Sofitel Luxury Hotels has signed a management contract for the Hotel Concorde Berlin which, as of February 1, 2014, will be operated under its new name, the Sofitel Berlin Kurfürstendamm. Together with the Sofitel Hamburg Alter Wall and the Sofitel Munich Bayerpost, the brand already manages four properties in Germany – due to be joined …
The Alpina Gstaad has been awarded one of the highest honors in gastronomy and the hospitality industry – its first Michelin Star. Restaurant Sommet in this Swiss Alpine resort’s newest luxury hotel was recognized, offering cuisine prepared to a consistently high standard. The Michelin Guide to Restaurants, known by food lovers as simply the “Red …
EMITT East Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Exhibition which will be held for 18th time in TÜYAP between January 30 – February 2, 2014 comes along with new countries and giant innovations again this year. New countries are taking their places in EMITT Fair which bears all the colors of the world with up to …
Foreign Independent Tours (FIT) is offering a special 7-day Istanbul and Cappadocia modern and ancient package, a privatley escorted Turkey tour. The number of tourists visiting Cappadocia ,one of the most popular tourism destinations in Turkey, exceeded 2 million people through the first 10 months of 2013. This region is a must see destination. Sunday arrivals are …
The United States, which sent some one million tourists to Spain over the first ten months of the year 2013, will attend FITUR 2014 in order to present its marvelous natural heritage, its most important cities and the charms of the different neighborhoods and districts that make up some of the best-known cities in the …
The B2B revolution of Bit 2014, scheduled to take place at Fieramilano, Rho from February 13-15, 2014, is already meeting with approval from operators in the sector. The first important applications to participate in the event have already arrived from some of the Italian regions: from the North of Italy, Emilia Romagna and the Veneto, …
The 18th edition of MITM Euromed, Meetings and Incentive Travel Market, will be held in the city of Cadiz, Spain, from June 11th to 13th, 2014, sponsored by Cadiz Provincial Council. MITM Euromed is an interactive international fair, pioneer in the MICE tourism in Europe. Cadiz attended as exhibitor in this year’s 17th edition of …
TripAdvisor presented awards to the winners of its inaugural 2013 Travelers’ Choice Islands Awards, based entirely on feedback from millions of TripAdvisor travelers. Gozo placed 6th in the top 10 islands of Europe, ahead of Zakynthos in Greece, Jersey in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Skye in Scotland and Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. The …
In its 2013-2014 winter schedule airberlin is increasing the frequency of flights on its routes from New York to Berlin and Dusseldorf and from Miami and Fort Myers to Dusseldorf. One additional flight a week is now available for booking from New York JFK to Berlin and an extra three flights a week are available to Dusseldorf. …
SATA Airlines, Portugal’s second largest airline after TAP and one of the few that still offers commissions to travel agents, recently announced it will increase service from North America to the Azores to support recent and projected growth in tourism to the nine-island chain located 900 miles west of Portugal. Direct flights from Boston to …