Dubai Welcomed More Than 7 Million Visitors in 2021
Dubai is celebrating good news on the tourism front. The city welcomed more than 7 million visitors in 2021, representing… Read More »
Grapevine Partners with Travelogix to Spur Hotel Attachment Rates
Travel trip experience startup Grapevine is partnering with Travelogix, a supplier of data solutions for travel management companies, in an… Read More »
New Zealand border re-opening
Christchurch Airport will welcome home Kiwis first, with other nationalities to follow The New Zealand Government has announced a staged… Read More »
Car Rental Giant Hertz Names New CEO
Car rental company Hertz announced on Friday it had named Stephen M. Scherr as Chief Executive Officer. Scherr will assume… Read More »
Celestyal Debuts New Travel Agent Reservations Platform
Celestyal Cruises unveiled the new Seaware Reservations Platform, a dedicated reservations system for travel advisers, which was created in conjunction… Read More »
Adtrav Adds Deem’s Etta to Tech Offerings
Travel management company Adtrav has partnered to make Deem’s Etta corporate travel booking and management platform available to clients as… Read More »
U.S. Airlines and travel groups ask Biden to drop Covid testing before international flights
Airlines and other travel-industry groups asked the Biden administration on Feb. 2 to drop Covid test requirements for vaccinated passengers… Read More »
Lonely Planet: Auckland best city to travel to in 2022
Auckland has been named the number one city to visit this year in Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2022. The… Read More »
WTTC Survey Predicts Major Tourism Rebound in 2022
New data from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) revealed the tourism industry’s contribution to the global economy could… Read More »
Tourism Helping Greece’s Economy Bounce Back
Government officials in Greece said they are forecasting the national economy will grow by 4.5-to-5 percent this year, due in… Read More »
Travelport Names Trainline Preferred Rail Provider
Global distribution system operator Travelport announced a multi-year agreement with European online rail and coach ticket provider Trainline Partner… Read More »
TripActions Develops Platform for Office Information
TripActions has launched a new Office Guides platform to help companies facilitate travel to company offices by hybrid and remote… Read More »
Sixt, Accor Announce Partnership
Car rental company Sixt and hotel company Accor, each headquartered in Europe, have entered into a multi-year partnership wherein members… Read More »
Americans are ready to travel as their omicron fears fade
Americans’ enthusiasm for travel has rebounded to levels unseen since the broad rollout of Covid-19 vaccines last year, as their… Read More »
Amtrak Vacations Runs Limited-Time Online Booking Promotion
Amtrak’s National Tour Operator, Amtrak Vacations, is running a brand-new, limited-time Booking Engine Promotion that benefits both travel agents and… Read More »
Acendas Launches Rebooking Tool for Flight Disruptions
Kansas City-based travel management company Acendas has added a new tool designed to help travelers rebook flights following delays and… Read More »
Delta, Lyft Enhance App Partnership
Delta Air Lines and Lyft are enhancing their combined mobile phone application to bring Delta SkyMiles customers more real-time information…. Read More »
Tourism Officials Streamlining International Entry Process at Cancun Airport
The newly appointed Tourism Secretary of Quintana Roo said the local government is working on strategies to improve the entry… Read More »
Cancun Bringing in Surveillance Agents for Tourist Areas
Mexico is sending government agents to Cancun and Quintana Roo to monitor hotels, restaurants, nightclubs and other tourist areas to… Read More »
Morocco To Reopen to Tourists on February 7
One of the most popular African nations for tourism is reopening to international travel. Morocco, which has had a ban… Read More »
U.S. Hotel Pipeline Shrinks But Future Seems Brighter
The number of U.S. hotel construction projects in the development pipeline at the close of 2021 was about 8 percent… Read More »
Amadeus to Bypass Emirates GDS Fee, Access NDC Content
Amadeus has reached a new distribution agreement with Emirates that enables it to bypass the carrier’s global distribution system surcharge… Read More »