Joe Boschulte, a United States Virgin Islands businessperson and tourism specialist, has been nominated as commissioner for the department of tourism. Virgin Islands governor Albert Bryan appointed Boschulte to lead the territory’s major economic driver. Boschulte brings to the tourism department vast experience in business and in government as well …

Reed Travel Exhibitions has announced that it will host its first consumer day – ATM Holiday Shopper – during Arabian Travel Market as part of its line-up of special focus events. Taking place on Saturday, April 27th – the day before the official opening of ATM – the event will …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The number of business trips, and the cost of those trips, is set to rise in 2019, according to the 14th annual International Travel Management Study from AirPlus International. Almost half (45 percent) of the 777 corporate travel managers surveyed by AirPlus in 24 countries expect their …

[ad_1] HONG KONG and SINGAPORE – Egencia, business travel from Expedia Group, announced the winners of this year’s prestigious Top 100 Preferred Corporate Hotel awards program. With hundreds of thousands of properties available worldwide through Egencia, this program aims to recognise hotels that are committed to putting the customer’s experience …

Approximately 325,600 tourists enter Israel in the final month of 2018, 12.2 per cent more than in December 2017. At the same time, revenue from tourism in December reached about $460 million, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. In total, over 4.1 million tourist entries were recorded in Israel …

Jamaica minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has revealed the Caribbean island saw an 8.6 per cent increase in tourism revenues in 2018. Bartlett told a press conference in Kingston that the preliminary figures from the Jamaica Tourist Board have shown a new record for the industry in terms of arrivals …

The Dubai Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing has initiated efforts to release approximately AED250 million (£53 million) in bank guarantees that have been furnished by tourism-related service providers, following the waiver of this prerequisite regulatory requirement to start a travel and tour business in the emirate. The new deregulatory …

Grenada achieved a historic milestone in 2018 welcoming more than half a million visitors to the destination’s shores. Spread across key niche markets, the combined cruise, yachting and stay over arrivals for 2018 was 528,077 representing a 13 per cent increase over 2017. A strong performance was recorded in stay …

[ad_1] HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee — The U.S. hotel industry reported positive results in the three key performance metrics during December 2018, according to data from STR. In a year-over-year comparison with December 2017, the industry posted the following: • Occupancy: +0.1% to 54.1% • Average daily rate (ADR): +1.8% to US$124.28 …

[ad_1] People are obsessed with Instagram when they head off on their holidays – always trying to outdo each other with their snaps. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em, right? With that in mind, global travel site Big 7 Travel (part of Big 7 Media) has put together the …