The Hotel “Baltschug Kempinski Moscow” is located in Zamoskvorechye District, one of the oldest city areas. From here, along the Great flood meadow, from the ferry built opposite to the Belkemishevskaya Tower of the Kremlin, the Great Horde Road began where the Balchug Street originates from...

The Mount Nelson Hotel is an iconic luxury hotel in Cape Town situated within a sprawling lush garden estate in the heart of the city’s vibrant cultural centre and close to the bustling V&A Waterfront and some of Cape Town’s best beaches.

The Astor House located in Shanghai certainly bears a great name. The first electric light in China was lit here, the first telephone call was made from the hotel and the first Chinese stock exchange was founded right here. It was here where the western movies were introduced to China...

Deep in the heart of the Cotswolds lies a secret waiting to be discovered – England's oldest inn, The Royalist Hotel & Eagle and Child. Located in the beautiful Cotswold town of Stow on the Wold the Royalist Hotel dates back to 947 AD and was built by a Cornish Saxon Duke named Aethelmar, as a refuge on the Fosse Way...

Situated on downtown Nassau’s only private beach and the site of Old Fort Nassau, the British Colonial Hilton in the Bahamas offers a taste of the island’s rich history, along with some of the most modern amenities for both business and vacation travelers...

Travel trade and the whole tourism industry constitute the top of service businesses and have become an important factor for the national value added. For some countries they even provide the key income. However, they are consumer products which are not transportable and stockable, and their substance is not only material, but also immaterial. Even worse: in comparison to manufactured produces, they are not objectively and rationally determined and as service products they are difficult to be defined...

Like many businesses, Highland Business Research receives its share of CVs and work experience enquiries. I’m afraid the majority reveal little real interest in or understanding of our company. But about six months ago, an approach from our blog reader in Italy made us sit up and take notice - so much so that she has just completed a period working with us on a postgraduate placement...

The number of spa visitors in Europe kept on growing in the last 10 years and this trend is not expected to change not only in Europe but also in other world spa destinations. Thus, there are more and more jobs on the labor market for which a tertiary education in the branch of spa management is a necessary condition...

To mark its 125th anniversary in 1991, the Nestlé Group decided to create a Foundation to permit a permanent contribution to the culinary arts, the catering trade and to gastronomy. As a response to the many challenges of the international development and needs of tourism and the hotel and restaurant industry, the objective of the Foundation is to promote advanced training and re-training of professors and trainers...

The travel and tourism industry in South Africa performed well in the recent past. In 2007 the country broke the 7 million mark in foreign arrivals while more than half a million people are involved in direct job opportunities in the South African tourism industry (Haarhoff, 2007:3). According to a National Tourism and Sports Skills Audit (2007) the same cannot be said for the skills development in the tourism industry. The skills issues of the 1990’s are still applicable in 2008...

Central Siberia opens up as a new eco-destination. Its protected areas harbor a tremendous variety of nature and landscape types comparable to beauties of Alaska or Patagonia. They encompass two UNESCO World Natural Heritage sites, ancient monuments as old as the Egyptian pyramids, pristine nature with unique wildlife – just to mention a few of many eco-attractions on offer. The nature reserves of Central Siberia are integral part of an elaborate Russia-wide system of protected areas, which is one of the oldest and largest in the world...

Sprawling across the northern tip of Borneo, the Malaysian state of Sabah attracts increasing numbers of visitors drawn by its rainforests, rugged mountains, pristine coral reefs, and amazing plants and wildlife. The orangutan (found only in Borneo and Sumatra), the endemic Proboscis Monkey, the Bornean Pygmy Elephant and the rare Bornean sub-species of the Sumatran Rhino are all endangered species whose survival is being helped by nature tourism...

Often called "America's First Wilderness," the Catskill Mountains in New York State offer some of the best hiking trails in the world. More than 300 miles of marked and maintained trails are networked through the state's Catskill Park, which encompasses approximately 700,000 acres, about half of which is public Forest Preserve that has been protected as "forever wild." Although rivaling Yosemite National Park in size, Catskill Park is visited by only about half a million people each year, making it ideal for hikers looking for spectacular, uninterrupted vistas and wildlife...

It’s no surprise why almost half of the seven million visitors that flock to Corpus Christi, Texas each year are bird watchers and nature lovers. The Coastal Bend is the perfect place to view birds and is one of the top birding destinations in the world with a rich diversity of bird species. Corpus Christi is located at the point where two migration ‘super highways’ converge – the Mississippi Flyway and Central Flyway...

Asian cities of developing countries are far behind in terms of eye catching urban greenery and landscaping. Urban forestry of very few Indian cities is worth mentioning but Chandigarh, the City Beautiful, is an exception. Urban parks and gardens are the green infrastructures which are responsible for various environmental, social and educational benefits to the human society. Most of the products of these urban forests are public goods. The intangible functions or non-market benefits obtained from these public goods are enjoyed by each resident, tourist and user...

China is a closely watched country this year. Its tourism industry is becoming more and more important and so does its transportation sector. Recently, Hong Kong International Airport was named the Worlds Best Airport. The airport was granted this status for the 7th time in ten years. The result is based on passengers’ satisfaction survey, conducted by a renowned UK agency, Skytrax Research...

In 2008 Munich Airport has yet again defended its status as Europe's number one airport in the global survey conducted by the renowned Skytrax Institute. The top ranking in this year’s survey, to which 8 million passengers around the world responded, means that Munich Airport proudly bears the title of Europe's best airport for the fourth year in a row. In the worldwide rankings Munich took fifth place...

In the recently announced 2008 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Awards, Singapore came out on top winning first place honours in airline, airport and city categories. Singapore Airlines was recognised for its premier service, taking out ‘Best Airline’, ‘Best Asia-Pacific Airline’, ‘Best First Class’, ‘Best Business Class’ and ‘Best Economy Class’...

The Budget Traveller's Guide to Sleeping in Airports, a portal with over 5500 airport, train and bus station reviews, published its annual awards for the best as well as worst airports for budget travellers...

Representatives of more than 200 low-cost airlines gathered on this years World Low Cost Airlines Congress in London. On this meeting, professionals from the airline industry meet every year to exchange experiences or ideas and to learn from each other. To motivate the airlines to apply innovations and improvements, the representatives decided to award the best ones with the so called "Budgie World Low Cost Award".

Many travel professionals state that there are three main tourist’s needs each city should satisfy: sightseeing, restaurants, and accommodation. If any of the components does not fulfill the tourist’s wishes, it immediately influences his or her willingness to come back again. The amount of tourists visiting Russia has lately been going down. It seems that there is no problem with sightseeing and restaurants. So is there any connection between incoming tourism and the hotel industry in Russia?

In the language of its indigenous inhabitants, the Nenets, "Yamal" means "Edge of the World". When you are in here, in its open places you feel yourself on the edge, you feel as your feet are on the Earth, the head in the open space. Yamal is a Russian northern pearl wonderfully combining outstanding natural beauty and hospitality habits of centuries. Anyone who visited Yamal dreams of coming back to feel the North attraction, earth and water magic, tundra and mountain call again and again...

The Russian Federal Tourism Agency responsible for Russia’s tourism promotion recently published a document called the Strategy of Tourism Development in Russian Federation until 2015. This undoubtedly very interesting document assess the Russian tourism market from various points of view and, what is also important, focuses even on the deficiencies of the tourism infrastructure...

According to the second annual Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2008 released by the World Economic Forum in Geneva, for the second year Switzerland has the most conducive environment for developing the travel and tourism industry. The second and the third place took Austria and Germany respectively, which has not change since the last year, too...

Russians say there are two problems in their country – fools and roads. Let’s leave the first ones for the next time and analyze the situation of roads, i.e. transport system. Russian Federation is a huge area that is why it needs appropriate transport network for dynamic operation...