[ad_1] NEW YORK – CheapOair, a leading flight-focused hybrid travel agency, announced its top ten domestic and international destinations for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday. Orlando tops this year’s list of most-booked domestic Memorial Day weekend destinations followed by Las Vegas and New York City. Data also revealed that Fort …
Read More »Want more cold? Head north to Canada’s Powder Highway
[ad_1] Mother Nature provided Southwestern Pennsylvania with ample snow for skiers and snowboarders this season, although the temperature was a bit more fickle. The week in February when the mercury here hit 78 degrees, I joined members of the Pittsburgh Ski Club on a journey to the Great White North, …
Read More »U.S. hotels operating at highest level of efficiency since 1960
[ad_1] ATLANTA – U.S. hoteliers enjoyed an eighth consecutive year of increasing profits in 2017 despite another slowdown in the rate of revenue growth. According to the recently released 2018 edition of Trends in the Hotel Industry by CBRE Hotels’ Americas Research, total operating revenue increased by 2.0 percent in …
Read More »Dominica welcomes first cruise post hurricane Maria
Dominica welcomed the MV Mein Schiff 3 of TUI Cruises earlier, which brought in well over 2,000 passengers to the destination’s shores. This was the first major cruise call to Dominica and the first call to the Roseau Cruise Ship Berth post hurricane Maria. Dominica’s ability to welcome visitors to …
Read More »Iberia launces new flights to Managua, Nicaragua
Iberia will launch a new route from London to Managua, Nicaragua, via Madrid in October, with three return flights per week. The new Iberia flight will be the sole direct link between Europe and Nicaragua, which is becoming a popular adventure and cultural tourist destination, offering great beaches for sun …
Read More »Jamaica to host Caribbean Travel Marketplace 2019
The Caribbean’s largest tourism marketing event will be held in Jamaica next year. The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association officially announced that the 37th edition of Caribbean Travel Marketplace will be held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre from January 29th-31st, 2019. The event will be held in collaboration with …
Read More »Cyprus sees record tourism figures for 2017
The Cyprus Tourism Organisation is celebrating a record-breaking year for tourism with global visitors up 14.6 per cent in 2017 compared to 2016. From January to December 2017, Cyprus’ global tourist arrivals reached 3,652,073; a 14.6 per cent increase on 2016 (3,186,531). Of these, there were 1,253,839 UK arrivals; an …
Read More »Travel Alberta Board Chair and new members announced
Travel Alberta is pleased to announce the re-appointment of Bernie Kollman as Chair of the Travel Alberta Board of Directors, and the appointment of Margot Ross-Graham, Karl Schwonik, and Will Sawchyn to the board. “Travel Alberta’s leadership in promoting the province as a premier travel destination is supported by the …
Read More »Most booked U.S. destination: Cruises to Alaska
[ad_1] MIAMI – Amy Hurley of Boston cruised in Alaska in 2017 with three generations of her family. Outside of Ketchikan, she had a jaw-dropping moment – the kind you dream about in anticipation of a cruise to a bucket list destination. “We saw four whales spiraling down to create …
Read More »Booking.com reveals where sustainable travel is headed in 2018
[ad_1] AMSTERDAM – To celebrate Earth Day on 22 April, Booking.com has released the findings from its most recent global Sustainable Travel Report*. The report indicates that the green travel trend continues to gain momentum with a large majority of global travelers (87%) stating that they want to travel sustainably, …
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