Posts from category Tourism News

Aviation Industry Lengthens Trajectory in Africa

on August 9, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Botswana News, Ethiopia Airlines, Ghana News, Kenya News, Morocco News, Namibia News, Tourism News, Travel News, Turkey News, Comments Off

Renewed confidence in the African economic renaissance, most international airlines are on an expansion mode in the African continent to meet the growing demands of a prospective travel and freight market. The stupendous rebound of Africa from the global economic… Continue reading

Tourism Primed to Spur Economic Growth of UK for a Decade

on August 2, 2010 by admin in Business, News, Tourism News, Travel News, Comments Off

The finding of a report on the UK tourism industry reveals that the tourism revenue of the country is set to rise by more than 60 percent to £188bn by 2020, and one of the main draws of the next… Continue reading

Portugal and Turkey Ink Landmark Visa Exemption Deal

on July 18, 2010 by admin in Business, EU News, Tourism News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Travel News, Turkey News, Work, Comments Off

Turkish Foreign Minister’s one day visit to Portugal has culminated in the signing of a mutually beneficial partial visa exemption agreement. According to the deal, citizens of both countries who have special or service passports will be able to travel… Continue reading

Airline Introduces iTicketing with Apple iPad Kiosks

on June 24, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Aviation News, Credit Cards, E-Commerce, News, Tourism News, Travel News, Comments Off

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) in collaboration with SITA, an air transport technology major, has installed iPad kiosks at the Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral), to simplify flyers’ travelling needs. The initial five MHkiosks named after MHMobile stationed at KL Sentral, which… Continue reading

Oman-France Eco-tourism Foray on Course despite Deferment

on May 11, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Blog, Business, Economy, Environment, Miscellaneous, News, Tourism News, Trade News, Comments Off

A workshop on ‘green architecture and eco-tourism’ will be held in Oman between 15 May and 17 May after becoming one of the many casualties to Iceland’s volcanic ashes which disrupted air-travel last month. The highly anticipated event to be… Continue reading

Majority Do Not Buy Terror Advisories Rather Go by Intuition

on May 3, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Australian News, Bahrain News, Business, EU News, News, South Africa News, Tourism News, Travel News, US Business News, World Business News, Comments Off

A recent opinion poll on whether terror advisories altered one’s business itinerary revealed that 54 percent of the respondents went by their intuition and never fell prey to media hype or any such government notifications. The poll which was featured… Continue reading

Peru Hopes Tourism Bonanza by Re-opening Machu Picchu

on March 29, 2010 by admin in Economy, Tourism News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Travel News, Comments Off

Machu Picchu, Peru’s largest tourist destination is all set to re-open on April 1 after it was forced to close in January due to heavy rains that destroyed railway line and main trekking route leading to this ancient Inca citadel.… Continue reading

Irish Visa Rules Restrict Potential Tourists

on February 17, 2010 by admin in EU News, Tourism News, Trade News, Travel News, UK News, Comments Off

The head of the representative body for private bus operators in Ireland has said that the country’s stringent visa requirements from certain countries were not allowing more job creation and perk up the economy. Gerry Mullins chief executive of the… Continue reading

FIFA and SA Allay Fears over World Cup Security

on January 29, 2010 by admin in Africa News, South Africa News, Tourism News, Trade News, Travel News, Comments Off

The president of South Africa (SA) Jacob Zuma and the FIFA’s secretary general Jérôme Valcke at separate occasions informed there was no security threat to the forthcoming football (soccer) World Cup (WC) to be held in SA this year in… Continue reading

New Zealand Basks in the Success of Avatar

on January 28, 2010 by admin in Australian News, Global Economy, Tourism News, Travel News, World Business News, Comments Off

Avatar, the most expensive and the largest grosser movie ever made has given a big boost to the New Zealand (NZ) film industry and the economy as a whole. The 3D mega visual has delivered USD$218mn to the NZ economy… Continue reading

Fading Memories of Vendetta and Resolve to Coexist Transform Rwanda

on December 23, 2009 by admin in Africa News, Economy, Tourism News, Trade News, Travel News, World Business, Comments Off

Rwanda has become a model to many countries of endless conflicts to perceive the significance of reconciliation and co-existence. The former US President, Bill Clinton’s proposal does not become rhetoric while he said that Israel and Palestine should learn from… Continue reading

Ethiopian Airlines Expanding its Fleet with Record Profits

on June 5, 2009 by admin in Africa News, Aviation News, Ethiopia Airlines, Ethiopia News, Tourism News, Travel News, US Business News, Comments Off

Ethiopian Airlines’ (EA) whopping profit of about $55.67mn for the first nine months of 2007-08 has enabled them to expand their fleet to accommodate more US tourists’ interest in visiting Ethiopia. Girma Wake, CEO of EA averred that four additional… Continue reading

The EU Likely to Provide Visa-free Travel for Macedonians

on May 26, 2009 by admin in Albania News, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo News, Macedonia News, Montenegro News, Serbia News, Tourism News, Travel News, Comments Off

According to the European Commission’s (EC) assessment report, posted on the official website of the European Stability Initiative (ESI) stated Macedonia had been able to fulfil the required criteria to enter the visa-free regime. ESI is a non-profit institute that… Continue reading