Spring Festival: Chinese travel abroad but somewhere else

6 million Chinese are expected to travel abroad during the Spring Festival holidays, as reported by the online travel agency Ctrip. Thailand, Japan and the United States have emerged among the most popular destinations. On the other hand, European countries and the Middle East are not on top of the Chinese travel priority list. “China’s […]

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STR: Europe hotel performance for October 2016

Hotels in Europe reported negative results in the three key performance metrics when reported in euro constant currency, according to October 2016 data from STR. Compared with October 2015, Europe reported nearly flat occupancy, down 0.4% to 75.3%. Average daily rate (ADR) dipped 1.6% to EUR113.51. Revenue per available room (RevPAR) fell 2.0% to EUR85.47. […]

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Medical Tourism – a new segment at ITB Berlin

For the first time ITB Berlin 2017 will feature a dedicated Medical Tourism Pavilion – Huge growth in medical tourism – Papers and workshops on new trends and developments. For the first time ITB Berlin 2017 will be fully devoting a platform to medical tourism, which has become an important fast-growing market. Medical service providers, […]

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STR: $50 million in hotel room revenue lost during Hurricane Matthew

The five U.S. states in the path of Hurricane Matthew saw a net hotel room revenue loss of approximately US$50 million during the days of and around the storm, according to STR’s consulting and analytics division. For the purpose of its Hurricane Matthew analysis, STR examined the hotel room revenue impact in Florida, Georgia, North […]

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Top value post-referendum European city break destinations revealed

The top value post-Brexit vote overseas city break destinations are revealed by travel deals publisher Travelzoo. The European capitals of Paris and Berlin fall into the category alongside Krakow in Poland, Porto and Gibraltar. The results come from which European city destinations are offering the best value to help UK travellers decide where to book […]

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Brits unperturbed by increased security for tourists

The majority of UK consumers (90%) do not believe increased security measures this summer following terrorist attacks will impact their holiday negatively, a new poll reveals. However, more than one third think the UK should follow France’s lead and adopt similar measures at beaches and tourist spots. The research shows that one third of British […]

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Global green destinations to meet in Ljubljana

Top 100 to be announced as focus for building empowered communities The results of the Global  Sustainable Destinations competition will be  announced  during  Global  Green  Destinations  Day,   27-28 September  2016  in  Ljubljana, the 2016 European Union’s Green Capital. The overall theme of the Top 100 is “Destinations of Future Generations”. Top 100 candidates are destinations […]

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American tourists still plan their holiday in Europe

France, like Belgium, Great Britain and Italy, are all struggling with the threat of terrorism and with all the security measures and problems this entails. Nevertheless, American tourists still like the Old Continent, according to the eighth survey on European Tourism. American tourists planning a summer holiday were asked in the study organized by Travel […]

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