| //09-11-2009 World Travel Market (WTM) annual four-day UK and International travel trade show activities started on Monday in London with the participation of representatives of tourist and travel companies and agencies from all over the world, including Yemen.
Executive Director of Tourism Promotion Council Ahmed al-Beel said to Saba that Yemen's participation under chairmanship of Minister of Tourist Nabeel al-Faghih aims to market Yemeni tourist products and to list Yemeni participation in various European tourist gatherings and markets. |
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 | //09-11-2009 Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister Angela Gerekou outlined the key-points of the government's new policy on tourism, speaking here on Monday within the framework of the World Travel Market (WTM) international travel trade show.
The deputy minister underlined the necessity for slashing red tape, development of what she called "green tourism", a national strategic marketing planning and the upgrading of the available tourist product. "Filling the legislative voids will help in curbing bureaucracy," Gerekou said, stressing that within this framework, dysfunctions in Greece's cavernous public administration will be dealt with "drastically" to attract foreign investors. |
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| //09-11-2009 Pop-up hotels are spreading across the UK as demand for good-value accommodation increases.
According to the World Travel Market Global Trends Report 2009 produced in association with Euromonitor and released today, the fall in consumer confidence is pushing hotel companies to look at more efficient ways to build new properties.
One method is to use modular construction, which has the advantage of reducing building time by 50%. It caters for a wide range of customer groups in both the business and leisure sectors, as well as being portable and ideal for exhibitions, sporting events and festivals. |
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 | //02-11-2009 Insight Vacations, Europe's premier escorted tour operator, provides premium escorted motorcoach vacations throughout Britain, Ireland, Europe, Scandinavia the Eastern Mediterranean and North America.
In 1978, its first year, the company had a handful of staff in London and carried just 5700 passengers. Today, Insight has a team of professionals throughout the world, plays host to over 100,000 guests per year and has offices in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore and the UK. The company has also appointed specialist agents in Argentina, Brazil, Mauritius, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan and China.
Insight has achieved many important Tour Operator 'Firsts' over the years including, in 1983, being the first scheduled tour operator to win 'the Queen's Award for Export Achievement' from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. |
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 | //02-11-2009 Our brand new website is packed with plenty of exciting Holidays!
Quality is our focus. We insist on state-of-the-art luxury coaches; prompt and pleasant customer service; and the best hotels, visits and entertainment. This policy serves us well as CIE Tours International is highly regarded by the travel industry and you, our valued clients.
For 2009 and 2010 we have expanded our tours of Ireland, our main destination, as well as Britain, Italy and Eastern Europe. |
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 | //02-11-2009 We are pleased to announce that AmeriCan Adventures has merged with TrekAmerica to offer a more extensive range of travel options. TrekAmerica offers the same high quality tours that you would expect to receive from AmeriCan Adventures and we all stand by our commitment to provide the most exciting adventure travel that North America has to offer. |
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 | //02-11-2009 Discover Africa Group is an online travel company that owns and operates some of Africa’s top travel websites. |
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 | //02-11-2009 A tour planned and priced so you can see, learn and do more. Watch how Cosmos crafts unforgettable memories and makes your travel dreams an affordable reality. |
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| //26-10-2009 Tourabout, the company launching the Social GDS™ (in private beta) for the travel industry, has been selected to be featured at The PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit. Senior analysts from PhoCusWright evaluate and invite just 30 companies globally to demonstrate at the event (held November 17, 2009 in Orlando, Florida) that showcases the year’s most compelling travel technology innovations to senior industry executives.
"This event is for innovations that PhoCusWright believes will significantly impact travel so to be invited is a great stamp of approval" said Ben Jackson CEO of Tourabout. "We look forward to demonstrating the Web 3.0 travel platform that will fundamentally shift the way travel companies connect to and engage with travellers in the future.” |
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| //24-10-2009 The U.S. travel industry appears to have survived the recession but has yet to recover from it, earnings results reported from the third-quarter indicate.
Delta (DAL), the world's largest airline, and US Airways (LCC), the USA's sixth-largest, reported losses for the quarter on Thursday. But they said they saw signs that travel is beginning to pick up.
Demand, measured against last year, improved in each month in the third quarter, and is up again so far in October. US Airways said advance bookings for flights in the fourth quarter were stronger than expected. |
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| //24-10-2009 From Delhi, the Indian government capital, snake your way through the country discovering lakes, palaces, forts and incredible cuisine to find yourself in Goa, the Indian party capital. Mouth watering curries, mysterious temples, harems and holy men are all part and parcel of this trip. |
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| //23-10-2009 More than 200 New England Patriots [team stats] fans jetted off to London this week to see the hometown team play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Wembley Stadium, but tour operators say sales don’t compare to other more popular sports trips.
“I was happy to sell about 250 Pats/Wembley packages in this economy,” said Daniel Pranks, founder of New England Sports Tours. “But the event is nowhere near as big as the Super Bowl or Doug Flutie’s appearance in the Cotton Bowl, when we took 2,000, or the 1,200 we take on our party train to New York when the Sox play the Yankees.” |
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| //23-10-2009 It irks me that so many travel companies still attempt to disguise the full cost of advertised flights and travel packages, to the extent that it almost borders on deceit! |
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 | //16-10-2009 For responsible travellers, the impact of flyingon the environment is difficult to ignore and carbon offsets have become an established tool to reduce the impact of holidaying. Offsetting has been embraced by the travel and tourism industry at large, too. More and more holiday companies, airlines and hotels have been turning to carbon-offsetting schemes in order to support claims that they are carbon neutral businesses, offering travellers a "guilt-free" travel alternative – the chance to have their cake and eat it. |
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 | //16-10-2009 People thinking of going on an adventure holiday to Vietnam may be interested in the news that a cave has been discovered in the country's jungle.
Named Hang Son Doong - which means mountain river cave – is believed to be the largest grotto of its kind in the world, measuring 200 metres high and 150 metres wide.
Scientists think it is twice the size of the current record holder.
The Joint British-Vietnamese Caving Expedition team – which comprised of 13 experts - made the find during a five-day trip to the country's Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. |
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 | //16-10-2009 Hawaii cruises plus hotel accommodations in Las Vegas, Anahiem, San Diego, San Francisco or Hawaii.
We offer several cruise lines for you to choose: Norwegian Cruise Lines, Princess Cruise, Royal Caribbean International & Holland American Cruise Lines, etc. |
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 | //16-10-2009 Viking will officially launch its newest ship, Viking Legend, with a christening in Amsterdam on November 23. Viking has selected Stevi M. Tracas as Viking Legend’s godmother; Ms. Tracas will break the traditional bottle of champagne across the ship’s hull in a ceremony that is thought to bring good luck to the ship, its guests and crew. Stevi Travas, a travel industry veteran, is married to Steve Tracas, president and CEO of Vacation.com, one of Viking’s marketing partners. |
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| //14-10-2009 Tour guide Dennis Andres was giving a talk on vortexes at a Sedona resort on Monday, but the guests were most interested in another topic: the deaths of two tourists during a pricey New Age retreat last week.
"There were just tons of questions about the tragedy," the founder of Sedona Private Guides and self-described Mr. Sedona said.
Tourism-dependent businesses like his hope the international publicity over the deaths during a sweat-lodge ceremony don't dent Sedona's reputation as a spiritual mecca and further hurt a visitor industry stung deeply by the recession. Sedona-area hotel occupancy year to date through August is off 16 percent and revenue is down 23 percent, according to Smith Travel Research. |
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 | //10-10-2009 Explore the state of New York's scenic and historic Hudson River Valley. It is remarkable for its concentration of famous homes of great Americans from our social, literary and political past. Tour in the spring with flowers in bloom or in the autumn, when the hills hold brilliant fall foliage! |
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