Tag: Mainstream
New partnership to focus on sustainable tourism in Europe
Four leading tourism organisations and academic institutions – CELTH (the Center of Expertise Leisure, Tourism & Hospitality), ETC (the European Travel Commission), ETOA (European Tourism Association) and NECSTouR (the Network ... Read More
Is Zimbabwe planning to kidnap former Tourism Minister Mzembi in South Africa?
Travel and Tourism in Zimbabwe are on a path of urgently needed recovery, and the country is considered by most travelers as desirable and safe. However, there is a dark ... Read More
InterContinental Hotels Group launches new Atwell Suites brand
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today revealed its new all-suites brand, Atwell Suites, to thousands of IHG owners and operators at its Americas Investors & Leadership Conference in Las Vegas. The ... Read More
African Tourism Board breaks barriers: SA Deputy Tourism Minister and students in Pretoria smiling
The South African Deputy Minister of Tourism, Honorable Elizabeth Thabethe in partnership with African Tourism Board represented by Vice president Cuthbert Ncube, took an initiative to bring back African pride ... Read More
WISeKey, WISeCoin AG and SUNx – Strong Universal Network – sign partnership
WISeKey International Holding Ltd (“WISeKey “) (SIX: WIHN), a leading global cybersecurity, Blockchain and IoT company, WISeCoin AG and the SUNx - Strong Universal Network, announced today a partnership to jointly develop a special ... Read More
Hotel History: Asian American Hotel Owners Association
The Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) is a trade association that represents hotel owners. As of 2018, AAHOA has approximately 18,000 members who incredibly own about half the 50,000 ... Read More
IGLTA Foundation’s new NYC think tank to address key issues in LGBTQ+ Tourism
The International LGBTQ+ Travel Association Foundation (IGLTAF) inaugural Leadership Think Tank will unite top executives from LGBTQ+ welcoming destinations around the globe at Google during IGLTA’s 36th Annual Global Convention ... Read More
ICTP meets on the sidelines of ITB in Berlin
Three of the four founding members of the International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) - Juergen Steinmetz, Alain St.Ange, and Geoffey Lipman - met as they were together at ITB ... Read More
Airbus creates first electric airplane race
Airbus has announced a global partnership with Air Race E, the world’s first electric airplane race set to launch its inaugural series in 2020. Airbus is the Official Founding Partner ... Read More
Berchtesgadener welcomes UNWTO Euro-Asian Mountain Tourism Conference
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has selected Berchtesgaden, Germany as the venue for the 4th UNWTO Euro-Asian Mountain Tourism Conference on 2-5 March 2019. The event is being organized jointly ... Read More
Jamaica PM speaks at launch of Global Tourism Resilience & Crisis Management Centre
At the launch of the Global Tourism Resilience & Crisis Management Centre, Jamaica Prime Minister Hon. Andrew Holness shared his thoughts on the importance of the work being initiated today ... Read More
Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label renewed for two Hilton properties
The Seychelles Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine, Mr Didier Dogley handed over SSTL certificates to representatives of two Hilton hotels in a short ceremony held at the ... Read More
It pays to be picky: Cruise prices drop by up to 31% in 2019
Fancy escaping the harsh winter with a lush tropical cruise getaway? Good news: prices for many cruises in January 2019 are significantly lower than they were a year ago. However, ... Read More
Africa Travel and Tourism: Trends for the New Year
Players in the travel and tourism ecosystem in Africa travel look forward to 2019 with full optimism. Read More
The Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label renewed for three big hotels: New member to eco-friendly movement added
The Tourism Department renewed the Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label (SSTL) for another three hotel establishments and awarded the Seychelles eco-label to a new accommodation entity. Read More
From the latest tech to simple story telling: Planners achieve business success at IMEX America
Business continues apace during the second day of IMEX America currently taking place in Las Vegas. “This has been our best IMEX so far - we already have some very ... Read More
Guam Visitors Bureau goes LGBT with IGLTA at the Annual Global Convention in Toronto
On May 8th 2018, the Guam Visitors Bureau attended the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) Annual Global Convention, the largest expo in LGBT tourism in the world. The ... Read More
Destination news: tourism’s value recognized with the newly-created Argentinean Ministry of Tourism
MADRID, Spain – UNWTO welcomes that several countries have recently placed tourism higher on their national political and economic agendas. Read More
Mainstreaming the tourism industry in the global economic agenda
The Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of South Africa, with the support of UNWTO, will host a Tourism Ministers' Meeting (T20) under the theme "Travel and tourism: stimuli for ... Read More