Great success for the 7th Porto Carras Pro-Am & Open 2016 at Porto Carras Grand Resort

The 7th Porto Carras Pro-Am & Open 2016 was organized with great success, on Sunday May 8th 2016, at the impressive facilities of Porto Carras Grand Resort, providing the participants as well as the organizers with intense feelings and memories. The award ceremony of the Pro-Am tournament took place on Saturday May 7th in the […]

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Turkey, Egypt will not be reopened for Russian tourists in 2016

Turkey and Egypt will not be reopened for Russian tourists this year, according to deputy head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Tourism Roman Skory. “Turkey will not be reopened this year for sure, and the latest events in Egypt showed that Egypt will most likely not be reopened either,” Skory said Thursday. According to the […]

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Russian experts to arrive in Egypt next week to negotiate aviation safety issues

The next visit of the Russian experts to Sharm el-Sheikh airport on air safety issues will take place in the coming week, Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov told representatives of the United Russia faction in the State Duma (lower house of the Russian parliament). “In April, even in the coming week, we will send specialists […]

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The number of Russian tourists to Turkey decreases for 56% since the beginning the year 2016

The number of Russian visitors to Turkey in the first quarter of 2016 is 66,100 Russians. A year earlier the number was 150,800 people, and in 2014 – 207,900 The number of tourists from Germany, where to Turkey comes the most tourists, for the three months of year 2016 decreased in 11.8%, amounting to 483,800 […]

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Celestyal Cruises will sail year-round in Cuba beggining 21 November 2016

Celestyal Cruises today announced it will sail year-round in Cuba beginning 21 November 2016. Following its third successful season in Cuba, during which the company was the only cruise line to visit four ports of call, the Cuba Cruise product will be rebranded as Celestyal Cruises to bring a growing range of products that provide […]

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Visa liberalisation for Turkey: EU criteria must be met, say MEPs

The EU should make sure that all its requirements are met before granting Turkey visa-free access to the Schengen area, stressed Civil Liberties Committee MEPs in a debate with the EU Commission on Monday. Most MEPs criticised the Commission for proposing a visa waiver for Turkish nationals even though the country has not yet fulfilled […]

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Tui confirms intention to sell Specialist Holidays Group

Tui Group has ended months of speculation by announcing its intention to sell off its Specialist division including Specialist Holidays Group. In a half-year trading update issued to the City this morning , Tui chief executive Fritz Joussen said the group was a profitable portfolio of specialist travel businesses led by strong management teams. It is […]

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Potidea Palace Hotel in Halkidiki, Greece reopens on 15/05/2016 following an extensive renovation

Following an extensive renovation program during winter 2015, the established 4* All Inclusive Hotel located in NeaPotidea, Halkidiki will welcome its new and repeated guests again on May 15th, 2016. Renovation works included partial accommodation refurbishment and the introduction of new “Superior Rooms”, brand new public areas, new external pools, new sports and animation infrastructure, […]

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Posidonia Conference Programme gives pause for thought to global shipping leadership

A diverse range of challenges and issues confronting global shipping will be tabled by industry leaders and debated by delegates at the most extensive Posidonia Conference Programme ever scheduled to take place alongside the Posidonia Exhibition at the Athens Metropolitan Expo from June 6-10. With over 40 conrmed conferences, seminars, workshops and press conferences covering every aspect […]

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STR names Jon Timmons as chief operations officer

HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—Data and analytics specialist STR has named Jon Timmons as the company’s new chief operations officer. Timmons joins STR after a four-year stint ateviCore healthcare. His first two years with the company were split between director of business intelligence and data warehousing, then he became VP for technology with a focus on enterprise data […]

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