Tourism

• Friday, November 10th 2017 - 17:46 UTC

  Strong tourism demand during the boreal summer; arrivals in July/August totaled over 300 million

  

  Demand for international tourism remained strong during the Northern Hemisphere summer peak season. International tourist arrivals in July and August totaled over 300 million for the first time ever according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Many destinations reported double-digit growth, in particular in the Mediterranean.

• Friday, November 10th 2017 - 01:37 UTC

  American Airlines purchases ten more E 175 from Embraer Brazil

  

  Brazil's Embraer and American Airlines Inc. signed a firm order for ten E175 jets. American Airlines is exercising its purchase rights from its original contract with Embraer signed in 2013. This new order is in addition to the one placed in April for four aircraft; is valued at US$ 457 million, based on current list prices, and will be included in Embraer’s fourth-quarter backlog. Deliveries begin in 2018 and continue through mid-2019.

• 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.