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Great Success for First-Ever ITB China Shanghai

Shanghai (China) - May 14, 2017 (travelindex.com) - The first ITB China marked its premiere and proved its importance as China’s new marketplace for the travel trade industry. Summing up the three-day business to business event: From 10 to…

Air Travel Defies Global Challenges

Bangkok (Thailand) – April 27, 2017 (travelindex.com) - The latest global overview of air travel has shown that passengers, from Europe, the Americas and the Far East, are making more bookings and taking more flights, despite recent…

Macao to Become City of Gastronomy

Macao - January 19, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) held its Annual Press Conference today (18 January) and announced that Macao’s total visitor arrivals in 2016 hit a record of 30 million and more, slightly…

TAT is Hosting a Fun Expat Party

Bangkok (Thailand) - September 21, 2016 (travelindex.com) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is inviting everyone to the Expat Fair Thailand 2016 to boost the image of Thai tourism, celebrate the vibrant expat community, and…

ITB Asia Partners CrescentRating for Halal Insights

Singapore - August 13, 2016 (travelindex.com) – ITB Asia, “Asia’s Leading Travel Trade Show”, has established a partnership with CrescentRating, the world’s leading authority on halal travel. As part of the trade show’s first foray into…

ITB China with Ctrip VP as Keynote

Shanghai (China) - August 4, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Ms Jane Sun, Co-President and COO of Ctrip will be the keynote speaker at the official opening of the first ITB China, which will take place in May 2017. This was announced by ITB…

Thailand Drills to Drive Domestic Travel

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 13, 2016 (travelindex) - Thailand will boost domestic tourism as part of its objectives to achieve sustainability in tourism, H.E. Deputy Prime Minister, Somkid Jatusripitak, told a press briefing Monday, along…

ITB Berlin Sets New Records

Berlin (Germany) - March 8, 2015 - 175,000 visitors during the five-day show – an increase in trade visitors from abroad – the convention attracts more visitors – trade visitors and exhibitors remain longer at the show – exhibitors report…

Tourism in Europe at Record Levels

Berlin (Germany) - November 28, 2014 - Travel-hungry Europeans are defying local crises and political unrest, having undertaken record numbers of trips this year. Compared to last year, in 2014 the number of foreign trips rose by three per…

Pinoy Chikka A Huge Success

Manila (Philippines) - August 6, 2014 - The first instalment of Pinoy Chikka, the Travel Forum series of Pacific Asia Travel Association’s (PATA) Philippines Chapter, attracted an overflow crowd of more than 800 travel and hospitality…

PATA Partners Unite to Help the Philippines

Manila (Philippines) - May 23, 2014 - H.E. Ramon R. Jimenez Jr., the Secretary of Tourism of the Philippines passed on his sincere thanks on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) members…

The Future Belongs to Those Who Prepare For Today

Bangkok (Thailand) - April 30, 2014 - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Education and Training Committee will hold a PATA Youth Symposium on the morning of May 16, 2014, at Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), Zhuhai Campus. With the…

PATA and Kazakhstan Sign MoU

Bangkok (Thailand ) - March 10, 2014 - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Committee of Tourism Sector of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs (NCE)…

South America Overtakes its Rivals

Pisa (Italy) - December 9, 2013 - The south is overtaking the north. Growth in the South American travel market continues to outstrip that of its larger North American counterpart. This is one of the findings of the annual ITB World Travel…

ASEAN Starts Promoting Experiential Tourism

Bangkok (Thailand) - July 15, 2013 - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is promoting six experiential and creative travel themes to encourage multi-country trips across Southeast Asia. The themed promotions are part of the…

Myanmar’s $500 Million Tourism Plan

Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar) - July 3, 2013 - The Government of Myanmar, alongside the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Norway, today unveiled a Tourism Master Plan which outlines 38 development projects valued at nearly a half…

Laos Selected as World Best Tourist Destination

Vientiane (Laos PDR) - May 10, 2013 - European Council on Tourism and Trade has decided to award WORLD BEST TOURIST DESTINATION AWARD FOR 2013 and FAVORITE CULTURAL DESTINATIONS to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the council posted on…

Travel Professionals Address Women’s Market

Bangkok (Thailand) - April 24, 2013 - On Friday, more than 100 travel industry professionals will gather at the Sofitel So Bangkok to find out how they can differentiate and profit from the growing and influential women’s market. The second…

Paradise Island to Host World Travel Awards

London (UK) - April 13,2013 - Paradise Island Resort & Spa, an uncompromising destination of luxury and comfort, is to host the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality industry’s elite on May 12, 2013 at the World Travel Awards Indian Ocean…