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Spain’s first outdoor skydiving simulator opens in Malaga
Chief Assignment Editor- June 14, 2019 15:45The acting Mayor of Campillos Francisco Guerrero, the acting Councillor for Sports Miguel Ángel Herrera, Deputy Mayor Maria Antonia Dominguez, the Director of Fly4Real, Rubio Carmona Antonio and Fly4Real’s Managing ... Read More
First electric scooter rider killed in Paris traffic accident
Chief Assignment Editor- June 12, 2019 00:05A man, riding his electric scooter, was killed after collided with a truck in Paris today. The 25-year-old was riding the scooter in the busy Goutte d'Or neighborhood in the ... Read More
Maintaining balance. Out of responsibility: Lufthansa publishes 25th sustainability report
Chief Assignment Editor- June 6, 2019 18:06Today, the Lufthansa Group has published its 25th sustainability report. For a quarter of a century now, the company has been providing information every year on the various activities, programs ... Read More
RIU Hotels & Resorts enters Senegal
Chief Assignment Editor- June 3, 2019 18:00The RIU Hotels & Resorts chain has announced the purchase of a 25-hectare site in the Pointe Sarène area on Senegal’s west coast, a paradise destination that is in the ... Read More
Arena di Verona Opera Foundation in New York for Festival
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- May 30, 2019 01:56A few days after the success of Shanghai, the targeted marketing action of the Arena Foundation for the promotion of the Opera Festival Arena continued in New York. At the ... Read More
Equatorial Guinea Tourism: A 5 Star Sofitel Resort, but where are the visitors ?
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 26, 2019 08:06There is not much known about tourism opportunities in Equatorial Guinea. The country is known as a notoriously closed country that has turned to tourism to help fill its coffers. ... Read More
Rip-off Greek-style: US tourists charged $937 for simple lunch at Mykonos restaurant
Chief Assignment Editor- May 25, 2019 19:05DK Oyster restaurant on the Greek tourist island of Mykonos charged American tourists 830 euros ($937) for six portions of calamari, six beers and three salads. Greek tax inspectors who ... Read More
Italian Exhibition Group ends first quarter on an upswing
editor- May 15, 2019 01:31The Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) is growing in every sector. The rises on 2017 were confirmed recently by the 2018 financial statement figures, with double-digit growth: 10.8 million euros net ... Read More
Italy Tourism pulls in nearly 40 billion in international traveler spend
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- May 14, 2019 23:43The positive outcome in 2018 for Italy’s tourism shows an increase of almost 11%, with around 41.7 billion euros spent by international travelers compared to 39.1 billion euros in 2017, ... Read More
The year of the airports: Travel to the hubs of the future
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- May 14, 2019 03:02The year 2019 will be remembered as the year of the inaugurations of large and small strategic airports to satisfy an air demand that by 2035 will touch - according ... Read More
Carsten Spohr: Lufthansa Group focuses on high-quality, responsible growth
Chief Assignment Editor- May 7, 2019 22:30"Lufthansa Group has become even stronger, more efficient and more modern," says Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. "We are Europe’s number one." As in ... Read More
Italian Tourist Tax receipts in Italy: A record for 2019
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- May 6, 2019 21:17The Italy City Tourist Tax for the year 2019 is foreseen to reach a new record of 600 million euro. This result is estimated by a study made by Federalberghi ... Read More
New Visitor Experience: 90-minute Frankfurt airport tour
editor- May 3, 2019 00:08The future Terminal 3 at Frankfurt Airport is one of the largest privately funded construction projects under way in Europe. Currently, the site comprises a huge excavated hole where the ... Read More
Lufthansa brings back New York, London and Paris city guides
Chief Assignment Editor- May 2, 2019 18:02Lufthansa’s travel guides to select destinations around the world are available again. For New York, Paris and London, with Vienna and Rome coming this fall, the Lufthansa City Guide provides ... Read More
Frankfurt Airport lays cornerstone for future Terminal 3
Chief Assignment Editor- April 29, 2019 16:32Fraport AG laid the cornerstone for Frankfurt Airport’s new Terminal 3, one of Europe’s largest privately financed infrastructure projects. Numerous guests and construction workers attended the ceremony, which marked the ... Read More
RIU Hotels & Resorts opens new Riu Playa Park in Mallorca
Chief Assignment Editor- April 23, 2019 16:58RIU Hotels & Resorts has opened the new Riu Playa Park on the island of Mallorca. RIU is in the midst of the process of renovating its entire international hotel ... Read More
Myth-Mania: Stories of men, heroes and indigenous world at MarTa
Chief Assignment Editor- April 22, 2019 19:30The National Archaeological Museum of Taranto (MarTa) celebrated the return of important finds back home. Myth-Mania, rediscovered stories of men and heroes, speaks of objects taken from necropolises by grave ... Read More
Destination Florence CVB partners with City of Florence for international tourism promotion
Chief Assignment Editor- April 19, 2019 16:00Destination Florence CVB is the new official partner of the City of Florence to promote the destination and better the quality of tourism. The Florence Municipality, The Florentine Chamber of ... Read More
Italian exhibition group launches key words for the 2020 tourism industry
Chief Assignment Editor- April 15, 2019 18:01Active food and wine tourism, the quality of life, the search for beauty and creativity: the combination of ingredients on which tourists increasingly base their choice of vacation will be ... Read More
Keeping Alitalia airline afloat: 900 million euro bridge loan conversion
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- April 11, 2019 04:06Italy’s last council of ministers have approved a new decree law with 11 new rules presented by the Minister of Economic Development, Luigi Di Maio. Among these, at the last ... Read More
1st Global Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition: Who made the list?
editor- April 3, 2019 23:41The 1st Global Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition recognizes the contribution of startups in the development of a more competitive and sustainable gastronomy tourism sector that works towards achieving the 2030 ... Read More
Reunion Island breaks tourist arrivals record
Alain St.Ange- April 2, 2019 02:08Despite a difficult end to the year, 2018 was profitable and even historic for Reunion tourism as more than 574,000 outside visitors were welcomed . This is 4.1% more than ... Read More
Rocco Forte appoints GM for Masseria Torre Maizza
editor- March 26, 2019 20:44Rocco Forte Hotels is pleased to announce the appointment of Franco Girasoli as General Manager of Masseria Torre Maizza set to open May 1 in Puglia. An Italian native, Girasoli ... Read More
Milan Bergamo Airport: Passenger experience improvements contribute to traffic growth
Chief Assignment Editor- March 25, 2019 15:09Passenger traffic at Milan Bergamo continues to climb in 2019, with more-and-more people choosing to fly from the airport. The growth comes at a time when passenger satisfaction at the ... Read More
Alitalia airline: The ongoing medley
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- March 20, 2019 21:57The journey of Gianfranco Battisti, CEO of Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane (FS), to the United States would have borne its first fruits in the definition of the new company for ... Read More
Munich Airport reports 2018 net profit of 150 million euros
Chief Assignment Editor- March 20, 2019 16:01Munich Airport reported a successful 2018 operating year at its annual press conference in Munich today: The 3.8 percent increase in traffic to a total of 46.3 million passengers flying ... Read More
VIA Outlets to introduce their shopping destinations at World Travel & Tourism Council’s Global Summit
Chief Assignment Editor- March 14, 2019 17:02VIA Outlets – the newest and fastest growing owner operator of outlet shopping destinations in Europe – will introduce its exceptional portfolio of destinations at the World Travel & Tourism ... Read More
WTTC: Greek tourism sector growing over three times faster than wider economy
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 13, 2019 10:14In 2018, the Greek Travel & Tourism sector grew at a rate of 6.9% - over three and a half times the pace of its wider national economy, which grew ... Read More
Emirates debuts new lounge at FCO Rome airport
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- March 5, 2019 00:12Emirates premium customers who leave from Rome Leonardo da Vinci the main Italian airport can now count on higher levels of comfort and convenience, thanks to the opening of the ... Read More
Munich tops European airports in CDP climate protection rankings
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 4, 2019 14:13Munich Airport has been recognized for its effective climate change efforts by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an international organization that supports companies and cities with the disclosure of environmental ... Read More
Travel professionals take over Javits
Dr. Elinor Garely - special to eTN- March 2, 2019 21:04If you happened to walk by the Javits Convention Center in January, you would have found thousands of travel professionals dashing to and from dozens of travel-related events. It started ... Read More
UNWTO global gastronomy tourism event: Job creation, entrepreneurship and development
Chief Assignment Editor- February 27, 2019 16:20The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Basque Culinary Center (BCC) are co-organizing the 5th UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism, on 2-3 May 2019 in San Sebastián, Spain. The ... Read More
Italian recognition for tourism excellence
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- February 26, 2019 02:22The XXIV edition of “Premio Excellent” takes place every year in conjunction with the BIT Tourism Fair in Milan conceived by Mario Mancini and promoted by the magazine Master Meeting. ... Read More
Mexico closes most of its tourist offices abroad
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- February 26, 2019 01:56The Consejo de Promoción Turistica de México, the main public body for Mexican tourism, is closing all of its 21 international offices. Much of the available budget - about 290 ... Read More
30,000 flights won’t be able to land at Milan’s Airport Linate during Italy’s high summer season
Elisabeth Lang - special to eTN- February 26, 2019 00:18Milan’s Airport Linate is not only very passenger friendly but also very easy to reach from Milan’s city center. There are three airports for Milan with Linate being the closest ... Read More
Renewed losses for Air Mauritius pose major threat
Alain St.Ange- February 26, 2019 00:13Compared to the previous financial year, when the airline showed a profit of over 10 million euros, the fortunes of Air Mauritius have reversed with the first 9 months of ... Read More