September 23, 2014 was a busy day for the Mediterranean port of Valletta as it hosted a total of five cruise liners. Early in the afternoon four chartered AIDA cruise liners: AIDAaura, AIDAblu, AIDAdiva and AIDAvita berthed along Pinto Quays, bringing with them a total of 7,000 guests for an event marking the 40th anniversary …
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://travelworldnews.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Roberto-Cuesta_airberlin-The-Americas-199×300.jpg” width=199 height=300 captiontext=”Robert Cuesta, Jr., new Vice President of Sales & Marketing The Americas for Airberlin.” align=”left”] Airberlin has appointed Roberto Cuesta Jr. as Vice President, Sales and Marketing The Americas effective September 1, 2014. In his new role, he will be reporting to Norbert Draskovits, Senior Vice President Sales Scheduled Services airberlin. …
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://travelworldnews.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image004.png” width=192 height=241 captiontext=”Vincent de Croock, De L’Europe’s newly appointed Director of Sales & Marketing.” align=”left”] Amsterdam’s De L’Europe hotel announced the appointment of Vincent de Croock as Director of Sales & Marketing. “We are thrilled to welcome Mr. Croock to De L’Europe,” said General Manager, Tom Krooswijk. “His longtime dedication to promotion of …
Mediterra DMC – a global tour operator specializing in tours to Croatia, countries of former Yugoslavia and Mediterranean basin countries – announced its program for 2015 that includes tours and cruises to destinations in the Mediterranean. The program offers 42 different tours and 14 different cruises in the Adriatic all with guaranteed departures. Mediterra officials add …
Behind-the-scenes tours of Spain’s top soccer stadiums. Insider shopping tours of design districts in Barcelona. A private paella-making class in a farmhouse near Valencia. These are a few of the exclusive activities included in luxury tour operator Artisans of Leisure’s newly expanded private Spain tours. “Our new Spain tours are for travelers who want to …
Hal and Norma Taussig founded Untours in 1975 to offer travelers a deeper way of experiencing Europe. At the time, Switzerland was the only destination Untours offered, but Hal attracted a devoted group of clients committed to traveling the Untours way. These “alumni” encouraged Hal to expand the Untour mode of travel to new destinations. …
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://travelworldnews.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/147731-300×199.jpg” width=300 height=199 captiontext=”Allegrini’s Villa della Torre Estate. Source: Select Italy.” align=”left”] The web-based travel company Select Italy has expanded its Wine Roads of Italy portfolio in a partnership with Italian wine brand Allegrini. As pioneers of Veneto wine making since the 16th century, the Allegrini wine family is renowned for its innovative techniques combined with …
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://travelworldnews.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/144-300×225.jpg” width=300 height=225 captiontext=”ABAV President Antonio João Monteiro de Azevedo speaks during the 2014 opening ceremony.” align=”left”] The 42nd annual congress and expo of the Brazilian Association of Travel Agents, or ABAV, kicked off yesterday evening, Tuesday, during an unaccustomed lull in Brazil’s still jam-packed event cycle. Brazil had not hosted a World Cup …
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American Express Travel has released it’s 2014 Fall Travel Trends for current overall bookings as well as those with the biggest year over year jump. Air Trends: Top 10 Domestic Destinations Orlando, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, Miami, Denver, Fort Lauderdale Compared to last year, the destinations with the biggest …