cease operations from Birmingham Airport to Alicante, Tenerife, Las Palma, Reykjavik and Malaga on October 29th.The decision was blamed by the Scandinavian carrier on a “capacity reduction”.The news follows an earlier decision to cancel some long-haul flights.Flight…
Emirates is celebrating ten years of A380 operations.Since its first flight to New York from Dubai on August 1st, 2008, the Emirates A380 has carried more than 105 million passengers, clocking in more than 1.5 billion kilometres on 115,000 flights,…
The fate of Knysna Tourism is soon to be determined, as its offices were scheduled to close on Tuesday (July 31) as there is no Service Level Agreement (SLA) between Knysna Municipality and Knysna Tourism and, with it, the funding…
The arrival of foreign tourists in Brazil increased by 8% in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2017, according to preliminary numbers gathered by the Brazilian tourism ministry.If this pace continues in the coming…
Eli Orzessek takes to the trees in a Rotorua Forest and manages to hold on to both camera and stomach.In woodlands outside Rotorua, the quiet stillness of the forest is punctuated by occasional screeches.Sometimes, it’s the unusual song of a…
The owners of Al Habtoor City have confirmed three properties on the site are to be rebranded by Hilton.The news, which was confirmed at a press event in Dubai, follows an earlier announcement that Marriott International would no longer manage…
