Tourism Trends News
Tourism represents 9 of Ibero-America’s total exports
Tourism is a key economic driver for the 22 countries of the Ibero-American Community (the 19 countries of Latin America and the three of the Iberian Peninsula).
Miraval Arizona announces new collaborations with National Geographic Expeditions
Miraval Arizona, the top-rated destination spa resort located in Tucson, today announced new collaborations with National Geographic Expeditions and Lindblad Expeditions.
Europe has never been closer for the 18-35 year olds
Contiki Holidays, the worldwide leader in travel for young professionals, students, and adventurists aged 18-35, launched its 2011/2012 Europe brochures today, which includes itineraries in Britain, Egypt and The Mediterranean.
Europe has never been closer for the 18-35 year olds
Contiki Holidays, the worldwide leader in travel for young professionals, students, and adventurists aged 18-35, launched its 2011/2012 Europe brochures today, which includes itineraries in Britain, Egypt and The Mediterranean.
Brits searching further afield for winter sun holiday destinations
Desperate to escape the cold UK weather, Britons are increasingly searching for winter sun holiday destinations according to Experian Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service.
Haven Holidays reports 7% increase in advance bookings
Latest booking figures for Haven show that the UK operator has experienced record advance sales for 2011 and seen a 7% increase year on year.
Whichbudget goes east with expansion into Ukraine and Russian markets
As part of its ongoing expansion, WhichBudget.com, a leading flight search and destination finder, announces its launch into the Ukraine market with a dedicated domain, www.whichbudget.com/ua.
1 in 5 wait until the last minute to book their holiday
One in five people are booking their holidays just five days before they stay, according to a survey undertaken by hotel booking specialists hotelbook.com.
Brits not interested in religious festivals
HolidayExtras.com, recently polled over a 1000 customers to find out if they were interested in travelling to take part in a religious festival and the results showed that a resounding 74 per cent weren’t.
EU moves closer to visa-free travel with Ukraine
The European Union and Ukraine have taken a significant step toward relaxing visa restrictions on travel between the two. An Action Plan to allow visa-free travel was signed in Brussels earlier at the culmination of the 14th EU-Ukraine summit.
Increased Airfare and Hotel Rates across the Globe Expected
American Express Business Travel today announced pricing projections from its annual Global Business Travel Forecast, indicating increases are expected between three percent and nine percent for airfare and hotel rates in key markets around the world.
Higher APD significantly cuts UK travel to Caribbean Post November 09
As the latest rise in the UK’s air passenger duty (APD) looms on 1st November, Cheapflights Media, an international media network providing users with different ways to find low cost travel, has been tracking the impact of APD on traffic searching for Caribbean destinations on it’s UK site over the past year following the UK’s introduction of the sharply increased four tier APD in November 2009.