World Tourism

Taiwan last year welcomed the largest ever number of British tourists – a record-breaking 64,719 travellers – representing an increase of 8.3 per cent on 2016. The UK market has grown year-on-year since 2013 and joins Germany and France as the three largest sources of European travellers into Taiwan. As …

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[ad_1] COLOGNE – How significant is the meeting market for the economy of the city of Cologne? A study commissioned by the Cologne Convention Bureau (CCB) answers this question and provides the first-ever detailed breakdown of the economic effects of meetings and congresses on Cologne. The study’s innovative calculation method …

[ad_1] When it would come up in conversation that I was to be in Dublin for St. Patrick’s Day, responses tended to fall into similar categories, depending on which side of the water the listener was from. Most Americans were jealous, confessing a visit to the Emerald Isle for the …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – New research on behalf of Champions 12.3 finds there is a compelling business case for hotels to reduce the amount of food they throw away. For every $1 hotels invested in programs to reduce kitchen food waste, on average they saved $7 in operating costs. In a …

[ad_1] Elegant, charming and enchanting. These are just a few words we’ve used to describe Charleston, South Carolina. Despite earthquakes, fires, hurricanes and Yankee bombardments, Charleston remains one of the best-preserved and most picturesque cities in America’s Old South. Simply put, the city oozes with Southern hospitality. From the moment …

[ad_1] WABAN, MASS. – Holiday Inn Express and Marriott deliver the best customer experience in the hotel industry, according to the 2018 Temkin Experience Ratings, an annual customer experience benchmark of companies based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers. Out of the 20 hospitality companies included in this year’s …

The emirate of Ras Al Khaimah achieved a Guinness World Records title earlier with its latest adventure tourism product – Jebel Jais Flight: The World’s Longest Zipline. The official certification was handed over to sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, by Hoda Khachab, the official …

The worldwide voting window for the World Travel Awards Middle East Gala Ceremony 2018 is now open. Industry insiders, consumers, and stakeholders from around the globe have been invited to cast their votes for the Middle Eastern organisations they consider the very best in the business, ahead of the event. …

Registration for this month’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace, to be held at the Puerto Rico Convention Centre in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is strong, according to organisers. Following a meeting with the host committee in San Juan, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association reported demand among travel industry stakeholders to do …