Each week, Elisabeth Easther gets the story of people in the Kiwi tourism industry. This week, she speaks to the New Zealand manager of World Expeditions.I grew up in Melbourne, was born and bred in Australia and I moved to…
U.K.-based river cruise company Riviera Travel is introducing its fleet of European river vessels to the U.S. market with a sales office opening in Fairfield, Conn., and a U.S.-facing website launching on April 3.Starting next week, U.S. customers will be…
Frasers Hospitality Group is expanding its global presence with eight new properties in the Middle East and Africa.The new properties will increase Frasers Hospitality Group’s global footprint to more than 1,500 units across both regions.The recent launch of Fraser Suites…
Guadalajara is kind of an odd destination in Mexico when it comes to luxury hotel choices. Despite being Mexico’s second-largest city by population, it only has a small fraction of the high-end hotels you’ll find in the capital. With just…
Amelia Nurse explains the joys of local eco tourism on a trip to D’Urville Island.When I look out from my window on the Kapiti Coast, I see the silhouette of D’Urville Island across Cook Strait – often quite spectacular in…
LAX is beginning preparations for a large terminal move on the night of May 12th.From May 12th-17th, Delta Air Lines will be moving its operations at LAX to Terminals 2 and 3 from Terminals 5 and 6.As a result, 19…
InterContinental Hotels Group has welcomed the opening of Crowne Plaza Paris – Neuilly.Located in the prestigious residential neighbourhood of Neuilly, close to the American Hospital of Paris, the 281-guest room hotel is ideal for business travellers as it is close…
A new hotel opened this month in the centre of Gaborone, Botswana.The 54-room hotel will be known as Room50two.“The finishing touches are happening as we speak and we hope to have a soft opening in two weeks’ time,” said Head…
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Ministry of Tourism will offer 10,000 free technical college courses for public school students. The courses, aimed at the travel market, will be offered in several cities across eighteen states, with classes expected to…
The intricacies of an ancient civilisation are scanned and laid bare in a Sydney exhibition, writes Dionne Christian.When Sir Godfrey Hounsfield invented one of the first CT scanners – it’s the scary-looking machine that takes multiple x-rays from different angles…
