tourism

London (United Kingdom) - 20 May 2012 - The travel and tourism industry in the Americas region is three times the size of automotive manufacturing and roughly one-third larger than chemicals manufacturing and mining. This is according to…

Madrid, (Spain) - 11 May 2012 - The first results of 2012 indicate that international tourism continued to show sustained growth in spite of challenging economic conditions. During the first two months of 2012, international tourist…

Parklands (South Africa) - 22 April 2012 - South Africa is one of three countries chosen to bid for the honor of hosting the World Association of Chefs’ Societies (WACS) Congress in 2016. SA is competing against Greece and Turkey and…

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) - 22 April 2012 - Fikre Degife, Ethiopian Airlines’ Chief Representative Regional Director of Sales & Services for Mainland China, Mongolia, and North Korea, made time during the Chinese Tourism Trade Fair in…

Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) - 15 April 2012 - The winners of the Saudi Tourism Excellence Award, this year in its second session, were announced on April 4. The winners were honored by His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz,…

Paris, (France) - 10 April 2012 - Two experts from UNESCO, Ms. Avril Joffe and Mr. Lloyd Stanbury, have completed a three-week mission in Seychelles as part of the UNESCO Technical Assistance Mission for the promotion and development of the…

Saudi Arabia - 10 April 2012 - His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz President of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), inaugurated last Monday the website of the Saudi tourism films and photo…

Charlottesville, Virginia (USA) - 20 March 2012 – In a joint effort, the Tobago Hotel & Tourism Association and the Tobago Tourism Board have both signed agreements with Regatta Travel Solutions. Regatta’s booking engine solution…

Amman (Jordan) - 18 March 2012 - The Jordan Tourism Board’s (JTB) stand displayed its new design, first revealed at World Travel Market (WTM) in London in November 2011, with a 3D entrance depicting the Siq and the path to the Treasury at…

London (United Kingdom) - 17 March 2012 - Brazil is Latin America’s fastest-growing travel and tourism economy; with travel and tourism’s direct contribution to GDP, it is forecast to grow at 7.8 percent in 2012. Research released by…

The Caribbean - 16 March 2012) - The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) and the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) have welcomed recently published research by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) confirming the…

Kingston (Jamaica) - 14 March 2012 - The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year and to mark the momentous occasion, CHTA, in conjunction with the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)…

Charlottesville, Virginia (USA) - 13 March 2012 – Anguilla’s Hotel & Tourism Association has signed an agreement with Regatta Travel Solutions to launch BookAnguilla.com, a new website which will allow consumers to book hotels and…

Templeton, CA (USA) - 12 March 2012 - Mental Marketing and TJA Advertising & Public Relations, two leading California Central Coast marketing, advertising and public relations agencies, have been recognized by the California Tourism and…

London (United Kingdom) - 9 March 2012 - Travel and tourism is set for a milestone year as the industry’s direct contribution to the global economy is expected to pass US$2 trillion in GDP and 100 million jobs. According to research by…

Madrid (Spain) - 9 March 2012 - The 2012 official World Tourism Day (WTD) celebrations will be held in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain, (September 27, 2012). Under the theme “Tourism and Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable…

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…

Ljubljana, (Slovenia) - 5 March 2012 - A recent study about city tourism in European capitals has revealed that Ljubljana, Slovenia, next to Berlin and Stockholm, is ranked among the top three European capitals with the highest growth rate…

Madrid (Spain) - 5 March 2012 - La Massana, Principality of Andorra - As has been widely recognized, snow and mountain tourism, as a rapidly-growing and dynamic segment of the tourism industry, is facing challenges and it needs to…

Harrisburg, PA (USA) – 4 March 2012 - The Pennsylvania Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus (PACVB), the Pennsylvania Tourism and Lodging Association (PTLA) and the Pennsylvania Tourism Coalition are hosting a statewide tourism…

Madrid (Spain) - 1 March 2012 - The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Microsoft signed today an agreement aimed at bringing the benefits of the most advanced technologies to the tourism sector and driving the industry’s evolution…

Ottawa, (Canada) - 29 February 2012 - Every industry needs a voice, and for the Canadian travel and tourism business, that voice is TIAC.travel. TIAC (Tourism Industry Association of Canada) advocates for the travel industry on important…

Coral Gables, FL (USA) - 28 February 2012 - The 16th Annual Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC) is geared to emphasize the need for public and private sector partnerships in order to maximize investment opportunities…

Riyadh, (Saudi Arabia) - 27 February 2012 - The campaign for the second staging of the Saudi Excellence in Tourism Awards has kicked off in Riyadh. This year’s awards are scheduled to be presented to successful nominees in early April this…

Cape Town, (South Africa) - 22 February 2012 - A benchmark affiliate report has been published by the UN World Tourism Association (UNTWO) in partnership with the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association. The Global Report on LGBT…

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…

London, (United Kingdom) - 17 February 2012 - Europe must not go it alone on aviation emissions trading; instead a global solution should be found, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has today told the European Union. Speaking…

Berlin (Germany) - February 17, 2012 - At the world’s leading travel trade show the success story of the eTravel World, the travel technology sector’s trend-setting platform, is set to continue. In the Travel Technology section in Hall 7.1c…

Berlin, 16 February 2012 – Once again, topics including tourism, marketing, technology, politics, the economy, sustainability and health await visitors to this year’s ITB Berlin Convention. From 7 to 9 March 2012, for the seventh time,…

London (UK) - 14 February 2012 - It is only two months until 1,000 travel and tourism leaders will gather in Sendai and Tokyo from April 16-19 to discuss and debate some major issues facing the industry, during the World Travel &…

Ottawa, (CA) – 11 February 2012 - The Hotel Association of Canada congratulates Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his success in China over the past several days specifically recognizing the positive steps made with regards to tourism in…

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.…

Parksville, BC (Canada) - 7 February 2012 – Canada EH Tourism has embarked on an aggressive marketing campaign expanding the EH Tourism brand into Central, Eastern and Atlantic Canada. With the Official Launch of the SaskatchewanEH.ca…

Harrisburg, PA (USA) - 1 February 2012 - We are definitely in the information age—and that means success will come to those of us with the most (and best) information. Allow us to introduce a book that can put valuable information into the…

Berlin (Germany) - February 1, 2012 - The countdown to the 46th ITB Berlin, which takes place from 7 to 11 March 2012, has begun. Many of the halls at the world’s leading travel trade show are already booked up. Overall, Messe Berlin…

Los Angeles, CA (USA) - 31 January 2012 - The first global report from WTW, the 4WR: Wellness for Whom, Where and What? Wellness Travel 2020 Full Report is a research report presenting the biggest opportunities in wellness tourism…

Florence, (Italy) - 30 January 2012 - More than 25,000 international visitors are expected at the first edition of Art & Tourism, the art and cultural tourism fair making its debut in Florence from May 18-20, 2012. Art & Tourism…

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…

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…

Bangkok, (Thailand) - 21 January 2012 - Exotissimo Travel, a leading Destination Management Company in Asia, has in its array of varying programs, a number of gastronomic experiences aimed at showcasing the region’s finest cuisine.…

Tumon, (Guam) - 21 January 2012 - In a first for the US, President Barack Obama today announced a national strategy on travel and tourism to boost travel in the United States. The US travel industry is a cornerstone of the US economy,…

Ghent, (Belgium) - 21 January 2012 - Online video production company, Timbooktwo, is pioneering a unique one-for-one business model: for every video they make for a tourism company, they produce a completely free video for a charity.…

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 16, 2012 - Figures tabulated by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports for January – November 2011 show total arrivals by nationality of 17,105,283, up 21.17 percent over the same period of 2010. Although the…

St. Georges, (Grenada) - January 11, 2012 – The Grenada Board of Tourism(GBT) and the Grenada Hotel & Tourism Association (GHTA) have jointly launched a new, and improved, booking engine on their respective websites…

Cape Town (South Africa) - January 7, 2012 - The Cape Town tourism sector is reporting a marked improvement in traffic at restaurants, shops and attractions for December 2011, while the accommodation sector is also reporting a positive…

Executives from the leading hospitality brands in India will participate in the Cornell International Hospitality Summit India, presented by the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration (SHA) on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at the Taj…

With Chinese New Year set to welcome the Year of the Dragon, Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita is preparing to mark the occasion with a specialized culinary calendar of Chinese delicacies, prepared by visiting Chef Sam Xu from Four…