AUSTRALIAN PORTS BENEFIT GREATLY FROM CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS

Joe McClain -
News from the cruise ship industry is constantly getting better as a new report pegs the industry’s worth at $3.2 billion. This is besides $1.7 billion absorbed by the economy through the passengers a ...

EUROPEAN BUSINESS TRAVEL EXPECTING BRIGHT FUTURE

Chris Grad -
GBTA BIT Outlook – Western Europe is the title of the latest report released by GBTA Foundation, the research part of the Global Business Travel Association. It is a semi-annual analysis of the five m ...

CZECH REPUBLIC WELCOMED 14% FEWER RUSSIANS

Cecilia Garland -
Recently released data shows that the soaring relationship between Russia and the West has caused a drop of 14% drop in the number of spendthrift Russian tourists visiting the Czech Republic. ...

VENICE: $12 M REFURBISHMENT OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM AND 3 SYNAGOGUES

Denise Chen -
The Venetian Heritage Council, an international organization, announced that it would fund the renovations of three historic synagogues in Venice as well as the Venice Jewish Museum. The refurbishment ...

INFOGRAPHICS: CHINESE OUTBOUND TRAVELERS DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2013 outbound travel market in China reached 98 million person trips. It means increase of 18% from the previous year. Most of Chinese outbound travelers came from Shanghai, Guangdong, and Beijing, ...