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2-Sep-2010 :: Flight Centre the Brisbane based agency chain that tends to eschew the online world has reported record profits... | Pandox snaps up Norgani
1-Sep-2010 :: Swedish hotel property company Pandox is to purchase Norway-based Norgani Hotels for an acquisition price of €1 billion... | Travel specialist investor out to find 'next big thing' at WIT
1-Sep-2010 :: WIT Speakers Corner: Specialist travel fund, Travel Capitalist Ventures, is setting its sights on 'the next big thing' in Asia; Abrar Ahmad tells Yeoh Siew Hoon what he's on the lookout for... | TUI Travel blames small agencies + Dynamic packaging for its woes
1-Sep-2010 :: The bigger travel companies in the UK are trying to play the blame game according to a recent report in TTG/UK... | Cambodia to have 'Asian Riviera '
1-Sep-2010 :: The Royal Group (TRG), a Cambodian corporation in property and infrastructure development, has unveiled a masterplan to develop Koh Rong into Asia's first environmental resort destination... | More people will opt for independent travel, that's a fact
31-Aug-2010 :: Well, the image of 'travelling in tour groups' has taken a severe battering of late - ... | Starwood signs non-exclusive master agreement for India
31-Aug-2010 :: Starwood has announced the signing of a Non-Exclusive Master Agreement with DIH (Cyprus) Limited and JHM Interstate Hotels India Pvt Ltd... | Foreign visitors to Myanmar increase
31-Aug-2010 :: Foreign visitor arrivals in Myanmar between January and July this year totalled 161,322, surging by 37% as compared to the same period last year... | Accor to expand portfolio in Thailand
31-Aug-2010 :: Accor Group plans to add up to 13 new hotels and more than 3,000 rooms to its portfolio in Thailand in the next few years... | AsPac steals a march on online adoption
30-Aug-2010 :: Online adoption is growing in the Asia Pacific region where companies and travellers are becoming smarter about the way they book travel... | Thailand welcomes its first Westin resort
30-Aug-2010 :: The Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa Phuket, Westin’s first resort in Thailand, has officially opened it doors to visitors... | Luxury in Libya
30-Aug-2010 :: Later this year, architects Dexter Moren Associates will start work on a ￡100 million project on the Libyan coast: the Wadi Alswani Resort... | Top most environmentally pure countries
30-Aug-2010 :: With the recent wild fires in Russia disrupting flights and increasing air pollution in Moscow, environmental quality is a growing factor in attracting tourists... | Etihad and Virgin Oz - Best Mates!
29-Aug-2010 :: Two Old Boys of Aussie aviation have come together to create a somewhat interesting pact... | Zagat fast food survey
29-Aug-2010 :: Looking to supersize yourself? ... | Cosmopolitan Las Vegas to join Marriott's The Autograph Collection
28-Aug-2010 :: Well I have to admit – I did not see this one coming!... | Are travel agents being weeded out, again?
28-Aug-2010 :: I have been thinking that we may be seeing something I don't want to witness: A new wave of travel intermediary reductions... | Virgin Blue Group - Etihad announce major partnership
27-Aug-2010 :: Virgin Blue Holdings Limited and Etihad Airways today signed an agreement establishing a commercial partnership that will enable Virgin Blue’s international arm, V Australia, to launch direct services to Abu Dhabi in 2011 and the two airlin... | Social network a US phenomenon? Guess again
27-Aug-2010 :: In the USA it has become pretty standard stuff to assume that Social Media was a homegrown thing and everyone speaks of Facebook as the gold standard - and let's face it - it just is... | US Hotels: Economic headwinds cloud future performance
27-Aug-2010 :: Based on the strong surge in lodging demand that occurred during the first half of 2010, research now forecasts that the average US hotel will achieve a 2... | Marriott plans two luxury brands in Vietnam in 2014
27-Aug-2010 :: First Ritz-Carlton Reserve and third JW Marriott to open in Vietnam, while Marriott currently manages two properties in Vietnam already: the Renaissance Riverside Saigon and the New World Hotel Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City... | Manila hostage crisis ends, Philippine tourism suffers
27-Aug-2010 :: It was a day of grief as the Philippine hostage crisis involving ex-policeman and hostage taker Rolando Mendoza ended in a tragedy with at least 8 hostages dead last night in Quirino Grandstand, Manila... |
| | When 22% profit growth isn't enough
Thursday, 2nd September 2010
Wotif-dot-com execs must be scratching their heads; the company's shares fell more than 6% today after the online travel retailer posted a 22% increase in profit to $53m, marginally down on last year's 26% boost...
Where do you get your social media information?
Thursday, 2nd September 2010
Most of us are pretty harried and very busy people; we are drinking from a large number of fire hoses - ...
HEDNA U relaunches
Thursday, 2nd September 2010
HEDNA relaunched its popular HEDNA U educational effort in Omaha and is described as one of the best educational products available on electronic distribution... |
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Most and least stressful jobs
Sunday, 8th August 2010
Numerous studies have shown that job-related stress is associated with reduced productivity, impaired mental well-being, and physical problems, including increased illness and obesity...
Insight into destination marketing trends
Tuesday, 10th August 2010
Destinations around the globe increasingly shifting marketing dollars online and looking at social media to connect with travelers...
Hotel survey 2010: Fragmented global picture
Monday, 16th August 2010
Overview - The international hotel industry has shown signs of recovery in the first half of 2010 according to the bi-annual hotel survey; although the survey reveals a fragmented global picture, the hotel market in Europe and the US appear...
The near-term future of global travel
Tuesday, 3rd August 2010
Tour and theme park operators, hoteliers, airlines, and other groups will soon be offering more tours and other services in (Brazilian) Portuguese, Russian, and Chinese to encourage more visitors from Brazil, Russia, India, and China (the B...
The new Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong to be the tallest hotel in the world
Sunday, 22nd August 2010
Located at the heart of the city, the Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong will be the tallest hotel in the world when it opens in the first quarter of 2011...
Cathay and Emirates aircraft choices
Saturday, 7th August 2010
Same aircraft different reasons. Both are big purchasers of 777-300ER and the A350-900....
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