Fairmont to Develop the Fairmont Quasar Istanbul

Toronto (Canada) - March 17, 2013 – Fairmont Hotels & Resorts today announced a new development in Istanbul, Turkey, scheduled to open in 2016. The 210-room hotel will be joined by branded residences and is part of the Quasar Istanbul…

NTA and ATA Ink Partnership Renewal

Washington, DC (USA) - March 15, 2013 - Leaders of two major travel associations, National Tour Association (NTA) and the Africa Travel Association (ATA), renewed their partnership in a signing ceremony here Friday. The ceremony came at the…

Cafe 9, Opening of New Centara Watergate

Bangkok (Thailand) - March 15, 2013 - April 1 sees the opening of Cafe 9 at the new Centara Watergate Pavillion Hotel Bangkok, serving international, Thai, and Asian cuisines in a bright, fresh setting in the heart of the Pratunam shopping…

Impetus for Growth at Tourism Policy Summit

Berlin (Germany) - March 14, 2013 - ITB Berlin 2013 was by far the world’s largest meeting place of international tourism policy decision-makers and business leaders. The German chancellor Angela Merkel, the Indonesian president Susilo…

Holiday Inn Veracruz Boca del Rio Opens

Boca del Río, Veracruz (Mexico) - March 14, 2013 - IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) , one of world’s leading global hotel companies, and Grupo Hotelero Latinoamérica, announce the opening of the Holiday Inn Express® Veracruz Boca del…

Sarova Hotels Upgrades with Ratetiger

London, (UK) - March 13, 2013 - The Sarova Hotel Group is upgrading its centralized hotel distribution to benefit from intelligent channel connectivity to support growing demands from its revenue and electronic distribution strategy. The…

CITES Conference Takes Decisive Actions

Bangkok (Thailand) - 14 March 2013 - The triennial World’s Wildlife Conference closed today with robust measures adopted to protect precious timber and marine species from overexploitation. 55 proposals accepted, 9 rejected and 6 withdrawn.…

Motorheadphones for the 1st Time in Asia

Bangkok (Thailand) - March 11, 2013 - With over 60 press bodies present plus Thai celebrities like Kong Karoon, The Poison and many Thai super models, Motorheadphones definitely cemented their loud factor and rock status in Thailand. Brand…

Shark Proposals Adopted at CITES

Bangkok (Thailand) - 11 March 2013 - In a highly anticipated Committee vote today, proposals to list under CITES* five species of sharks were supported by more than the two-thirds majority of voting countries needed for adoption.…

Crestron Touch Screen with Stunning Graphics

New York, NY (USA) - March 10, 2013 - Crestron today announced the release of the 5-inch TSW-550, the newest and smallest addition to its Core 3 UI™ powered family of smart phone and tablet styled touch screens. TSW-550 joins the previously…

500 Percent Higher During SXSW

Austin (USA) - March 8, 2013 - Music, film and tech lovers who are planning to visit the South by Southwest® (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas better start scraping their nickels together. According to a new survey by www.CheapHotels.org…

Cape Town Tourism at ITB 2013

Cape Town (South Africa) - March 8, 2013 - December 2012 marked the one billionth international tourism arrival globally and competition between destinations is more fierce than ever. Staying relevant by keeping up with future trends is a…

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…