Tag: interim
San Jose International Airport celebrates opening of additional boarding gates
Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) reached an important milestone yesterday in commissioning a $58 million Interim Gates Facility, which was designed and constructed to support current and near-term passenger ... Read More
Canyon Ranch Wellness Retreat announces new leadership appointments
Canyon Ranch today announced new hires for its forthcoming brand extension - Canyon Ranch Wellness Retreat, opening in Woodside, California, in 2019. The new team consists of deeply-connected and wellness-minded ... Read More
LB Alliance joins African Tourism Board: Some Unsolicited Advice
Chiriga Moore, founder and owner of LB Alliance in San Francisco, California joined the African Tourism Board today. Moore said: "Increased Tourism by members of the African Diaspora has birthed travel ... Read More
Driving intra-African connectivity and cooperation through Alliance and partnership
The African Tourism Board is currently working hard to build partnerships within the aviation industry. "Seeing Africa as one destination is perfect for any airlines wanting to partner with us", ... Read More
FRAPORT: Revenue and earnings increase – Outlook confirmed
The Fraport Group has successfully started off the new business year, achieving higher revenue and earnings in the first three months of 2019. Supported by solid passenger growth at Frankfurt ... Read More
Durban loves African Tourism Board and Africa wins
Durban loves African Tourism Board, and the African Tourism Board loves Durban. Durban is the official host of the largest travel industry trade show in Africa, Indaba, that opened yesterday. ... Read More
African Tourism Board appoints UNWTO leader Cuthbert Ncube: Repackaging Tourism in Africa
Cuthbert Ncube, the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) regional vice-president was appointed today as the Vice President of the African Tourism Board Mr. Ncube is based in Pretoria, South Africa. In ... Read More
Avianca announces CEO retirement
Avianca Holdings S.A. today announced that Hernán Rincón Lema has notified the Avianca Holdings Board of Directors that he plans to retire from the Company effective April 30, 2019 after ... Read More
India’s Jet Airways halts all international and domestic operations
One of India's major airlines, Jet Airways, has announced it is temporarily halting flight operations on Wednesday after the carrier failed to secure the “critical interim funding” necessary for the ... Read More
African Tourism Board launch on Thursday: More details just released
The African Tourism Board is ready to be launched in Cape Town on Thursday during the upcoming World Travel Market at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Conference Theatre. A president ... Read More
American Tourist Kidnapped in Uganda: African Tourism Board in action with expert Dr. Peter Tarlow
Not only leopards were roaming Queen Elizabeth National Park today, but criminals who kidnapped an elderly American tourist in the park today, and put the well-organized travel and tourism industry ... Read More
African Tourism Board : First three source markets revealed
The African Tourism Board is active in promoting the African Continent as one destination in the United States, Israel, and India. ATB invited three PR and marketing experts from these ... Read More
Air Partner appoints Ed Warner as non-executive Chair
Ed Warner has been appointed as Non-Executive Chair of the Air Partners as of April 1, 2019. Ed will also chair the Nomination Committee and join the Remuneration Committee. Ed Warner ... Read More
African Tourism Board tackles visitor surety to keep Africa safe for visitors
The official launch of the newly-founded African Tourism Board is only two weeks away, and the U.S.-based interim Chairman Juergen T. Steinmetz explained the organization's commitment to keep Africa safe ... Read More
President Obama, WTTC and the African Tourism Board: A major push for Africa visibility
Africa Tourism is hot right now. Overlooked in the past, the tourism potential of the African continent is now becoming visible. The first African Tourism Board (ATB) is about to be ... Read More
Marriott International appoints new member to Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Marriott International, Inc. said today it has appointed Margaret M. McCarthy, Executive Vice President at CVS Health Corporation, as an independent director of the company, ... Read More
WTTC: Travel and Tourism is Zambia’s 2018 fastest-growing national economic sector
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) is getting ready for its Annual Summit in Seville next month, and Africa will be happy. Report after report is confirming enormous growth ... Read More
Trump appoints former Delta Air Lines executive new FAA chief
Former chief of flight operations for Delta Air Lines was appointed by President Trump to run the Federal Aviation Administration, currently under scrutiny for allowing the troubled Boeing 737 MAX ... Read More
Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust hand over to Dr.Joshua Rukundo
On 4th March 2019, the long-serving Executive Director of Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust, Ms Lilly Ajarova handed over to Dr Joshua Rukundo who will be the Acting Executive ... Read More
Florida Space Coast Office of Tourism announces new Executive Director
After an extensive search process, Brevard County has selected veteran Florida marketing executive Peter Cranis as its new head of tourism development. Following the confirmation of his appointment on Feb. ... Read More
US DOT strengthens safety provisions for lithium batteries transported by aircraft
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), in coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), today issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) to enhance air ... Read More
Heathrow Airport and airlines agree new deal to grow passenger numbers
Heathrow today announced that the UK’s hub airport has signed a landmark deal on airport charges worth hundreds of millions of pounds with airlines operating at the airport. Following detailed ... Read More
FAA makes major drone ID marking change
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has posted a rule in the Federal Register requiring small drone owners to display the FAA-issued registration number on an outside surface of the aircraft. ... Read More
Bay Area’s No. 2 airport one of the fastest-growing in the US
Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) reached a new passenger record in 2018 by serving 14,319,292 million departing and arriving passengers, a 14.7 percent increase and a new record of ... Read More
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. appoints new Chief Executive Officer
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc., a theme park and entertainment company, today announced that it has appointed Gustavo (Gus) Antorcha as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, effective ... Read More
On the visit of the Pope to UAE
An Interview with Alessandro Gisotti, the "ad interim" director of the Holy See Press Office, by Amedeo Lomonaco on the apostolic journey of Pope Francis in the United Arab Emirates, ... Read More
Russia’s CosmoCourse could launch private space tourism in five years
According to Russian National AeroNet Technology Initiative co-leader, Russia could see the start of private space tourism in around five years. National AeroNet Technology Initiative's Sergei Zhukov was talking about ... Read More
India’s interim budget: Bust or boom for tourism?
The interim budget presented today in India Parliament has elicited mixed reaction from industry leaders with the focus being on seeing how the proposals will be implemented. Rajendera Kumar, industry ... Read More
‘Do not travel’: US State Department ups Venezuela travel warning to Level 4
The United States Department of State has raised its Venezuela travel advisory warning for US citizens to “do not travel,” citing civil unrest. The department issued the Level 4 red ... Read More
Wayne County Airport Authority welcomes new CEO
The Wayne County Airport Authority Board of Directors confirmed the appointment of Chad Newton as Chief Executive Officer of the Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA) on Wednesday. WCAA operates Detroit ... Read More
The Holy See and Venezuelan bishops work together to help population
The Holy See and the Bishops of the country continue to work together to help the Venezuelan people Read More
Mineta San Jose International Airport marks milestone with rapid construction
Mineta San José International Airport (SJC), Silicon Valley’s airport, is transforming how the Valley travels. Read More
Benchmark to eliminate single use plastics from all 80 hotels
"I want to say one word to you. Just one word… Plastics.” Those immortal lines from The Graduate, an iconic film released in 1967, was meant to convey the opportunities ... Read More
The history of the SMS Cormoran II
Tamuning, Guam – On Friday, April 7, 2017, the Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) will commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the scuttling of the SMS Cormoran II. Read More
H.I.S. reports full year results
H.I.S. Co., Ltd., a leading travel and airline ticket agency, has announced results for the full year ended October 31, 2016. Read More
Frontier Airlines names interim leader at Lynx Aviation
DENVER, CO - Frontier Airlines announced today that Cameron Kenyon, the company's vice president of flight operations has been named interim president of Denver-based regional airline Lynx Aviation, e Read More