TEXAS: software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, announced that, effective today, Karl Peterson has been elected by the Board to serve as Chairman of the Board and that Larry Kellner is stepping down as Chairman of the Board, effective today. Kellner will remain on Sabre’s Board until its Annual Stockholder Meeting in April. Kellner has chosen to step down as Chairman so that he may focus on his new responsibilities as Chairman of the Board at Boeing. Sean Menke, Sabre’s President and CEO said, “I am excited to have Karl serve as our Chairman, as he…
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The Pacific Asia Travel Association has appointed dePaRture Travel & Lifestyle Marketing as its corporate communications and public relations company in the UK. The organization will be responsible for the representation of the organization from this month. dePaRture thus becomes the first PR company to be hired in the chapter’s 50-year history. Working to promote the responsible development of travel and tourism in the Pacific Asia region, non-profit travel trade organization PATA is the one-stop-shop for its 5,000+ members providing sales support, latest news, updates, training and events. The organization’s community actively connects agents and operators with a wide range…
AMSTERDAM: If you avoided ever referring to the Netherlands as “Holland” because you weren’t quite sure if that was correct, keep doing what you’re doing. The country kicked off 2020 by officially striking the name from use. Though Holland technically refers to only two of the Netherlands’ 12 provinces, North and South Holland, citizens have long accepted and even embraced it as another moniker for the entire country. But because those two provinces are home to popular destinations like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Leiden, and The Hague, unmanageable masses of tourists are clogging the region and inching the Netherlands towards an over-tourism…
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to restructure the Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP) with a view to promoting tourism and culture, conserving buildings and sites of historical importance and bringing the youths in the mainstream. A meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Azam Suleman Khan reviewed the matters regarding restructuring of the TDCP. Provincial Minister for Finance Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht, Additional Chief Secretary Shaukat Ali, Finance Secretary Abdullah Khan Sumbal, Planning, and Development Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch, Walled City of Lahore Authority Director General Kamran Lashari and other officers concerned attended the meeting. The meeting deliberated on a…
MADRID: The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in association with Globalia, the leading tourism group in Spain and Latin America, has selected the finalists of the 2nd Global Tourism Startup Competition, an initiative that the two entities have been working on since 2018 when its first edition was held. In the competition’s first two editions, Wakalua, the global tourism innovation hub powered by Globalia, in collaboration with the World Tourism Organization, has received proposals of nearly 5,000 startups from 150 countries. The countries with the highest number of projects submitted have been Spain, followed by India, the United States, Portugal, Nigeria,…
DOHA: Qatar Airways has revealed its new destination plans for 2020 at the Kuwait Aviation Show. Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways group chief executive, said: “The Kuwait Aviation Show is the perfect platform for us to kick start the New Year and unveil some of our exciting plans for 2020. “Eight new destinations will be joining our network this year in addition to the recently announced gateways of Santorini, Greece; Dubrovnik, Croatia; and Osaka, Japan. “With these new routes, our operations will expand to 177 destinations around the world, reinforcing our position as one of the world’s most connected airlines.…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Tourism officials from ASEAN, China, South Korea, and Japan reaffirmed their commitment on Thursday, January 16, to strengthen their cooperation to make the region more competitive globally. Zhang Xu, China’s vice minister of culture and tourism, led a Chinese delegation to the 19th Meeting of ASEAN Plus Three Tourism Ministers in the Bruneian capital. At the meeting, Zhang and his counterparts reviewed the tourism industry performance of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan, and South Korea last year. The tourism officials discussed issues including the implementation of the ASEAN+3 memorandum of understanding of tourism…
ADDIS ABABA: The CEO of Ethiopian Airlines has announced plans to build a $5 billion airport south of Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian News Agency reports. Tewolde Gebremariam said the airport would cover an area of 35 square km and be able to handle 100 million passengers a year. State-owned Ethiopian Airlines, which is Africa’s most profitable carrier and its biggest by fleet size, is currently based at Bole International Airport in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. A second terminal opened at Bole International last year, more than doubling its annual capacity to 22 million. Construction was funded by China’s Exim…
BEIJING: The Ministry of Culture and Tourism China recently announced at its fourth-quarter press conference that 560,000 cultural enterprises in China generated USD 890 billion culture and tourism revenues in the first three quarters, 7.6% more than last year. In the first nine months of this year, about 4.597 billion domestic trips were made by Chinese travelers, up 8.8% year-on-year. Visitor arrivals to China increased by 4.7% to 108.76 million and outbound trips from China rose 8.5% to 119.9 million. Official data also show that bonds issued by the National Development and Reform Commission for culture and tourism enterprises in…
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced a major new partnership with AccesRail, the world’s leading provider of air-rail intermodal solutions, a statement said on Thursday, January 16. The partnership allows PIA to use AccesRail’s expertise to enable its customers to book train tickets in UK, Spain, Norway, and Canada by using PIA’s booking platform, or through travel agency Global Distribution System. This arrangement provides convenient, easy rail/bus connections at PIA’s key gateways in UK, Europe, and Canada, enabling PIA passengers to reach cities and destinations other than those served by PIA. PIA passengers would be able to connect to…