Tourism Fiji participated in OTM 2018 and in an exclusive interview with Travel News Digest, revealed Fiji’s growth percentage and upcoming plans for this year.Vaijayanthi Kari, India Representative, Tourism Fiji averred, “Year ending November 2017, Fiji received more than 5000…
NEW YORK — Toy Story Land, a highly anticipated attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando, now has an opening date. It will open June 30.“Hollywood Studios is certainly in the middle of an amazing transformation, and clearly Toy Story…
The hotel industry in Germany is no longer willing to tolerate false information associated with hotel stars. Since autumn 2016, the German Hotel and Restaurant Association Dehoga identified a total of 2,034 cheating hoteliers, who improved their star rating without…
The tourism income in Portugal increased by 16.6% last year compared to 2016, to a total of 39 billion euros. 20.6 million guests and 57.5 million overnight stays were registered, according to the latest statistics.According to preliminary data of the…
Luxury watches sales increased by 8% in France in 2017, largely thanks to the return of Chinese tourists to France, after a loss of interest linked to the terror attacks, now the watch market is revived.“Watches are making its way…
Botswana’s troubled airline, Air Botswana, is up for privatisation again.Kabelo Ebineng, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, said plans were under way and that the Ministry hoped to achieve privatisation before winter this year.In February last year,…
When you look at the shore excursion or day tour options on the internet for the capital of Panama, they’re quite limited. You’d be forgiven for thinking that all there is to do in Panama City is visit the canal,…
A weekend escape to a luxury lodge in Northland is magic, writes Stephanie Holmes.The last time I saw Bream Head, it was after slogging my way along the 7.5km endurance test that is the Te Whara track, one of the…
Riviera River Cruises’ 167-passenger Robert Burns will be christened by Omega World Travel founder Gloria Bohan at a ceremony in Vienna on April 3.Bohan founded Omega World Travel (No. 17 on Travel Weekly’s 2017 Power List) in 1972. It has…
Food wastage is a growing problem around the world. According to FAO, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, one-third of the food produced in the world is ultimately wasted. The tourism industry is starting to react.In the East, the Pacific…
