Travel and Tourism Industry News

For the sixth year running, Joan Weber, Director and Co-Founder of JOURNEYS International, has won the Top Travel Specialist Award for Family Travel: International Adventure and Eco-travel. Joan, a former teacher in the United States and Nepal, has an extensive history in planning family travel. Since the time her children were toddlers, about 20 years [...]

With Great Offers From Select Resorts To Humber Valley, Newfoundland Western Newfoundland, Canada’s most easterly province, is a real haven for lovers of the great outdoors and, at only five and a half hours flight from the UK, it makes for an easily accessible and cost-effective family holiday destination. The luxurious Humber Valley Resort, nestled [...]

The love of cuisine, wine, indigenous cultures have inspired unforgettable moments and created memories that last a lifetime. The hotels and resorts of The Luxury Collection evoke similar emotions and have created Epicurean Expeditions to unlock the world’s most enriching experiences. Guests of Sheraton Grande Laguna, A Luxury Collection Resort, Phuket are invited to explore [...]

Scala, the leading provider of end-to-end connected signage software, today announced the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV has deployed a Scala InfoChannel® digital signage network as part of their extensive renovation project. The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, (not to be confused with the Hard Rock café chain) [...]

Fashion Show, The Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian and The Shoppes at The Palazzo Join to Enhance Awareness & Visitation General Growth Properties, Inc. (GGP) owners and managers of America’s Premier Shopping Places, an award-winning collection of tourism-oriented shopping centers located throughout the USA, recently announced the formation of its first regional marketing alliance [...]

Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines’ largest domestic carrier, will use the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA-3) for both domestic and international flights starting on August 1, 2008. CEB started its domestic ATR operations at NAIA-3 last July 22, 2008. Lance Gokongwei, CEB President and CEO, said, “NAIA-3’s opening is a welcome development for [...]

The dollar’s decline hasn’t dampened enthusiasm for travel abroad among large numbers of Americans – but it has shortened the distance they are willing to travel, according to a new survey from Visa. The survey, which polled only U.S. payment cardholders who had traveled outside the U.S. in the past three years, found that two [...]