InterContinental Hotels Group has signed a dual-brand management agreement with PT. Graha Agung Indahsentosa to debut two hotels in Bintan, Indonesia.Set to open in 2019, the new-build Holiday Inn Resort Bintan Lagoi Beach and Hotel Indigo Bintan Lagoi Beach will…
The Kenyan government will start construction of the first cable car project on the Likoni channel in Mombasa County in November.Kenya’s Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary, James Macharia, said the Ministry would soon sign contracts to pave the way for…
They stand in a clear line along the Wiltshire Downs facing north: perhaps facing an enemy whose identity we do not know. In the bright sunshine of late spring, I could see the hillforts stretching away along the escarpment –…
Following a four-year overhaul of a listed 1926 hotel building in San Francisco’s resurgent Mid-Market neighbourhood, Proper’s flagship opens later this northern summer with captivating interiors by design star Kelly Wearstler and a chic rooftop bar.A striking triangular “flatiron” building…
Danish leisure carrier Primera Air plans to become the next low-cost carrier to enter the transatlantic market.Beginning April 19, Primera will fly daily from Newark to London Stansted. Daily flights from Newark to Paris de Gaulle and Birmingham, England, begin…
Holidaymakers save up all year for their annual break so it is no surprise that when things go wrong, they like to let everyone know.Travel agents receive a variety of complaints from tourists who wish to highlight the hiccups they…
They stand in a clear line along the Wiltshire Downs facing north: perhaps facing an enemy whose identity we do not know. In the bright sunshine of late spring, I could see the hillforts stretching away along the escarpment –…
Iran is not the first place on most people’s list of travel destinations. The Middle-Eastern nation has been virtually cut off from the majority of the Western world since the Islamic revolution that overthrew the Shah in 1979. It is…
Arrivals from the US into SA have performed consistently well throughout the year so far, with an increase of 8% year-to-date recorded by Stats SA.Tourism Update investigated why US arrivals are on the up in both Southern and East Africa,…
I recently had the pleasure of flying down to Cancun to report on two fabulous all-inclusive Mexico hotels — Finest Resort and Beloved Resort — for TravelAge West. I flew American Airlines down (click here to read my airline review…
