Travel Trade news Travel Trade news Rss feed

  • Work starts on creation of new Dubai island Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

    Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

  • Cleanliness drive in Kashmir provide impetus to tourism

    Kashmir's Nageen Lake has got a new look following the construction of a state of the art Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), and due to a cleanliness drive that has attracted tourists and received applause from locals. The Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) constructed the STP which has a capacity to treat 5.4 million litres of sewage per day. Saqib, a resident, appreciated the state ...

  • Travel news Enjoy the new Shangri-La Bosphorus or a cool early summer in Tibet

    The Shangri-La Bosphorus has just opened in a converted 1930s tobacco warehouse on the European side of the Bosphorus in Istanbul. Its guestrooms range from 42- to 60-square-metres in size, most with river views; 17 suites have private terraces. Istanbul's Shangri-La has a Chi spa and a signature Chinese restaurant, Shang Palace, all of which will be familiar to Abu Dhabi's residents. ...

  • Costa Concordia captain to stand trial in July

    The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship which ran aground off Italy with the loss of 32 lives is to be tried on 9 July. Capt Francesco Schettino denies charges of multiple manslaughter and abandoning ship. The ship foundered off the island of Giglio off Tuscany in January 2012 before tipping onto its ...

  • Mexico Germany vow to promote tourism

    Mexico and Germany pledged on Wednesday to promote bilateral tourism, air connectivity and the flow of visitors, Mexico's Ministry of Tourism said in a ...


clear
Beijing Weather
28°C Clear
Winds: From the SE at 7 MPH
Fri
mostlycloudy
31° 18°
Sat
chancerain
26° 14°
Sun
mostlycloudy
31° 14°
Last Updated on May 23, 5:00 PM CST
Weather sourced from Weather Underground

Movie Review

Norbit

Norbit

In Norbit, Eddie Murphy plays three different roles, including Rasputia, a gargantuan tub of vain, bitter female vindictiveness whose favored phrase is How you doin?, an all-purpose insult, exclamation point, and space filler that is clearly meant to be a hilarious catch phrase for t ... ...

On Facebook

  • Turtle tourism booming in Trinidad village

    UP CLOSE: In this May 2 photo, a tourist takes photographs of a leatherback turtle as it heads to the ocean after burying her eggs in the sand at daybreak on a narrow strip of beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad. Officials with the US-based Sea Turtle Conservancy say Trinidad is now likely the world's leading tourist destination for people to see ...

  • Indian Hotels to open a resort in Hainan

    Indian Hotels Co. Ltd, a unit of the Tata Group that runs the Taj Group of Hotels, said on Tuesday that it would build four hotels in China in the next two years, including the Taj Temple of Heaven in Beijing in 2014. It will also open a hotel on Hainan Island, a tourist destination in China, the company said in a statement. Chinese premier Li Keqiang is staying at Taj properties in New ...

  • Arena International Aviation to train Chinese pilots for Hainan Airlines

    HUNDREDS of Chinese cadet pilots will amass crucial flight training in Port Macquarie to kickstart a ticket to the skies across the world. About 150 pilot cadets a year from China will train under the guidance of Port Macquarie-based Arena International Aviation in a step towards becoming pilots with Hainan Airlines. The relationship between Arena International Aviation and Hainan Airlines ...

  • Thawatchai Arunyik named next governor of Tourism Authority of Thailand

    BANGKOK, Thailand - Thawatchai Arunyik, deputy governor for domestic marketing at the Tourism Authority of Thailand, has been selected as the TAT's next governor to replace Suraphon Svetasreni, whose contract with TAT will end on December 21. The decision to appoint Thawatchai to the top post at the state enterprise will not come as a surprise to the tourism industry, as he had been seen ...

  • Hanoi considering tourism police to protect tourists from street vendors

    HANOI, Vietnam - The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has been asked by its department in Ha Noi to establish a tourism police force dedicated to protecting visitors who are increasingly suffering from tourist scams in the capital. Cases are reported daily of foreign tourists being overcharged by taxi drivers and cheated by hotel employees. This has negatively affected the image of both ...

More Travel Trade news