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Design Hotels announces the launch of its global sustainability program in partnership with EC3 Global, the industry leaders in environmental practices and Finding Infinity, an organization employing grass-roots initiatives to promote the use of renewable energy sources. In order to really make an eco-dent, Design Hotels believes the process must start at the micro level [...]
World travelers will find some of the finest hotels in the world faster and easier when Global Hotel Exchange (GHX) premieres a set of industry-defining customer-first features later this month. The company revealed having signed up an iconic New York landmark, The Waldorf-Astoria. For more than a century, The Waldorf-Astoria has been renowned for its [...]
Delta Air Lines announced a series of onboard service enhancements as part of its continued growth strategy in Latin America and the Caribbean. Delta also announced increased flight frequencies between three popular Caribbean destinations and New York -JFK. Customers on Delta’s Latin American flights will enjoy the following service enhancements: – Elegant new meals [...]
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group announced the further expansion of the Park Inn by Radisson brand in North America with the opening of the Park Inn by Radisson, Fresno, Calif. “The opening of the first Park Inn by Radisson in California represents the continued momentum of our Ambition 2015 growth strategy and is aligned with [...]
Virgin America, the award-winning California-based airline, announces a new interline agreement with Korean Air (KE) – offering seamless travel on the networks of both carriers across their respective North American, Asian and South American routes. Korean Air marks the ninth interline partner for the rapidly expanding U.S. domestic airline. Virgin America has grown to 17 [...]
EIBTM, the leading global event for the meetings, events and incentives industry, held in the award winning business and tourism destination of Barcelona has announced record breaking attendance following the official results of their ABC Audit – confirming them as the largest audited exhibition in the meetings sector. The Total Unique Attendance for EIBTM [...]
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) served approximately 3.6 million passengers in February 2012 – a slight increase of 0.7 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. Due to a strike conducted by the German union of air traffic controllers (GdF) in a dispute over pay and conditions, almost 1,700 flights were cancelled in February [...]
The countdown to The British Travel Awards 2012 has started, with the UK’s largest consumer voted awards organisation, announcing a radical revamp. The previous nomination process has been replaced with self-registration by individual companies and to reinforce the exclusivity and prestige connected to winning a BTA the awards have been reduced down from a hundred [...]
The European Commission welcomed the WTO appeal ruling in the “Boeing case” which confirms that billions of dollars in US subsidies granted to Boeing are illegal under WTO rules. The WTO’s Appellate Body rejected the US appeal and found that US Federal and State governments granted between US$5 and 6 billion WTO-incompatible subsidies to Boeing [...]
To coincide with English Tourism Week the UK and Europe’s biggest visitor attraction operator, Merlin Entertainments has linked with national tourist board, VisitEngland, to launch their first ever joint marketing campaign. The £600,000 campaign kicks off 12 March and will run on air for three weeks with a schedule which will include 20 second peak [...]