About a hundred horses jumped through bonfires in a purification ceremony on Sunday during the Spanish festival of “Las Luminarias”, which was held for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published on : Monday, May 20, 2019
A technical hitch halted all plane refuelling at Manchester Airport leading to cancellation of 86 flights that affected 13,000 passengers. The problem first emerged at around 2 pm, Sunday afternoon as passengers took to social media to report that they …
Published on : Saturday, May 18, 2019
France welcomed a total of 89.4 million visitors which is a rise of three per cent from that of 2017. It is now targeting 100 million foreign tourists for 2020. Government’s tourism committee said in a statement: “France remained the …
Published on : Saturday, May 18, 2019
From Monday all landing cards for international passengers arriving in the U.K. will be scrapped. Landing cards are presently filled in by passengers arriving by air or sea from outside the European Economic Area. Border Force director general Paul …
Published on : Friday, May 17, 2019
A report by ACI Europe reveals that passenger traffic at Europe’s airports grew by an average +4.4 per cent in first quarter 2019. The EU market reported growth in Q1, despite the fact that March traffic (+4.1%) was affected because the …
Published on : Thursday, May 16, 2019
The German National Tourist Board (GNTB) coordinates open data project to strengthen the travel destination Germany. The cross-border availability of high-quality tourist data is essential for Germany as a tourism destination to maintain and expand its position within international …
Published on : Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Paris was ranked the world’s number one destination for meetings by the latest report of International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). It outpaced second-place holder, Vienna, by a margin of 40 meetings. Viparis has helped the capital maintain this leadership …
Published on : Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Europe’s rate of tourism growth seems to be slowing down in the course of 2019 as fears of a global economic slowdown and political uncertainty start to bite. Instead of the six percent growth recorded in 2018 — or …
Published on : Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Accor Hotels to partner with WOJO to become the largest co-working brand in Europe by 2022. The WOJO co-working spaces will be launched within Accor hotels worldwide with different offerings, across all segments (economy, mid-scale and luxury segments). Accor WOJO …
Published on : Thursday, May 2, 2019
India’s fast-growing hotel chain Oyo will expand in Europe with the acquisition of an Amsterdam-based vacation rental firm @Leisure. It will buy @Leisure from German media firm Axel Springer for a sum of 369.5 m euro (U.S. dollars 415m; 317.9 …
Published on : Thursday, May 2, 2019
Record 17.9 million passengers passed through Heathrow in the first three months of 2019. Its first quarter pre-tax profits soared by 72 per cent to 57 million pounds. During this period the new routes to Newquay, Chengdu, Osaka, Phoenix, Pittsburgh …
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