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News: New UNWTO/Tourism Australia report highlights tourism potential of SE Asia

October 18, 2016 • Alicia
Asia’s affluent middle class is ready to extend almost fivefold over a better two decades, presenting significant opportunities for Australian tourism, in keeping with a brand new report released by Tourism Australia and the sector Tourism Organization (UNWTO) at this year’s Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE). ‘Key Outbound Tourism Markets in South-East Asia’ provides up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of the foremost tourism trends and developments in five key South-East Asian outbound markets: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.  Tourism Australia Managing Director Andrew McEvoy said the study would help the Australian tourism industry to raised understand, communicate with, and serve these five, key emerging outbound markets. “The crucial factor behind the expansion of travel out of the Asian markets – from South-East Asia up to from China – is the increasing...
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News: Eurostar partners with Waitrose to provide on-board refreshments

October 16, 2016 • Alicia
Eurostar and Waitrose are today announcing a brand new partnership that will see Britain’s favourite supermarket* supply on-board refreshments to Eurostar’s bar buffets, for passengers travelling in standard class between London and mainland Europe. A delicious collection of fresh sandwiches, snacks, drinks and hot dishes will arrive on-board all Eurostar services from 30th April. With a number over 20 products there’ll be something to fulfill pan-European appetites including mushroom risotto, chicken tikka masala, and a tapas selection, in addition to traditional British sandwiches and the French classic Croque Monsieur. This new culinary collaboration marks Waitrose’s first major move into on-board food and its first significant continental venture. Waitrose Business to Business Director, David Morton, said: “This is an exceptionally exciting opportunity for us to work with any such prestigious brand,...
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Hilton London Islington gets £5.2m refurb

October 14, 2016 • Alicia
Hilton London Islington has announced the £5.2 million refurbishment of its guest rooms, to be completed June 2013, with the addition of 7 new bedrooms, bringing the full number to 191. The hotel, situated within the heart of trendy Islington, was inspired and influenced by its close proximity to the Square Mile. Each room displays subtle hints of London, with a graceful city style. In-room features are influenced by the materials and fabrics related to a tailored pin-stripe suit making a classic British feel. Oded Lifschitz, UK area vice chairman, Hilton Worldwide said, “London remains essentially the mostsome of the most popular visitor destinations on this planet and, alongside Hilton’s superb service, we’re involved in keeping our product fresh and unique. “We currently have plenty of refurbishment programmes in progress...
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News: Aviation to return under spotlight at Arabian Travel Market

October 14, 2016 • Alicia
Aviation sector experts and commentators will gather in Dubai for the twentieth annual Arabian Travel Market exhibition next month because the industry comes under close scrutiny at dedicated sessions as portion of the total ATM 2013 seminar series. Kicking off the talk, two of the giants of aviation will participate in The massive Conversation at the first day of the show, with Emirates Airlines president, Tim Clark, and Qantas chief executive, Alan Joyce, discussing their groundbreaking partnership. A Euromonitor-led presentation on the WTM Vision seminar on May 7th, will share the result of research into the opportunities for growth by most economical airlines inside the Middle East. Another aviation outlook session, specializing in the challenges and opportunities, will feature Ghaith Al Ghaith, chief executive, flydubai; Aage Dünhaupt, director, group communications...
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News: Record month for Dubai international

October 10, 2016 • Alicia
Dubai International registered a record 5.8 million passengers in March, in step with the monthly traffic report issued by Dubai Airports. Passenger traffic in March surged by 20.6 per cent, the very best since August 2012, to five,846,297 in comparison with 4,848,320 in March 2012, the fourth consecutive month with greater than five million passengers and a double-digit growth. The strong showing has boosted the year so far traffic to 16,486,417, up 15.6 per cent compared with 14,261,606 recorded through the first three months of 2012. The largest increase in total passenger number were recorded at the Western European routes – driven mainly by Emirates airline and flydubai services to destinations within the region registering the most important increase in total passenger numbers (up 227,830), followed by the AGCC (up...
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