World Tourism

Mauritius will welcome the inaugural International Tourism Conference in this year. The event will take place from May 23rd-24th at the Swami Vivekananda International Convention Centre. The International Tourism Conference will be the premier event market leading international business-to-business platform to promote the global tourism sector. The event will be …

[ad_1] From 2015 to 2017, the United States’ share of the global travel market fell from 13.6 percent to 11.9 percent. “That may not sound like a lot, but it translates to $32 billion in lost visitor spending and 100,000 fewer U.S. jobs,” said Roger Dow, President and CEO of …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, announced it expects a record 246.1 million passengers – an average of 2.68 million per day – to travel on U.S. airlines between June 1 and Aug. 31, 2018. This number is up 3.7 …

[ad_1] There is a “growing demand for the New Orleans experience,” according to Kristian Sonnier of New Orleans and Company. At IPW 2018 in Denver, New Orleans took the opportunity to showcase a bit of its past, take a look at where it presently stands and look forward to an …

[ad_1] RIVERWOODS, IL – As summer vacation season approaches, a new survey from Discover found that for the 58 percent of those who intend to take a summer trip, where they go, how they pay and what they do while on vacation may be a factor of their age. The …

Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority today announced that in response to visitor demand for the world’s longest zipline, they will open phase two to visitors in the third quarter of 2018.  This will feature two new cables and will increase the capacity of the Jebel Jais Flight to 400 …

Amadeus has announced that Liz Emmott has been appointed as general manager for the United Kingdom. The appointment takes effect from April and will be based at Amadeus’ office located at Gatwick Airport. In her role as general manager for Amadeus in the UK, Emmott will be responsible for overseeing …

The UAE will continue to lead the GCC’s luxury hospitality segment to 2022, with 73 per cent of existing luxury hotel stock and 61 per cent of the region’s current luxury pipeline located in the country, according to data released ahead of Arabian Travel Market 2018. The research demonstrates that …

Jamaica minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has welcomed a series of high profile visitors to the island as the local tourism sector seeks to overcome a run of bad news. The Caribbean hotspot was forced to introduce a state of emergency in the popular Montego Bay area earlier this year, …

[ad_1] Europe is home to many of the world’s greatest tourist attractions. From the Eiffel Tower in Paris to Rome’s Colosseum, there’s no shortage of memorable experiences at popular spots throughout the continent. What most don’t realize is how jam-packed the Emerald Isle is with hot tourist spots, even though …