Malta has been voted as “The Best Island Resort” by travelers and tourists of the www.travel.ru travel website. Over ten thousand votes were given for nominees in various categories. The award was recently conferred to the Malta Tourism Authority during an awards ceremony in Moscow. It was presented by the Chief Editor of Travel.Ru, Maria …
South African Airways (SAA) and Jet Airways have announced a code share agreement that will enable seamless air travel connectivity to several business centres in India and South Africa. Tickets went on sale on April 16, 2013 with travel effective April 18, 2013. Under the arrangement South African Airways will code share on Jet Airways’ …
MLT Vacations, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, is now an Atlanta-based company. Governor Nathan Deal and Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson welcomed MLT Vacations during the company’s ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally open its corporate headquarters on April 17. “Job development is vital to economic growth within the state, and it’s my top …
The opening of Pestana South Beach Art Deco Hotel on April 8 means more than a new hotel on Miami’s South Beach, it represents the first investment by the Group Pestana in the U.S. market. Pestana, Portugal’s largest tourism group, is known for its heritage Pousadas de Portugal hotel brand across the Atlantic. The new …
SATA Airlines will again offer Bay Area travelers direct flights to Terceira Island, Azores-Portugal beginning on June 5 from Oakland International Airport. All SATA flights connect with inter-island flights in the Azores and to Lisbon. SATA is also offering new connections from San Francisco International Airport, via Virgin America, to Portugal. The weekly Terceira flight …
Executives from Skål International recently gathered at Carnival Cruise Lines’ headquarters in Miami to finalize details for the organization’s first-ever World Congress at sea taking place aboard Carnival Glory this fall. More than 1,200 Skål delegates from all corners of the globe will convene aboard the 110,000-ton cruise ship during a seven-day cruise that departs …
Two representatives of the St. Eustatius Tourism Development Foundation (STDF), Maya Leon–Pandt, Product Development & Research Manager and Sharmin Turner, Office Assistant, are to attend the Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC-14) to be held in Port of Spain, Trinidad, April 15 – 18. The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has been staging its Annual Conference on Sustainable …
American Airlines has launched new service to Dusseldorf, Germany, from its hub at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The new flight is operated with a Boeing 767-300 aircraft with 28 Business Class seats and 184 Main Cabin seats. “We are very excited to be offering this new route to one of Europe’s premier business destinations,” …
United will begin weekly year-round service between its hub at Washington-Dulles International Airport and both Guatemala City, Guatemala, and San Jose, Costa Rica, on April 13. The airline also will begin weekly year-round service between its Chicago O’Hare hub and San Jose the same day. All routes will be operated with Boeing 737-800 aircraft with …
Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight to the city of Chicago touched down at O’Hare International Airport on April 10 marking the airline’s fourth gateway in the United States. With the launch of thrice-weekly passenger services between The Windy City and Qatar Airways’ hub in Doha, capital of the State of Qatar, Chicago becomes destination number 126 …