World Tourism

Portugal was one of the big winners at World Travel Awards’ Europe Gala Ceremony 2017. On a night of night of high drama in host city St. Petersburg, Portugal was voted Europe’s Leading Destination with Turismo de Portugal scooping the prize for Europe’s Leading Tourist Board. Meanwhile the Portuguese archipelago …

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[ad_1] New York City has renewed its tourism partnership with one of its leading sources of international visitation. The destination’s official marketing organization, NYC & Company announced Wednesday it has signed a one-year city-to-city relationship with Seoul, South Korea. The one-year partnership, which comes one month after New York joined …

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[ad_1] Puerto Rico continues to rebuild and reestablish its all-important tourism industry in wake of Hurricane Maria. Last week, the Caribbean destination achieved a morale-boosting milestone with the return of Carnival Cruise Line. The 110,000-ton Carnival Conquest arrived in San Juan November 30, signaling the first of many visits to …

For the second year running, the Jamaica Tourist Board hosted its own tradeshow, Jamaica Travel Market, at the Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa. The two-day event focused solely on the island and again provided the ideal business-to-business platform for British tour operators and agents to meet with Jamaican suppliers …

The chief minister of Anguilla, Victor Banks, has announced that plans are in place for the expansion of Anguilla’s Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport and the reconstruction of the Blowing Point ferry terminal. The British government has indicated that in short order they will be responding to the need to …

WeSki launches this ski season to banish the difficulties which groups experience when booking a ski holiday, and to offer more choice to a market saturated with weeklong trips. The new site turns the booking process on its head by splitting the responsibility to book between the group. Once dates …

Costa Rica is preparing to host a new edition of the prestigious International Conference on Sustainable Tourism: Planet, People, and Peace. The event will take place October 9th-11th in San José, the country’s capital city. The forum, which will be attended by secretary general of the World Tourism Organisation Taleb …

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