2009-03-10 07:07
Major cities in Europe and the Middle East lead global hotel performance, taking seven spots each in the world’s top 20 revenue per available room (revPAR) rankings, revealed in a report produced annually by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
The global tourism industry saw a significant slowdown...
2009-03-07 18:44
Egypt (WorldTourismNews) - Mr. Mohamed Fawzy is new Regional Director of Sales & Marketing at the Steigenberger Al Dau Resort on the Red Sea in Egypt.
Mr. Mohamed Fawzy has joined the Steigenberger Al Dau Resort as Regional Director of Sales and Marketing as of March 2009. In his new...
2009-03-04 07:42
It makes sense when you think about it. As tough times force many customers to buy less—and to be pickier about what they do buy—search is becoming ever more important to marketers.
“The recession is driving marketers to concentrate on gaining new business, even more than on customer...
2009-03-04 07:34
The Guardian is reporting that flights at one of Scotland's busiest airports were disrupted today when climate change protesters dressed as Donald Trump played golf on a taxiway.
Nine demonstrators from the Plane Stupid campaign group cut through Aberdeen airport's perimeter fence at around 2:15...
2009-03-04 07:30
Crystal Cruises has food on the mind. The luxury line will feature a host of culinary-centric activities on its 2009 summer/fall Baltic, Mediterranean and Northern Europe cruises. These include cooking lessons of regional specialties in Portugal and Monte Carlo, private wine tastings in Italy and...
2009-03-04 07:27
European airlines have asked authorities to drop a rule forcing them to use landing and take-off slots at least 80 percent of the time so that they can slash flight volumes during the economic downturn.
Following is a summary of how the slot system works:
-- What is a slot?
The...
2009-03-04 07:24
European airlines have asked authorities to drop a rule forcing them to use landing and take-off slots at least 80 percent of the time so that they can cut flights during the economic downturn.
Industry body the Association of European Airlines (AEA) said on Tuesday it had talked with...
2009-03-04 07:24
European airlines have asked authorities to drop a rule forcing them to use landing and take-off slots at least 80 percent of the time so that they can cut flights during the economic downturn.
Industry body the Association of European Airlines (AEA) said on Tuesday it had talked with the...
2009-03-04 07:21
A quick look at TripAdvisor’s downstream traffic shows that the volume of visitors going to the metasearch websites immediately following a visit has been growing over the past year, according to Hitwise.
In its analysis, Hitwise has pointed out that many of the visitors to TripAdvisor are...
2009-03-04 07:15
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) unveiled initial findings of EventView 2009 at their European Meetings and Events Conference in Turin, 1-3 March 2009.
The research shows that meetings and events provide the highest return on investment with 23% of respondents choosing event...
