Category: Holidays

  • Qatar Tourism Authority launches new website

    Qatar Tourism Authority Chairman, Mr. Issa Al Muhanadi has announced the launch of QTA’s new and enhanced website. The announcement was during an event held at QTA’s offices and in presence of the entire employees. The positioning have been designed to be an easy and informative, and aims to be a functional and interactive resource for Qatar’s residents, in addition to for your complete tourists.

    The website, www.qatartourism.gov.qa, provides a structured and visible journey in the course of the different activities which might be done in Qatar in addition to the authority’s roles, responsibilities and services.

    With updated corporate news and QTA-owned and partnered events, the portal integrates and presents tourism, culture and knowledge, in a dynamic way, to boot key highlights of places and sections with the virtue of finding and booking a flight for a vacation, checking the elements, and reserving a hotel to boot. It also highlights the restaurants in Doha, thus mentioning the entertainments, shopping, parks and natural landmarks.

    The new website is aligned with QTA’s vision to offer essentially the most up-to-date services and to advertise Qatar because the world’s entertainment hub.
    QTA’s mission is to offer quite a lot of events, as well as positioning Qatar as a global class tourism hub for business, leisure, culture, education and sport. Ideal for tourism, Doha offers a novel combination of worldwide class services and sumptuous hospitality in addition superb international award winning leisure provision to entice the traveler from round the world

    The website’s front-end and back-end technology provides secure login for all viewers and allows the portal to be fully customized on all mobile devices. It serves as a primary point of contact for current and potential partners and stakeholders, media, students and general audiences, who would like to discover more in regards to the State of Qatar in addition to the activities and events occurring within the country.

  • Brits name Route 66 as their favourite U.S road trip

    Route 66 is the preferred U.S road trip for British travellers this year in line with booking data from US Motel chain, Motel 6, as British holidaymakers take to the open road to explore famous sites which includes The Metro Diner and Meteor city.

    The 2450 mile long scenic route, famous for towns corresponding to Amarillo and Santa Monica and seen in popular movies consisting of “It Came From Outer Space” has seen as much as 25% more visits this year than its closest competitor, the Pacific Coast Highway, cementing it because the UK’s ultimate road trip. In truth, Motel 6 locations situated along Route 66 have already had almost 3000 bookings for the reason that start of 2013 in comparison with lower than 2100 for the PCH.

    Motel 6 was welcoming visitors from around the world for over 50 years and with over 1000 locations nationwide, they’re an expert on affordable U.S. travel.  In truth, not just is Route 66 the hottest road trip but Motel6 in Anaheim (on Route 66) is additionally actually one of the vital popular destinations within the U.S with almost 1923 bookings in 2013 already.

    Fifty years because it first opened its doors, today’s Motel 6’s offer the amenities that made it famous including free morning coffee and pet friendly motels in addition to just a few more modern-day necessities, including extended cable TV channels, free local calls, Wi-Fi access and, at most locations, pools. And, with over 1000 locations nationwide, Motel 6 offers definitely the right solution for the value conscious traveller.
    So whether you’re cruising down the Pacific Coast Highway in a soft top or experiencing the wonders of Route 66, Motel 6 offers comfortable beds at great prices for the weary traveller.

    To get the very best prices on Motel 6 locations in the course of the States, or UK customer booking/search information for any travel features contact the Motel 6 press office

  • Steven McArthur appointed CEO of VEGAS.com

    Travel and online veteran Steven McArthur was named CEO of VEGAS.com. James B. Gibson, who served as president and CEO of the corporate for the past two-and-a-half years, will continue serving as an Officer at the VEGAS.com Board of Managers.

    McArthur brings to VEGAS.com extensive executive leadership experience. He served as president of North America for Expedia, overseeing the company’s portfolio of North American brands including Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, Classic Vacations and TripAdvisor. He also served as executive vice chairman of Web properties for AOL and as president of Classmates Media Corporation, a division of United Online.

    In addition to his leadership roles at Expedia and United Online, McArthur led the buyer Applications business unit at Hewlett-Packard. He began his career at Bain & Company, advising clients within the technology, travel, health care and fiscal services industries. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from Queen’s University, Belfast, and an MBA from Harvard University. “Steven’s diverse background and powerful knowledge of consumer behavior, travel and technology make him the suitable person to cope day-to-day activities at VEGAS.com,” observed Gibson.

    Gibson is the previous three-term Mayor of Henderson, and served on numerous boards and commissions during his tenure as mayor, including the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Board of Directors, the Nevada Development Authority Board of Directors, the Las Vegas Events Board of Directors and the Regional Transportation Commission.

    Under Gibson’s leadership, the corporate signed an exclusive agreement with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to permit the LVCVA to exploit LasVegas.com as its primary domain. Additionally, e-commerce functionality was integrated into the LVCVA site for the primary time ever.

  • London’s Regent Street turns purple to celebrate The Queen’s Coronation

    Today, Regent Street, London W1 revealed a spectacular display of purple and gold flags in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Londoners and visitors received a glorious surprise this morning once they arrived on Regent Street. The purple flags featuring gold crowns span the length of Regent Street to St James’s making a striking backdrop to this world famous shopping destination in London’s West End.

    Regent Street continues to construct on its reputation as probably the most ultimate shopping and lifestyle destinations on the earth, with many global fashion brands choosing to name this famous shopping thoroughfare their home.  Soon to open on Regent Street are three international brands, Longchamp, KIKO MAKEUP MILANO and United Nude adding its prestigious host of style retailers. As among the premier shopping destinations within the UK, Regent Street remains the number 1 shopping destination for UK and international brands to open flagship stores.

  • WTTC to supply ground-breaking report on Serbia

    The World Travel & Tourism Council has signed an agreement with the govt. of the Republic of Serbia to provide a large-ranging study so one can demonstrate the tourism potential of the rustic.

    The deal was signed with the ministry of finance & economy, in the course of the National Tourism Organisation of Serbia.

    The study have been commissioned to completely assess both the industrial impact of tourism at the Republic of Serbia, in addition to outline current and future policy recommendations for the rustic.

    This is a proactive technique to enhance the present efforts of the NTO and the Ministry and is a primary such relationship with WTTC.

    WTTC president David Scowsill launched the commission for this study at his address to the UNWTO Executive Council Meeting in Belgrade.

    Scowsill said: “In order to stimulate investment income from the non-public and public sector, countries require reliable, robust data on tourism.

    “As the forum for business leaders within the tourism industry, WTTC is healthier placed to comprehend and advise upon the necessities of personal-sector investors.”

    A full policy review would be conducted together with a piece on global and the country’s tourism trends. 

    Combined with the detailed the industrial impact assessment, the trends and policy review will guide the recommendations for policy measures that might best enable tourism to realize its economic potential, and function a foundation for the construction of the Republic of Serbia’s National Tourism Strategy.

    The report could be prepared in the course of the second half 2013 and should be presented to the National Tourism Organisation and Ministry in late 2013.

    NTO chief executive Gordana Plamenac commented: “We are experiencing significant year on year growth from lots of our important markets, but we’re also accustomed to the will for accurate independent analyses so that you can further boost confidence from foreign investors and help our country to maximise returns from tourism and to accomplish better exposure internationally.”