Air Europa is boosting its presence in Brazil with the addition of São Paulo to its network of Dreamliner destinations. Launching on the March 25th, Air Europa will operate its daily flight to São Paulo from Gatwick, via Madrid, with a Boeing 787-8. São Paulo will become the latest Dreamliner …
Read More »New report indicates $700-$800m. lost to fraud in Q1 2018, travel apps hardest hit
[ad_1] Global mobile attribution and marketing analytics leader AppsFlyer issued its State of Mobile App Install Fraud Q1 2018 report, which examines more than 6,000 apps and 10 billion installs across multiple verticals, regions and platforms. The report, covering over 10 billion installs of 6,000 apps, found that mobile app …
Read More »Pilot shortage in Europe: Fact or fiction?
[ad_1] If you asked any European pilot if there is currently a pilot shortage, most of them would probably laugh. Few pilots in Europe would be willing to agree with media headlines about the ‘looming pilot shortage’. Then how come we are always hearing about the hundreds of thousands of …
Read More »G Adventures returns to British Virgin Islands following hurricane Irma
Uninhabited islands, pristine beach coves, authentic local cuisine and some of the best sailing routes in the world – these are just a few of the highlights on offer as small-group adventure operator, G Adventures, re-launches their sailing tours in the British Virgin Islands. Following the impact of hurricane Irma …
Read More »Vienna welcomes record tourism figures for 2017
In the record year Vienna recorded 15,510,000 visitor bed nights in 2017, up 3.7 per cent on 2016. At the same time, the Austrian capital saw a 3.7 per cent increase in individual arrivals, to 7,097,000. Vienna’s ten top performing markets were headed by Germany, with 3,116,000 bed nights (up …
Read More »King Ramses II takes up position outside new Grand Egyptian Museum
The colossal 11 metre high statue of King Ramses II – crafted 3,200 years ago and weighing 75 tonnes – has moved to its new permanent home in the grand entrance hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum. The new attraction is scheduled to open in November. The first artefact to …
Read More »Chicago welcomes 55 million visitors in 2017
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Choose Chicago today announced that visitors to the city in 2017 reached 55.2 million – a new record and 2.5 per cent increase over the previous year. The increase of 1.4 million reaches the mayor’s ambitious goal of 55 million visitors annually – two years early. …
Read More »Profit slide continues at UK hotels on February 2018
[ad_1] Despite recording an increase in revenue across a number of departments, year-on-year profit per room at hotels in the UK fell by 5.1% in February as cost increases continue to accelerate, according to the latest worldwide poll of full-service hotels from HotStats. Hotels in the UK successfully recorded a …
Read More »Registration is open for the 2018 Travel Alberta industry update webinar on April 5, 10-11 A.M MDT
Please join Royce Chwin, CEO of Travel Alberta and the Tourism Division for an industry update. We will share insights on a broad range of travel and tourism information, including the review of the 2018-19 Travel Alberta strategic priorities, destination and experience development, news, local and international marketing efforts and …
Read More »A banner year for Canadian tourism is good news for Alberta
Not everyone likes math, at least until the numbers start adding up. For tourism in 2017, the numbers added up to a banner year in Canada, with a record 20.83 million visitors pouring into the country. More than 30 per cent of those arrivals were from overseas, making up the …
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