Brazilian airline Gol will launch a new direct route between São Paulo and Quito, with three weekly flights taking off from December.The announcement is the result of several months of discussions and planning involving the airline, the Ecuadorian government, the…
Have you ever wondered whether that “fragile” sticker on your suitcase actually offers any added protection?An airport baggage handler, who works for a company that provides baggage and ground services to major US airlines, told Conde Nast Traveler what really…
TransferTravel.com has launched a new website aimed at bringing transferable travel to the masses.With over 220,000 hotel rooms a day going wasted in the US alone and an estimated $40 Billion worldwide worth of pre-booked and unused travel being wasted…
Thomas Cook Airlines is adding Easter 2019 flights from Cardiff airport for the first time, meaning that thousands of people can head to Europe for some spring sunshine.With 11 flights a week from April 3rd next year until the end…
Como Hotels & Resorts has appointed Javier Beneyto as the new general manager of Como Metropolitan London, the 144-bedroom contemporary hotel in Mayfair.Beneyto joins the team after successfully launching Como’s newest addition to the collection, Como Uma Canggu in Bali.Born…
Over 1,800 associates of Emaar Hospitality Group, the hospitality and leisure business of Emaar Properties, have completed the ‘Dubai Way’ training launched by the Dubai Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing.A strategic initiative by the Dubai College of Tourism, under…
Fastjet has received a cash injection of roughly $10 million and has started the process of acquiring Federal Airlines and hopes to launch domestic services in South Africa by the end of next year.In the company’s final results statement for…
For decades, with the exception of major capitals and some sunny and beachy tourist destinations, the Latin-American hotel sector has been lacking a proper development effort. The positive economic cycle by the end of the last decade changed the situation,…
Deal of the week: Northern LightsCruise Norway and see the Northern Lights while on a 12-night round-trip from Southampton on board the Queen Elizabeth. Priced from $4439pp, twin-share, the itinerary includes Alesund, Tromso, Narvik and Stavanger. Your home-at-sea will be…
Mandarin Oriental assumed management of the resort in October 2017, but the name change did not happen until last month. It is Mandarin Oriental’s first Caribbean resort.The 26-suite, seven-villa luxury resort began as the Carenage Bay Beach & Golf Club…
