Tourism

Saturday, November 4th 2017 - 10:02 UTC
Air New Zealand crowned 2018 Airline of the Year in Excellence Awards

Air New Zealand has been crowned 2018 Airline of the Year. The award marks the 5th consecutive year Air New Zealand has received the top honor in its Airline Excellence Awards.
Saturday, November 4th 2017 - 09:48 UTC
Chinese outbound tourism boom, but hyper sensitive to bad news

The boom in Chinese outbound travel is set to keep on going, according to data from ForwardKeys, which helps forecast future travel by analyzing around 17 million flight booking transactions a day.
Friday, October 27th 2017 - 09:00 UTC
New security measures affect all travelers entering United States airports

Following the announcement of a range of new security measures affecting all travelers entering Unite States airports, Lonely Planet has released some recommendations before taking the next flight. The new measures will apply to all inbound flights to the US from 280 airports across 105 countries around the world, affecting approximately 2100 commercial flights and 325,000 passengers every day.
Wednesday, October 25th 2017 - 11:51 UTC
MSC Cruises has organized its second world cruise, setting sail in 2020

MSC Cruises, the Swiss-based world’s largest privately-owned cruise line and market leader in Europe and South America, announced the opening of sales for its second world cruise, setting sail in 2020 on board MSC Magnifica. MSC Voyagers Club members can begin booking today, and all other passengers can book beginning November 23.
Wednesday, October 25th 2017 - 09:35 UTC
Weak pound makes UK one of the best-value travel destinations, says Lonely Planet

The weak pound has made the UK one of the world's best-value travel destinations, according to publisher Lonely Planet. Sterling has fallen sharply against the dollar and the euro since last year after ongoing Brexit uncertainty.
Wednesday, October 25th 2017 - 09:15 UTC
Falkland Islands sets its Economic Priorities for the coming Decade

Over recent months the Falkland Islands Government have undertaken a review and refresh of the Economic Development Strategy for the Islands.
Tuesday, October 24th 2017 - 06:22 UTC
Buenos Aires cruise season takes off next Saturday; 320.000 visitors expected

Next Saturday the Holland America cruise Zaandam is expected in Buenos Aires signaling the start of the 2017/18 season, which according to Argentine officials is going to be the best following on four years of sustained retraction. So far the number of docking requests include 110 calls with an estimated number of 320.000 visitors, although there are possibilities the final figure, by 24 April 2018, could reach 328.000.
Friday, October 20th 2017 - 05:18 UTC
Some thoughts about the 9 November Falklands' general election

By John Fowler - At the time of going to press, so far sixteen brave or foolhardy souls have declared their candidature for the General Election. This is one more than in 2013 and may be the most ever. With an average age of less than fifty years this group is almost certainly the youngest. Gone, it would seem, are the days when only the wealthy, retired, unemployed, or possibly unemployable old were available to stand.
Sunday, October 15th 2017 - 03:47 UTC
St Helena opens to the world with first commercial air link to South Africa

Saturday 14 October marked an exciting new chapter in St Helena’s history when the first ever commercial flight from South Africa touched down at St Helena Airport at 1.59pm.
Saturday, October 14th 2017 - 08:10 UTC
Argentine teenagers travel to Falklands in high school graduation trip

Eighteen Argentine high school graduates from a Catholic institution in the port-town of Ensenada, next to La Plata should be arriving in the Falkland Islands this Saturday after connecting with the LATAM flight in Rio Gallegos. The trip was planned and agreed two years ago and since then they have been collecting funds with different activities to make possible a lifetime's dream.