21/11/2008 16:23
Air France-KLM has seen a 96% fall in profit for its second quarter as the economic slow down, the rise in oil prices and a weak US dollar all begin to bite. Releasing its results for the first half ending September 30, the airline revealed a profit of €28 million as opposed to €736 million in...
20/11/2008 19:48
Hilton Hotels Corporation (HHC) announced the opening of two new Hilton Garden Inn properties in Italy. These two additions, located in Milan Malpensa and Bologna San Lazzaro, boost the Hilton Garden Inn brand's presence in Italy to five hotels.
Simon Vincent, President of Hilton Hotels -...
20/11/2008 18:51
Thomas Cook is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of its founder with the launch of a tour retracing itineraries created 150 years ago.
Thomas Cook was born on November 22 1808. To commemorate the milestone the operator has created a 15-day luxury trip taking in destinations...
20/11/2008 18:50
Orbitz Worldwide executive Eric Brodnax and international tour operator and sustainable tourism advocate Alfredo Ferreyros join the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) as its newest Advisory Board members.
Continuing to build a diverse composition of active, strategic advisors,...
20/11/2008 18:06
Nine Ryanair routes to Fuerteventura have been threatened with closure in a dispute over funding.
The budget airline warned that it will close all of its routes from the Canary island from January 31 unless local tourism group AIE honours a "commercial agreement" to promote Fuerteventura...
20/11/2008 17:49
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced plans to open three new hotels in Saudi Arabia after signing a long-term management agreement with the Alhokair Group. The addition of the Four Points by Sheraton Mall of Arabia in Jeddah, Four Points by Sheraton Dhahran and Aloft Riyadh will...
20/11/2008 16:42
Doubletree by Hilton launched its first hotel in London today and revealed global expansion plans for the brand.
The upscale brand has taken over the Courthouse Kempinski Hotel off Regent Street in central London. The hotel brings the company's total number of Doubletree Hotels to...
20/11/2008 16:32
With the economic crisis biting, several airline collapses behind us and bed banks dropping their principal status, it would come as no surprise if travel agnets who practice dynamic packaging were bracing themselves for a gloom-ridden 2009.
Not only do consumers now have to weight their...
20/11/2008 16:15
There is broad agreement that the UK is in recession, but how badly it will affect the travel industry is less certain. Ian Taylor looks at the latest forecasts
The economy dominated World Travel Market in a way the organisers cannot have imagined when arranging a programme with World...
20/11/2008 15:44
Change is the one true constant of just about everything, and packs as heavy a punch in the marketing space as anywhere else. Change is perpetual, inevitable and, as seen of late in our economic downturn, outright challenging for marketers at all levels.
Rumors abound that the new...
