Monthly Archives: February 2018
Cologne scales new tourism highs in 2017
Cologne’s tourism scaled new highs in 2017 and was the best in Cologne’s history, with a total of 3.59 m guests arriving and 6.24 m overnight stays. According to official registration records, there were 7.3 per cent increase in …
Dubai Miracle Garden unveils record-setting floral Mickey Mouse structure
Visitors coming to Dubai Miracle Garden now can view a world record-setting structure – an 18-meter floral Mickey Mouse, which was unveiled on Sunday. The structure was awarded the Guinness World Record certificate. Engineer Abdul Nasser Rahhal, the brain …
Jamaica celebrates tourism full throttle
This weekend, the best of the tourism of Jamaica was on display in Kingston as Caribbean Travel Awards was presented by Caribbean Journal to Jamaica’s winning contingent, emphasized by Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica the Tourism Minister, receiving the award for Caribbean Tourism …
Annual statistics: 2017 the most successful year to date for convention business in Berlin
Congress business in Berlin remains on course for success: in 2017, around 11.7 million participants (+ 1 per cent compared to 2016) came to 140,200 events (+ 2 per cent) in Berlin. For the first time, the conference and congress …
CLIA Debuts Five New Online Courses for Travel Professionals
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has announced five new online courses to its professional development program available to CLIA Travel Agency, Individual Agent Members and non-member travel professionals. “At CLIA, we are proud to offer the industry’s leading professional …
Sean Aggarwal joins Yatra
Yatra Online, Inc.India’s leading online travel company, today announced the appointment of Sean Aggarwal, former CFO of Trulia, Inc., to its Board of Directors effective March 1, 2018. “We are very pleased to have Sean join our board and …
Waka Odyssey opens 2018 New Zealand Festival
Autumn New Zealand’s unique cultural identity came alive on 23 Feb, 2018 as tens of thousands of spectators gathered on Wellington’s waterfront for ‘A Waka Odyssey’ – a spectacular on-water show launching the 30th New Zealand Festival. A fleet of …
Southern and Eastern England train cancellation, hit by ‘Beast from the East’
UK has been hit by the ‘Beast from the East’ with snow fall and temperature plummeting across the country, it is expected that the conditions will worsen in the days ahead and transport will also be affected. There will be …
UK to face heavy snow, coldest February week in 5 years
The United Kingdom is ready to confront with heavy snow and probable travel disruption as the nation gets ready for its coldest February week in five years. A blast of Siberian air is ready to usher widespread frost and …
Indian architect Hafeez Contractor wants to design 19 Indian railway stations for free
Noted Indian architect Hafeez Contractor has offered to design 19 Indian railway stations for free including several in Mumbai as a part of redevelopment project being rolled out by the Railways. Sanjeev Kumar Lohia, Managing Director and Chief Executive officer …
