Thomas Cook – India has entered into a strategic long-term agreement with Experience Hub, the trade and promotion arm of Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The deal is designed to enhance visitation to the island in 2020 and beyond. The agreement will enhance the market for the destination, through the implementation …

The Israel tourist office has announced 2019 saw a record number of arrivals to the destination from the UK. In total, some 235,400 Brits visited the Middle Eastern destination throughout the year, representing an increase of eight per cent from 2018. The figure is also up 19 per cent from …

Tourism Australia has developed a resource for agents or travellers currently visiting or planning to visit the country in response to the ongoing bushfire situation. The new portal shows which tourism areas have been affected. Wildfires have been burning across the east coast of the country for a number of …

The government of St Lucia has unveiled plans to will be introduce a tourist accommodation fee to be used for destination marketing and development.  All accommodation providers on the island will be required to collect the charge from guests from April 1st. For a nightly rate of below US$120, the …

Antigua & Barbuda welcomed more than 300,000 visitors during 2019, leading to celebrations among officials from the tourism board at V.C. Bird International Airport. It was a festive afternoon, as masquerades and dancers in colourful costumes begun celebrating on the bandstand and greeting passengers in an extravagant cultural display. Antigua …

Turkish Airlines is offering free accommodation in Istanbul for passengers with roundtrip tickets to Africa, Asia, the Far East and Middle East. Passengers will have the chance to extend their trip and make the most with a stopover in Istanbul, a city that is brimming with delicious food, steeped in …

Jamaica minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has welcomed the opening of the latest Global Tourism Resilience & Crisis Management Centre outpost in Nepal. The mission of the centre is to carry out policy-relevant research and analysis on destination preparedness, management and recovery from disruptions that impact tourism and threaten economies. …

As the celebrations for the 25th edition of Dubai Shopping Festival continue, residents and visitors are enjoying the most spectacular fireworks shows every single night across the entire city. Taking place at some of Dubai’s prime shopping and entertainment destinations – including Dubai Frame, The Beach, Al Seef, Dubai Festival …

Nakheel has appointed Shatha Saif Al Suwaidi as its new managing director for infrastructure project construction. Al Suwaidi will lead the delivery of all infrastructure work at the master developer’s communities across Dubai, which currently span 15,000 hectares and provide homes for 300,000 people. She started her career at the …

Britons have rated the Louisiana city of New Orleans as the highest-scoring long-haul city in the world to visit, beating popular destinations such as Las Vegas, Dubai and Tokyo, according to a new Which? survey. The consumer champion asked thousands of holidaymakers to rate recent trips to cities around the …