SHANGHAI, China – China Wedding Expo, the largest and most professional wedding photography accessories and equipment exhibition in China and the world, celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2012 as it becomes the authoritative trendsetter for China’s wedding photography industry and the platform for information exchange, trade and procurement. The 21st China Wedding Expo formally moves [...]
(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 [...]
LONDON, UK – St. Lucia, Barbados, Jamaica, and the Bahamas are among the nations that will compete head-to-head for the coveted title of “Caribbean’s Leading Destination” at a VIP World Travel Awards (WTA) ceremony in Montego Bay, Jamaica on October 19, 2011. Another key category to watch at the WTA 2011 Caribbean & The Americas [...]
NEWPORT, Rhode Island – San Diego will be the 2012 site of Contact, NTA’s newest North American tour operator event. The dates for Contact ’12, announced at this year’s Contact, are September 25–27, 2012. “We’re thrilled to welcome NTA to California,” said Glenda Taylor, director of international travel trade for the California Travel and Tourism [...]
www.staywyse.org/portal/page/portal/MenuSecSiteSTAYWYSE/ ), the WYSE Travel Confederation’s sector association representing the youth travel accommodation industry, has just launched its first Green Initiative Award to access the green business operations of the global Youth Travel Accommodation Sector. The award will recognize the youth accommodation provider that is making the greatest efforts to ensure that its operating practices [...]
HotelTravel.com is promoting ten of the hottest summer musical festivals around Europe, highlighting each with original event travel articles and promotional hotel rates available only from HotelTravel.com. HotelTravel.com Chief Information Officer Olivier Dombey said: “Our editorial team has covered ten excellent European summer music festivals in individual articles, highlighting a diverse range of musical tastes [...]
PAKSE, Laos – The 2011 Mekong Tourism Forum ended on Saturday in Laos’ southern city of Pakse, with industry experts highlighting opportunities for growth, but also the need for better management to avoid negative impacts. Chairman of global tourism consultants Horwath HTL, Robert Hecker, said in his keynote address on the closing day that planning [...]
GUANGZHOU, China – The 2011 China Business Travel Summit will bring together some of the world’s and China’s most influential travel industry leaders and Chinese corporate travel buyers to discuss core issues affecting business travel. TravelDaily ( www.traveldaily.cn ), China’s leading online publisher and event organizer with emphasis on distribution, marketing, and technology in the travel [...]
“Peace and stability” has been echoed by all who took to the podium at the opening ceremony of the 5th African Conference for the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) as being the essential necessity for a solid tourism industry. Monday, May 16, saw the official opening of the conference, which is being held [...]
The best of English tourism was celebrated at the award ceremony ‘Enjoy England Award for Excellence 2010′ held in Brighton, England on St George’s Day. These awards, sponsored by the Caravan Club, are granted by the VisitEngland Board recognising organisations or individuals who have had an exceptional impact on English tourism. This year the National [...]