Tag: Jones
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
WestJet Dreamliner: Refreshed on-board experience and elevated amenities
Following the successful launch of WestJet's Dreamliners from Calgary to London (Gatwick), Paris and Dublin, guests travelling across WestJet's global network can now experience the airline's elevated amenities and on-board ... Read More
Best and worst airports in the world: In the same city
First ever Fodor's Travel Awards cover categories important to today's modern traveler, including foodie airports, best booze cruises, and biggest social media travel influencers. The awards, chosen by the Fodor's ... Read More
Lilium: Air taxis to service world’s major cities by 2025
According to the German aviation startup Lilium, air taxis will offer services in many major cities all over the world in the next six years or so. “We plan to ... Read More
WestJet and WestJet Encore flight dispatchers reach tentative agreements
WestJet today announced that tentative agreements have been reached between both WestJet and the Canadian Airline Dispatchers Association (CALDA) and WestJet Encore and CALDA. "We are pleased that fair and ... Read More
Wimbledon 2019: Winning plans for players and spectators
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has announced a series of significant changes for The Championships 2019 and beyond. In the buildup to the official start of the Championships ... Read More
Delta Air Lines offsets most carbon emissions for over 300K customers on Earth Day
In celebration of Earth Day today, Delta is offsetting the emissions of all domestic leisure and business travel into and out of New York, Boston, Seattle, Los Angeles, Raleigh-Durham and ... Read More
WTTC 19th Global Summit final program: Changemakers including President Obama meet in Seville
The World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) will be heading to Seville, Spain this week to attend the 19th Global Summit of WTTC on April 3 and 4. WTTC members are the ... Read More
Why Travel to Madrid? 40 Years of Diversity and Tolerance: Just Watch it!
Germany and the rest of the world agrees. Madrid is the city of tolerance and diversity. According to a prestigious award received on the sideline of the recently concluded ITB ... Read More
Botswana hunting proposal could put its tourism industry at risk
Botswana’s proposals to lift its hunting ban and to introduce elephant culling has fuelled political posturing, denials, misinformation, and lobbying from pro hunting and culling groups. But what does the ... Read More
Guam wins best theme award at 2017 Taipei International Travel Fair
The Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) and its industry partners have returned home after promoting Guam’s unique Chamorro culture at the annual Taipei International Travel Fair (ITF), Read More
PATA Board: A new Executive Board elected and Sarah Mathews is the chair
Who is on the new PATA Executive Board? Today it was made official The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) announced the election of Ms. Sarah Mathews, Head of Destination Marketing Asia Pacific – TripAdvisor ... Read More
Seychelles wins most scenic holiday award at Hong Kong’s travel fair
Seychelles added another award to its collection when it won the “Most Scenic Holiday” award at the International Travel Expo (ITE) recently from U-magazine in collaboration with ITE. Read More
Jim Ferguson appointed to PATA Board as Chapters Representative
SAN DIEGO, CA — PATA San Diego Chapter’s, Jim Ferguson, CTC, has been appointed to the PATA Board for 2016-2018, as PATA Chapter Representative, thru his San Diego PATA Chapter ... Read More
Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands: A bridge between Africa and the Pacific Asia region?
Could the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands become the bridge between Africa and the Pacific and Asia region? Read More
2016 PATA Executive Board: The vote is in
At the PATA Aannual Summit at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Guam today, the new 2016 PATA Executive Board was voted in. Here are the results: Chairman: Andrew Jones, Sanctuary ... Read More
PATA gives new push to adventure travel and responsible tourism
PATA CEO Mario Hardy has praised the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) for its continuing commitment to responsible travel and sustainable tourism. Read More