Tag: leisure tourism
WestJet launches nonstop Calgary-Dublin service with 787 Dreamliner
Chief Assignment Editor- June 3, 2019 19:50With the departure of flight WS6, WestJet becomes the only airline operating a nonstop route between Calgary and Dublin. The airline's newest route provides historic access between Western Canada and ... Read More
Arabian Travel Week launches in Dubai
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 24, 2019 09:40Reed Travel Exhibitions will launch Arabian Travel Week – an umbrella brand comprising four co-located shows – during the 2019 edition of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) which opens its doors ... Read More
About the African Tourism Board: Top important according to an African American Tourism Expert
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 28, 2019 05:28Drew Barrett, a Chicago based African American tourism expert and consultant, thinks the newly founded African Tourism Board(ATB) is very important and potentially valuable to the nations of Sub-Saharan Africa. ATB will ... Read More
Bots, A.I, wearables and VR to create billion-dollar savings in the tourism industry
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 20, 2019 07:12The impact of disruptive technologies on the tourism industry is set to create multi-billion dollar savings through the use of IoT, robotics, artificial intelligence (A.I), Virtual Reality (VR) and wearable ... Read More
Reed Travel Exhibitions launches inaugural Arabian Travel Week
editor- January 30, 2019 22:04Reed Travel Exhibitions, organiser of the annual Arabian Travel Market (ATM) showcase in Dubai, has announced the launch of Arabian Travel Week – an umbrella brand comprising four co-located ... Read More
Ghana beefs up leisure tourism
editor- January 29, 2019 21:16According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) leisure travel spending (inbound and domestic) generated 66.5% of direct Travel & Tourism GDP in 2017 (GHC6, 854.3mn) compared with 33.5% ... Read More
Tourists are coming back to Brussels in their droves
Chief Assignment Editor- January 11, 2019 16:10In 2018, almost 8.5 million overnight stays were recorded in the capital. What’s more, the leisure tourism sector is undergoing a significant evolution and for the first time, is reaching ... Read More
EasyJet flies into Gdansk, Poland
Chief Assignment Editor- December 21, 2018 17:10British low-cost carrier easyJet announced its Gdansk entrance with a new route to Berlin-Tegel. The sale of tickets has already begun, adding Gdańsk as the 160th airport to the easyJet ... Read More
Survey: 2012 Olympics will kill London tourism
editor- November 7, 2011 04:42LONDON, England - London is set to suffer a 95 percent leisure tourism slump during the 2012 Olympic Games, a survey said on Sunday. Read More