Tourism Dignitaries Wowed at ITB

Berlin (Germany) - March 8, 2013 - The President of the Republic of Indonesia, H.E. Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and the Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Germany, Dr. Angela Merkel, headed the exceptional guest list at the official…

Indigo Meets Ministers from Africa

Mumbai (India) - March 5, 2013 - Mr. Rhaoul Bhatia, the owner of the Interglobe Company of India, and owners of the Indigo Airline met with Hon. Michael Mabuyakhulu, the KwaZulu Natal Minister responsible for Economic Development; Minister…

Seychelles Tourism Board Signs with Air Seychelles

Mahé (Seychelles) - March 5, 2013 - Air Seychelles and the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at increasing Seychelles’ visibility around the world by leveraging the airline’s expanding…

South Africa to Bring Africa Together

Cape Town (South Africa) - March 5, 2013 - Mr. Michael Mabuyakhulu, the South African Kwazulu-Natal Minister for Economic Development and Tourism, invited Ministers from Africa to stand with South Africa as they made their bid to…

Uxury Health Launched by Centara

Bangkok (Thailand) - March 4, 2013 - Centara Hotels&Resorts has partnered with Luxury Health Retreats (LHR), a division of Fitcorp Asia, to offer a range of inspiring educational and recreational retreats for those wanting to combine…

Centara Goes Mobile with Applications

Bangkok (Thailand) - March 2, 2013 - Centara Hotels&Resorts has launched a mobile-optimized website and iPhone and Android apps that will enable anyone to check room availability and book online using their smartphone. The apps are…

PATA Connects Digital Innovation Asia

Bangkok (Thailand) - March 2, 2013 - Located alongside, the Digital Innovation Asia events are deliberately timed to lead into the PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association) Annual Summit on April 25-28, which will attract around 400 of the…

UNWTO Activities At ITB 2013

Madrid (Spain) - March 3, 2013 - UNWTO events at ITB Travel Trade Show 2013 include the 3rd Silk Road Ministers’ meeting, a session on consumer protection, and a meeting of the World Tourism Network on Child Protection, as well as the first…

CITES Opens in Thailand

Bangkok (Thailand) - March 3, 2013 - The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP16) opened in Bangkok, Thailand, from 3 to 14 March 2013. CoP16 will be preceded by the 63rd meeting of the CITES Standing Committee, which will be…

CSM Receives Community Impact Award

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) - March 1, 2013 - CSM Corporation has announced that the company was honored at the inaugural Community Impact Awards, held Thursday, February 21st at the McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota…

Fattal Hotels to Acquire Queens Moat Houses

Germany - March 1, 2013 - In one of the largest hotels deals in Europe in recent years, the Israeli hotel company, Fattal Hotels, together with a consortium of international investors have signed a binding agreement to acquire the entire…

Centara Launches New Loyalty Card

Bangkok (Thailand) - February 18, 2013 - Centara Hotels&Resorts has launched a loyalty card, Centara The 1 Card, with members able to accrue points that can be redeemed for free hotel rooms at any of the company’s properties anywhere in…

Miss World 2012 at Centara Grand at Centralworld

Bangkok (Thailand) - February 17, 2013 - Robert F. Maurer-Loeffler (right), General Manager, and Nisara Khamphong (2nd right), Public Relations Manager of Centara Grand&Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld, recently welcomed Wenxia…

Forbes Announces its Annual Star Awards

Los Angeles (USA) - February 27, 2013 — Forbes Travel Guide today unveiled its 55th announcement of Five-Star, Four-Star and Recommended hospitality establishments worldwide, including eighteen new hotels, five new restaurants and four new…

Kirkwood Mountain Resort Selects Agilysys

Alpharetta, GA. (USA) — February 27, 2013 — Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative information technology and hospitality software solutions, today announced that one of the nation's most popular destination…

Movie Time at Frankfurt Airport

Frankfurt (Germany) - February 25, 2013 - Transfer, take one: Frankfurt Airport is taking new approaches to informing passengers. Instead of dry, boring announcements, now an entertaining film shows how easy and attractive it is to change…

BLLA Adds 95 New Properties

Los Angeles, CA (USA) - February 23, 2013 – The Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association (BLLA) announces the addition of an impressive ninety-five new properties to its growing roster of hotels. They hailed from renowned brands…

HSMAI Taps Into Vizergy

Jacksonville, FL (USA) - February 28, 2013 – Vizergy, a leading hotel Internet marketing and strategy company, is continuing on its path as an industry innovator with an additional presence on Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association…

Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2013

New York, 15 February 2013 – Twenty-four social entrepreneurs have been acknowledged by the Schwab Foundation as Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2013. The winners were selected in recognition of their innovative approaches and potential…

Intelity’s ICE Now Covers Five Continents

Orlando, Fla. (USA) - February 12, 2012 – Intelity, a leading provider of hospitality technology, has now expanded its reach across five continents. The company was the first to install integrated guest service software on iPads in hotel…

HSMAI Names Executive Committee and Board

McLean, Va. (USA) - February 12, 2013 – The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI), proudly announced today its 2013 Americas Region Executive Committee and Board of Directors. For 2013, HSMAI’s Nominating…

Fregate Island Announces Refurbishment Program

Seychelles - February 18, 2013 - Seychelles’ true sanctuary, Fregate Island Private, has announced an extensive soft refurbishment program with the release of a series of preview photos, which provide a peek into the future for Fregate’s…

InterContinental Signs 13 New Hotels in India

London (United Kingdom) - February 19, 2013 - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced it has signed 13 new hotels in India, boosting its existing pipeline in the country to 47. The announcement was made as Jan Smits, chief…

Jordan First Country with Tourism Webcams

Amman (Jordan) - February 11, 2013 - EarthCam and the award-winning Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) have teamed up to launch a collection of live streaming webcams, with views of some of the country's most treasured and visited locations. This…

Jetwing Vil Uyana and Jetwing Lagoon Achievments

Sri Lanka - February 10, 2013 - For parents, seeing their children achieve success in all aspects of life from education to sports counts as the proudest moments of their lives. If you ask them why, there will be a multitude of reasons –…

Centara Watergate Bangkok Unveils Signage

Bangkok (Thailand) - February 10, 2013 - Centara Watergate Pavillion Hotel Bangkok, a four-star property located at Rachaprarop and above the Watergate Pavillion shopping complex, is the fourth hotel to be opened in Bangkok by Centara…

Travelindex Becomes PATA Preferred Partner

Bangkok (Thailand) - February 15, 2013 - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is delighted to welcome Travelindex as the Preferred Partner. Travelindex is an online platform and data repository for the travel industry. It had over 18…

Pattaya To Host Major Golf Event

Pattaya (Thailand) - February 10, 2013 - Pattaya Thailand, winners of the Golf Destination of the Year 2012 for Asia and Australasia, has won the right to host the 2nd Asia Golf Tourism Convention (AGTC) from 29th April to May 2nd 2013.…

The Luxury Collection Opens Vana Belle Koh Samui

Koh Samui (Thailand) - February 8, 2013 - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) today announced the opening of Vana Belle, a Luxury Collection Resort, Koh Samui. This newly built resort joins Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit in…

Hyatt Key West Appoints Joel Bunde as GM

Key West, Fla. (USA) - February 8, 2013 – Hyatt Key West Resort and Spa, the island’s premier luxury leisure resort, has appointed seasoned Hyatt veterans Joel Bunde as general manager and Braedan Quigley as director of sales and marketing.…