Travel and Tourism Industry News

If you have a job that requires you to travel frequently by air, you may already have some idea of the potential health risks of extended plane travel can be. A number of studies have focused on the affects of constantly flying at high altitudes such as those reached by commercial airliners. Okay, so what [...]

Assistant chief executive at Singapore Tourism Board (STB) Ken Low says STB is in the process of overhauling its digital initiatives in order to strengthen digital to become the “core” of its marketing activities. Speaking in the fourth and final episode of MediaTV’s series examining travel and tourism brands’ marketing strategies, Low says STB is [...]

Specially collected imagery of iconic British locations has been made available for people to explore in Google Street View for the first time. Now Americans can discover top British landmarks with just a click of a mouse. VisitBritain, the national tourist office for England, Scotland and Wales has joined forces with Google to showcase top [...]

CapitaLand’s wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott), is celebrating the opening of its fifth serviced residence in Beijing, Ascott Raffles City Beijing. This marks the first time an Ascott serviced residence has partnered with a Raffles City. Raffles City is an iconic integrated lifestyle development comprising a retail mall, an office tower [...]

With three luxurious properties in the Florida Keys offering rates starting at just $179/night, Singh Hotels & Resorts is enhancing affordability with the new “companion fly free” program, available now through Feb. 11, 2010. Guests who reserve two or more nights at Singh’s Parrot Key Hotel and Resort, Tranquility Bay Beach House Resort or Coral [...]

The Philippines joined hundreds of exhibitors at the World Travel Market (WTM) show in London, as part of an ongoing long-term strategy to boost tourism into the country. Together with members of the Philippine travel industry, the Department of Tourism (DOT) presented to a global audience of travel professionals who are looking for business opportunities. [...]

One of the UK and Ireland’s largest self-catering holiday operators has welcomed Tourism Ireland’s multi-million euro strategy to boost visitor numbers to Ireland in 2010. Imagine Ireland, which promotes over 1000 individually vetted properties throughout the country, said a refocusing of marketing efforts to target growing consumer confidence in the UK would reap dividends for [...]