The newly founded IcelandTravelWorkshop—an extremely well organized, casual and convivial meeting of travel professionals from both inside and outside the country—took place in Reykjavik on May 17. Coordinated by the team of Thora Gudmundsdottir, Thorunn Reynisdottir, and Guðný Pálsdóttir, the workshop featured a panel of travel luminaries, including Ólöf Yr Atladóttir, Director General of the …
Iceland, a country with a total population approximately a fifth the size of Manhattan, is a land of sumptuous beauty, ranging from bubbling craters and geysers so hot you don’t dare go near them (though there are many that visitors can watch from a distance of a few feet), to mountainous regions covered with snow …
Cameron House is a beautiful and romantic setting, making it the ideal place for a couple to start the next chapter of their lives. Whether that chapter is a proposal, the wedding itself or the honeymoon, this baronial mansion nestled on the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond provides the perfect backdrop. Employees of the resort …
The 39th Germany Travel Mart (GTM), hosted by the German National Travel Bureau (GNTB) with Stuttgart-Marketing GmbH, May 5 – 7, 2013, created a valuable forum for providers to meet key buyers from the international travel industry. The forum provided the opportunity to obtain the latest news and trends of the German tourism industry. For …
The 17th edition of MITM Euromed, Meetings and Incentive Travel Market, will take place in the city of Seville, Spain, from December 2 -4, 2013, sponsored by Seville’s Convention Bureau. Seville was the venue of MITM Euromed’s first edition, back in 1997, and for the second time in 2000. online pharmacy buy propecia online with …
The Malta Tourism Authority received the Highly Commended Award for Excellence in Destination Marketing during the Routes Europe event held recently in Budapest. This award was won as a result of the joint efforts the Authority carries out together with Malta Airport to ensure adequate seat capacity for the Maltese Islands. MTA CEO Josef Formosa …
Deutsche Bahn has designed an online booking tool for travel agents to handle the increased demand from the United States. Travel agents can use the new booking tool that can book both leisure and business rail travel, using the online fares to sell tickets to American travelers. Deutsche Bahn has reported increasing demand especially from …
Travelers who want to combine historic, cultural, and technological aspects in their explorations might well visit Germany’s Upper Middle Rhine Valley, also known as the Rhine Gorge, between Koblenz and Bingen. Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this 65 km (30 miles) stretch on the Rhine River has some of the most extraordinary scenery, …
Berlin has joined the ranks of the top three international conference destinations, according to the latest statistics published by the International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA). Having hosted 172 events held by international associations in the past year, the German capital moved up one position to become the third most popular city for conferences and …
MITT celebrated a successful 20th anniversary, as over 73,765 visitors (over four days) congregated in Moscow on the March 20-23, 2013. The event greeted 3,000 exhibiting companies from 198 countries and regions. This year, MITT was delighted to welcome Cuba as the event’s official partner country. Cuba’s participation was met with an enthusiastic reaction from …