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  • News: British Airways takes to the air for Tenerife

    The inaugural British Airways flight to Tenerife has taken to the skies from London Gatwick, with an entirely full quota of shoppers on board.

    The inaugural flight was hosted by British Airways’ account manager, Lucie Wesley, who welcomed aboard VIPs from Tenerife.

    Guests included the island’s president, Ricardo Melchior and the executive executive of the Tenerife Tourism Corporation, Miguel Ángel Santos.

    They were accompanied by 200 customers who joined them at the BA2730 flight.

    Melchior commented: “We are thrilled to welcome British Airways back to the island of Tenerife.

    “These new flights are already proving incredibly popular and perfectly complement the wonderful quality accommodation options we will be able to offer visitors to our island.”

    The UK is the most important overseas outbound marketplace for Tenerife, with nearly 1.6 million British tourists travelling to the island in 2012.

    Peter Simpson, British Airways’ Gatwick director, added: “Tenerife is a destination that especially appeals to the united kingdom market resulting from its year round sunny climate, the variety of its landscape and beaches and the wealth of activities it may offer.”

    The new British Airways service operates five times per week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and provides the 1st business-class service for 5 years from the united kingdom to the island.

    British Airways’ new “hand baggage only” fares also are available in this route.

  • HOTELEX Shanghai 2013 concludes with applause

    Co-organised by the Shanghai Tourism Bureau, China Tourism Hotel Association, and Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo, HOTELEX Shanghai 2013 has successfully concluded on April 3rd on the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC), welcoming an amazing 70,557 visitors with an exhibiting area of 130,000 square meters.

  • News: Turkish Airlines outlines $6.9bn Boeing order

    Turkish Airlines has confirmed a deal to purchase 95 planes from Boeing.

    The airline revealed it might buy 20 planes in 2016, 20 in 2018, 15 in 2019, 30 in 2020 and ten in 2021 from the usa aircraft maker.

    It said the purchases were made to fulfill a necessity for narrow-body planes.

    Some 70 of the orders were firm ones, and 25 were options.

    The orders are for 20 of the B737-800 aircraft, 65 of the B737-8 MAX model and 10 of the B737-9 MAX plane.

    Boeing said the list price value for the 70 firm orders was US$6.9bn.

    Last month, Turkish Airlines said it will buy 117 narrow-body planes from Boeing’s European rival Airbus between 2015 and 2020.

    Of these 82 are firm orders, and the carrier has options to purchase yet another 35 aircraft.

    Turkish Airlines carried 39 million passengers in last year, with the figure expected to succeed in 46 million passengers by the top of this year and 90 million passengers by the tip of 2020.

    The carrier saw nearly US$8 billion in turnover in last year and that is aiming to succeed in US$18 billion by 2020.

  • Celebrate the king of fruits at Trinidad and Tobago’s Mango Festival

    The dual-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago is thought for its superb cuisine and spectacular street food, but on July 4 and seven, the nation of foodies pays homage to the king of tropical fruit.

    Sweet, juicy and flexible, delicious mangoes of each size and sort would be the focus of Trinidad and Tobago’s fourth annual Mango Festival so that you can be hung on July 7.

    Featuring a mango market, mango products, grafting demonstrations, exhibitions, children’s activities, games, mango-eating competitions, and other entertainment, Trinidad and Tobago’s Mango Festival offers mangophiles every imaginable mango-made delight, from soaps and preserves to candles and gift paper.

    A highlight of the festival is the mango market where numerous the locally-grown fruit, including the sinfully sweet Julie, considered the queen of mangoes, which was developed in Trinidad, and other varieties with whimsical names similar to Rose, Hog, Calabash, Douxdoux, La Brea Gyul, Turpentine, and Graham – a seedling of the Julie mango – can be bought.

    Preceding the festival would be the island’s second Mango Conference on July 4, that’s also being hosted under the auspices of the Network of Rural Women Producers (NRWP) of Trinidad and Tobago.

    Highlighting the contribution of rural communities and agri-entrepreneurs to national economic development, Trinidad and Tobago’s Mango Festival also promotes economic opportunities in the course of the sustainable use of the mango, and educates participants at the many benefits of the much-loved fruit.

    Known because the “king of fruit” through the world, mangoes were dropped at the West Indies by Portuguese traders. In some cultures, the mango tree is an emblem of affection, and the fruit is legendary to be bursting with flavor in addition to protective nutrients including vitamin C and beta carotene.

    In Trinidad and Tobago, mango trees are planted as component of re-forestation programs due to the their extensive root systems that hold the soil and stop erosion. The fruits also are an outstanding source of food for birds and other animals.

    The fourth annual Trinidad and Tobago Mango Festival would be hung on Sunday, July 7, 2013, on the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Field Station, Mount Hope, Trinidad.

  • Laurus Corporation completes $2.7m hotel renovation and rebranding

    Laurus Corporation, a U.S.-based private real estate investment and development firm, announced that it has completed the $2.7 million renovation of the Ramada Suites Hotel at New Orleans Airport and branded the power as a vacation Inn Express.  The renovation included an entire overhaul of the guestrooms, public areas, exterior facade and landscaping. Additionally, a brand new management agreement was signed with an area management company to enhance overall guest satisfaction and function.

    Laurus Corporation acquired the 130-room lodging establishment in March 2012. Situated on the entrance of James Business Park, an upscale, 200-acre business park offering greater than two million square feet of economic space, the hotel is straight away adjacent to the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, which serves approximately 9.7 million passengers per year, the vast majority of them non-connecting travelers.

    “In 2012, the variety of visitors statewide was projected to succeed in 24.8 million individuals with total visitor spending estimated at $9.1 billion,” said Philip Cyburt, Chief Executive Officer of Laurus Corporation. “The hotel’s proximity to a bustling airport and its location in a vigorously recovering market will make it a chief destination for visitors.”

    “The extensive renovation program will enhance the hotel’s brand in a well-performing marketplace in addition to increase the asset’s performing value,” said Austin Khan, Chief Investment Officer of Laurus Corporation.

    Exterior renovations include a brand new pool deck, courtyard deck and fountain, landscaping surrounding the valuables and a brand new paint job.  The lobby, breakfast area and conference rooms feature new flooring, lighting fixtures, window treatments, furniture and televisions. Guestrooms will showcase new flooring, furniture, lighting and window treatments, and upgraded fixtures within the guest bathrooms.

    The hotel features 3,000 square feet of meeting space, two on-site restaurants, a 189-car automobile parking space, and worthwhile fitness and business centers among its competitors.