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IDeaS Introduces Powerful, Dynamic Reporting and Visual Analytics Tool
IDeaS Revenue Performance Insights™ leverages SAS® Visual Analytics, creating an ability to visualize revenue management data and performance metrics via the web and tablet applications
Avis looks to emerging markets for further expansion
Having been recognised as the World’s Leading Car Hire by the World Travel Awards in 2013, Avis topped off another year of success. In 2014 the brand has continued to make headlines, and here Breaking Travel News brings you some of the latest.
Breaking Travel News feature: Sleeping among the stars in Dubai
Announced today is Dubai’s latest hospitality venture - The Out of this World Hotel. A hospitality experience which is being billed as the latest space craze from Dubai, The Out of this World Hotel offers guests the amazing opportunity to sleep among the stars.
Onyx Payments Renews Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd. for Global Hotel Payment Process
Hong Kong-based Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd., one of the world’s premier hotel companies, recently announced contract renewal with Onyx Payments for global hotel commission processing services.
Breaking Travel News interview: Ali Abu Monassar, chairman, The Vision Arabia
In this edition of TravelTalk focus is on the MICE market in the Middle East with Phil Blizzard talking to Ali Abu Monassar, chairman of the Dubai-based destination management company The Vision Arabia. He talks about the state of the MICE sector post the global economic crisis, what the Middle East, and in particular the UAE, can offer to MICE guests and the resurgence of the countries involved in the Arab Spring.
Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital opens to visitors
The Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital is the first public institution in the United Arab Emirates to provide comprehensive veterinary health care services exclusively for falcons.
GIBTM: Buoyant atmosphere as 2014 show comes to a close
The 2014 edition of the Gulf Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings show at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre has closed with over 74 first-time participants attending the show. These included delegations from Kazakhstan, Russia, Morocco, South Africa and South Korea, all of whom launched exhibitions at the this exciting business to business event.
Cruise1st Website Sets Sail on Maiden Voyage in Singapore
Travel experts, Cruise1st, have launched a new website in Singapore, featuring the very best cruise deals from Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and Azamara Club Cruises. Owned by Royal Caribbean, Cruise1st is the leading cruise deal specialist in the UK and Australia’s fastest growing cruise brand. The company is looking forward to providing exceptional service, tailor-made cruises and competitive prices to the holiday-makers of Singapore.
JA Resorts & Hotels brings JA Manafaru to Maldives
JA Resorts & Hotels - the Dubai-based international hospitality company - has announced the acquisition of a high-end all inclusive resort soon to launch in the Maldives. JA Manafaru, located in the Northern Haa Alifu Atoll of the Maldives, will present couples and families a high-end holiday offering all year round - and marks the second international property in the company’s robust longer term global expansion strategy.
Breaking Travel News interview: Rob Harper, director of business development, Namu Travel Group
Leading Central American travel company Namu Travel Group specialises in personalised, boutique vacations to Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua. Here Breaking Travel News catches up with Rob Harper, director of business development to discuss the group’s recent re-brand.
Breaking Travel News interview: Alain St. Ange, minister for tourism, Republic of the Seychelles
Phil Blizzard here speaks with Alain St. Ange, minister for tourism & culture, Republic of the Seychelles, about the island’s tourism growth in 2013, the importance of ITB Berlin and the German tourism market, along with their development plans for 2014 and the introduction of a new master plan.
Mindtree to support and increase efficiencies for SITA’s Strategic Finance System
Global technology solutions company Mindtree has announced it now provides application support and evolutionary maintenance services to SITA, the world’s leading specialist in air transport communications and IT solutions, for its new Strategic Finance System (SFS) platform.