SPANISH GOVERNMENT WILL ALLOCATE EUR 221 MILLION TO TOURISM BUSINESSES

Nils Kraus -
The Spanish Secretary of Tourism, Isabel Borrego, stressed the importance of the private sector entering tourism, which is why EUR 221 million will be invested in 2014 in businesses providing tourism ...

ITALY IS A POPULAR SHOPPING TOURISM DESTINATION

Daniel A. Tanner -
Shopping tourism, especially in Italy, has become one of the main drivers of tourist flows, especially international tourists. Trips motivated by shopping have been widely recognized by the World Tour ...

ONLY 10% OF FRENCH TOURISTS BOOK THEIR HOTEL THROUGH TRADITIONAL AGENCY

Gary Diskin -
According to a Harris Interactive study for Booking.com published recently a little over half of the French population (51%) first look at an establishment’s website, and 41% book through online booki ...

HIGH-SPEED TRAINS TO CONNECT BARCELONA AND PARIS

Gregory Dolgos -
Spain and France will be connected for the first time by a high- speed train starting on December 15. From then on Barcelona and Paris will be linked by the trains of Alta Velocidad Española (AVE), as ...

DIGITAL TRAVEL SALES EXPECTED TO IMPROVE WITH INCREASED MOBILE USE

Nils Kraus -
A new report by eMarketer has shown varying digital travel trends in different countries of Western Europe. Overall, European digital travel sales have been slowly and steadily increasing, but the rep ...