(Forimmediaterelease.net) World Travel Market (WTM), the leading global event for the travel industry, has once again lined up some of the hotel sector’s most influential executives for its WTM 2011 Hotels Program. This year’s Hotels Program, sponsored by Bloomberg, includes speakers from some of the best-known and most innovative property groups in the world, including [...]
Gerd Steeb, President of Centara Hotels & Resorts, has announced the promotion of Martin Heiniger from General Manager of Centara Grand Beach Resort Samui to Cluster General Manager of Centara Hotels & Resorts Bali, Indonesia. He will be stationed at Centara Grand Nusa Dua Resort and Villas and will oversee all three properties in Bali. [...]
SilkAir launched its inaugural flight to Bandung, Indonesia, on Monday, October 11, 2011. Carrying 70 passengers, the inaugural MI 196 flight departed Singapore’s Changi Airport at 1650 Singapore time and touched down at Bandung’s Husein Sastranegara Airport at 1624 Western Indonesia Time, after about an hour flight. Other airlines flying international routes direct to Bandung are Air [...]
LOS ANGELES, California – Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam, the new luxury lifestyle hotel in Amsterdam, has entered the Green Globe Certification Program – the travel and tourism industries’ worldwide label for sustainable management and operations. Green Globe is a worldwide organization that certifies its members according to internationally-accepted sustainability criteria. Conservatorium Hotel has been independently audited [...]
SEATTLE, Wash. – In winter 2012 and spring 2013 two Holland America Line ships –– ms Oosterdam and ms Volendam –– will sail a series of Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific cruises, visiting more than 50 ports where guests can revel in the cosmopolitan attractions of Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, and explore the exotic [...]
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – The international portfolio of BestCities partners continues to grow with the cities of Berlin and Houston granted preliminary membership of the global alliance, effective October 10, 2011. Making the announcement at IMEX 2011 in Las Vegas, Mr Jerad Bachar, Incoming Board Chair for 2012 said, “The BestCities Global Alliance consists of [...]
In times of economic uncertainty where demand drops and becomes more unpredictable, the travel industry sees much more pressure on prices. Revenue managers seem to still follow too easily the principle of dropping price to generate more demand, said Sebastian Kuritke, Director of Revenue Management, Avis Europe. One of the critical developments for revenue management (RM) [...]
ICPT (International Council of Tourism Partners) called for increased support for the aviation sector on the occasion of the 17th World Route Development Forum in Berlin today. Professor Geoffrey Lipman ICTP President said that: • We believe that aviation, airlines, and airports are the key focal points of our sector and for international travel they [...]
How does an Australian travel company, specializing in cruises, go from being a two-man operation to a staff of over 20 with offices in Sydney and Hong Kong in only 9 years? By being the best. Ecruising.travel is Australia’s premier cruise-only travel agency. Anywhere is possible with ecruising.travel where voyages range from a three-day “cruise [...]
GEM11 is the annual members-only event organized by the European Tour Operators Association (ETOA) at which tour operator buyers sit down for a series of pre-scheduled meetings with a wide range of suppliers and trade contacts, ranging from hotels and specialist retailers to visitor attractions and tourist boards. ETOA’s Executive Director Tom Jenkins said: “This [...]
