A Hotels.com survey says hotel guests overwhelmingly voted for free in-room wifi as the most crucial amenity when selecting accommodation. Some 38 per cent of respondents said free wifi played a part in their decision when selecting which hotel to book, while 31 per cent said they wished it was standard in all hotels.
China Southern Airlines is to market services to London from Australia, using its new London Heathrow slot pairs for three weekly ex-China services as of September.
Virgin Australia has announced new wide-body A330 operations from Melbourne as of May 14, with double daily Melbourne-Perth return flights and a day later, a daily morning peak-hour return service between Melbourne and Sydney.
US firms are declaring their interest in AMR Corp, the bankrupt parent of American Airlines, with media reports suggesting US Airways Group, Delta Airlines and private equity firm TPG Capital are among them.
A new 270-room hotel opening in Central Java on January 22 will be the seventh property in Indonesia operated by the InterContinental Hotels Group.
ASEAN countries are to develop three cruise corridors as part of a strategy of bolstering cruise traffic in the region, with leisure and MICE sectors targeted. The strategy also features co-operative marketing efforts, notably joint participation in key cruise industry events.
Chris Peacock, co-founder and director of Conference Care, is to lead the UK-based Hotel Booking Agents Association (HBAA) as chairman for the next 12 months.
A new global study released today outlines how transformative technologies and evolving social values and trends will combine to establish a new era of collaborative travel over the next decade and beyond.
Lan Colombia, a new Lan affiliate carrier, is to launch seven weeekly direct flights from Bogota to Miami, USA from 01 February.
A new phase of ASEAN tourism marketing, taking on joint marketing outside the region, has been heralded by ministers meeting at the ASEAN Tourism Forum in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Europe's Air France-KLM Group says it will cut fleet size and capacity, freeze pay and hiring and enter into productivity talks with unions as it restructures to meet predicted challenges to the sector.
Changes to visitor arrivals source markets for Australia have seen New Zealand stay in top spot with more than 100,000 visitors, while the UK and China tied for second place with about 50,000 each, although that may prove to be a crossover figure.
A Hotels.com survey says hotel guests overwhelmingly voted for free in-room wifi as the most crucial amenity when selecting accommodation. Some 38 per cent of respondents said free wifi played a part in their decision when selecting which hotel to book, while 31 per cent said they wished it was standard in all hotels.
China Southern Airlines is to market services to London from Australia, using its new London Heathrow slot pairs for three weekly ex-China services as of September.
Virgin Australia has announced new wide-body A330 operations from Melbourne as of May 14, with double daily Melbourne-Perth return flights and a day later, a daily morning peak-hour return service between Melbourne and Sydney.
US firms are declaring their interest in AMR Corp, the bankrupt parent of American Airlines, with media reports suggesting US Airways Group, Delta Airlines and private equity firm TPG Capital are among them.
A new 270-room hotel opening in Central Java on January 22 will be the seventh property in Indonesia operated by the InterContinental Hotels Group.
ASEAN countries are to develop three cruise corridors as part of a strategy of bolstering cruise traffic in the region, with leisure and MICE sectors targeted. The strategy also features co-operative marketing efforts, notably joint participation in key cruise industry events.
Chris Peacock, co-founder and director of Conference Care, is to lead the UK-based Hotel Booking Agents Association (HBAA) as chairman for the next 12 months.
A new global study released today outlines how transformative technologies and evolving social values and trends will combine to establish a new era of collaborative travel over the next decade and beyond.
Lan Colombia, a new Lan affiliate carrier, is to launch seven weeekly direct flights from Bogota to Miami, USA from 01 February.
A new phase of ASEAN tourism marketing, taking on joint marketing outside the region, has been heralded by ministers meeting at the ASEAN Tourism Forum in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Europe's Air France-KLM Group says it will cut fleet size and capacity, freeze pay and hiring and enter into productivity talks with unions as it restructures to meet predicted challenges to the sector.
Changes to visitor arrivals source markets for Australia have seen New Zealand stay in top spot with more than 100,000 visitors, while the UK and China tied for second place with about 50,000 each, although that may prove to be a crossover figure.
