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Car-Free Travel Around San Francisco

New York, NY (USA) - 15 March 2012 - At a time when the average price of gas is over $4 in California, travelers are increasingly looking for clever ways to save while still indulging their wanderlust. offMetro.com, the Internet’s premier…

Adventures With Purpose Begins in Hong Kong

Smyrna, GA (USA) - 7 March 2012 - Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose returns this month on public television with its latest episode: “Quest for Harmony,” featuring a trilogy of destinations: Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong — three…

Travel and Tourism to Boost UK Economy

London, (United Kingdom) - 5 March 2012 - The UK will be increasingly reliant on travel and tourism in 2012 as jobs and economic growth in the sector outstrip the wider economy. According to a report released today by the World…

New Research on Youth and Student Travel

Amsterdam (The Netherlands) - 4 March 2012 - WYSE Travel Confederation, in cooperation with StudentMarketing, the Confederation’s market research partner, has just released “Youth and Student Travel Market – Pricing, Industry Review No. 2”…

Group Travel Planning Site Launched

Boston, MA (USA) - 4 March 2012 – Booking group travel will now be easier than ever with todays’ beta launch of Groupize.com, a new online service that provides the travel industry’s only automated group hotel booking engine. The service…

SATTE Sets Pace for Indian Travel Industry

Mumbai, (India) - 2 March 2012 - SATTE 2012 - South Asia’s leading B2B travel and tourism trade exhibition reinforced its premier position with a record 19th edition. Serving the inbound, domestic, and outbound markets, the show, now spread…

La Quinta Grew Fastest

New Orleans (USA) - 28 February 2012 – According to a study conducted by Smith Travel Research, La Quinta grew faster than any other select service brand in the years 2001-2011, growing more than 166% in that period. In the same period, its…

UNWTO Activities At ITB 2012

Madrid, (Spain) - 24 February 2012 - UNWTO events at this year’s ITB Travel Trade Show include a high-level session on tourism trends in the Mediterranean, the Silk Road Ministers’ meeting, a session on consumer protection, and a meeting of…

Discover Lisbon With GeoCheckpointing

Krlupy, (Czech Republic) - 21 February 2012 - There are many ways how to discover Lisbon. People can buy a tourist guide and travel alone around the city. Another option is to pay for a tourist bus or buy some excursion package. But there…

Ideal For Exploring London

London, (UK) - 20 February 2012 - London open top bus tours give you far more freedom to discover London on your own terms than other types of tours, and this is what makes a hop on hop off experience so distinctive. There are so many…

You’ll Never Forget It

Toronto, (Canada) - 20 February 2012 - The global campaign that proclaimed an end to the Tourist Era revealed the faces that will grace G Adventures’ 2013 brochures. From more than 1000 entries, twenty finalists were identified, and the…

Luxury Camping Now Online

San Francisco, CA (USA) - 18 February 2012 - On February 15, 2012, GlampingHub launched the world’s first online reservation system that directs travelers to luxury camping (aka “glamping”) accommodations on five continents. Co-Founder and…

New Cape Town Tourism Marketing Toolkit

Cape Town (South Africa) - 17 February 2012 - Cape Town Tourism is set to attend the annual travel show, ITB, in Berlin from March 7-11, 2012, where they will launch a new digital trade tool, “The Cape Town Toolkit,” to the international…

Tower of London Famous Prisoners

London, (UK) - 13 February 2012 - Take a Tower of London tour and delve into its enthralling history, a history fraught with intrigue and deceit. Visit the Tower of London and find out more about its most famed prisoners, those that we…

Charlotte Ham Named Sales & Marketing Executive

Hanoi, (Vietnam) - 13 February 2012 - Luxury Travel Ltd, an award winning luxury travel tour operator and destination management company (“DMC”) in Vietnam, has announced the addition of Charlotte Ham as its Sales & Marketing Senior…

Guam Hosts Korean Travel Agents

Tumon, (Guam) - 9 February 2012 - The Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) hosted the visit of the Guam-Korea Tourism Council (KGTC) with a welcome reception co-supported by the Outrigger Guam Resort and DFS Galleria Guam on February 2, 2012 in Guam.…

World Travel Market Top UK Inbound Event

London, (UK) - 7 February 2012 - World Travel Market (WTM) 2011 has been voted UK inbound’s Industry Event of the Year at the association’s annual convention Gala Dinner for the second year in succession. The awards, which took place at…

France Cruises Free Land Tours

San Antonio, TX (USA) - 6 February 2012 - Building on its commitment for optimizing the experience of the traveler, France Cruises is offering complimentary pre- and post-cruise Land Tours in the most popular French cities when customers…

Travel for Singles Awareness Day

Toronto, (Canada) - 5 February 2012 - Singles Awareness Day (S.A.D.), a holiday introduced to recognize the unattached, and commonly celebrated on February 14 alongside Valentine’s Day, is just around the corner. Recognizing the large…

Fred Olsen Cruises to Sail from Belfast

Ipswich, (United Kingdom) - 5 February 2012 - Matt Grimes, Director of Planning for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, said: “I am delighted that Boudicca will be operating two exciting itineraries from Belfast Harbour in 2013. This is great news…

Focusing on Contract and Product Solutions

London, (UK) - 5 February 2012 - Independent Travel Contractors, launches the UK’s first agency focussing solely on providing contract and product solutions for the travel industry. The company offers tour operators, villa specialists,…

Badrinath Shrine to Reopen in April

New Delhi, (India ) - 4 February 2012 - According to Mr. Mahiraj Singh, CEO of Majestic Tour India, “Badrinath shrine is going to reopen for year 2012 on April 29 and Chardham Yatra will start at same month as well”. He further stated “We…

Valentine Cruise on the Thames

London, England (UK) - 2 February 2012 - From whence precisely does the concept of Valentine’s Day derive? The answer to this question is indistinct and vague; there is not a singular and straightforward explanation behind Valentine’s Day.…

World Travel Awards Calls for Nominations

London, England (UK) - 3 February 2012 - World Travel Awards (WTA), “the Oscars of the travel industry,” is issuing a call to those organizations that aspire to be the best in their sector to participate in its 2012 program. Established…

La Buena Vida as Top Wine

Grapevine, TX (USA) - 2 February 2012 - In its latest quarterly vote, guests of the Grapevine Wine Tours chose Homestead Winery as the city’s “Most Outstanding Winery” and La Buena Vida’s Red Headed Stepchild Sangria its “Most Outstanding…

Valentine Gift Giving from Travelpro

Miami, FL (USA) - 2 February 2012 - Travelpro, the original inventor of Rollaboard luggage and a leader in innovative, high-quality luggage design, announces its “2012 Valentine’s Travel Gift Guide” to celebrate the special day with its…

Destination Perks Lauded

Scottsdale, Arizona (USA) – 31 January 2012 - Not many industries are as focused on straightforward sales presentations as that of timeshare resorts. The stakes are high and there is as a great need to close every individual sale, as there…

With Banffhotels with .travel

Banff, (Canada) - 30 January 2012 - John Purcell, founder and owner of Banff Hotels, aims to provide travelers with a one-stop shop for finding hotels and accommodations in Banff, Canada. When the .travel domain came to be, he knew that…

Iwo Jima Veterans Reunite On Guam

Tumon, (Guam) - 30 January 2012 - Iwo Jima war veterans will meet on Guam for a Reunion of Honor on March 10-12, 2012. The reunion is being arranged and promoted by the Iwo Jima Association of America. The participants will room at…

Asia-Pacific Tourism Poised to Record Growth

Bangkok, (Thailand) - 29 January 2012 - Preliminary results released today by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) show a collective increase of 6 percent year-on-year for international arrivals into Asia/Pacific destinations during…