This week, Manado, capital of North Sulawesi, will become a hive of activity, as the international tourism Travel Exchange (TRAVEX) component of the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2012 gets under way. This most important B2B event has a total of 1,400 registered TRAVEX delegates from across the ASEAN region and the world congregating at the Golden [...]
(Forimmediaterelease.net) ITE&MICE, Hong Kong’s only travel fair, continues to highlight the theme of Wellness and Medical Tourism (WMT), which will next be held from June 14 to 17, 2012 at Halls 1A to 1E at the Hong Kong Convention&Exhibition Center. Hong Kong, with relatively high income and living costs and a population fond of traveling [...]
(Forimmediaterelease.net) Reed Travel Exhibitions Chairman of World Travel Market (WTM), Fiona Jeffery, has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in Queen Elizabeth’s II New Year’s Honors list. Jeffery’s award of the OBE is for her services to the travel and tourism industry during her 26 years at WTM, the [...]
(Forimmediaterelease.net) LOS ANGELES, California – Green Globe Certification today announced a new partnership with OrganicEra based in Istanbul, Turkey. OrgenicEra is a leading supplier of hotel towels, bed linen, and other textile items manufactured with organically-certified materials. Green Globe CEO Mr. Guido Bauer said: “This is an interesting and exciting new partnership for Green Globe [...]
(Forimmediaterelease.net) Brunei became the latest country to join the Global Leaders for Tourism Campaign when His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’Izzaddin Waddualah accepted an Open Letter on the importance of travel and tourism. “We will do our best to support tourism,” said His Majesty the Sultan upon receiving the Open Letter from UN World [...]
(Forimmediaterelease.net) DOHA, Qatar – World Travel Awards (WTA) capped its year-long search for the world’s most successful travel and tourism brands with its glittering Grand Final Gala Ceremony in Doha, Qatar, on January 11, 2012. Organizations including American Express, Starwood Hotels, Lufthansa, Abercrombie&Kent, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Europcar,and Incredible India walked off with top honors [...]
RENTON, Wash. – Boeing today successfully achieved a production rate of 35 airplanes a month for the Next-Generation 737, with the delivery of the first airplane produced at the new rate to AWAS Aviation Services, Inc. Norwegian Air Shuttle will lease the airplane from AWAS. The 35th airplane to be built at the new rate [...]
