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Today, the Department of Conservation (DOC) and Air New Zealand announced an extension of their collaboration to work together for conservation. The two organizations will double their annual direct expenditure, and their commitment will last for another five years. Over the next five years, Air New Zealand will directly invest more than $5 million in […]

Hilton has announced the inauguration of Hilton Yokohama. Hilton Yokohama is situated in central Yokohama, Japan’s second-largest city after Tokyo, in Minato Mirai 21, a bustling waterfront residential, business, and entertainment center. The opening of Hilton Yokohama in this popular location strengthens Hilton’s position in Japan. Within the Minato Mirai 21 sector, Hilton Yokohama is

The eleventh environmentally friendly Airbus A321LR for Air Astana Group was delivered to the manufacturer’s assembly factory in Hamburg, Germany, and then made its way to Almaty. There are currently 48 aircraft in the Air Astana Group’s fleet overall, 40 of which are Airbus family models. There are sixteen business class seats and 150 economy

With 800 hotels spread across 40 brands in 100 countries, Global Hotel Alliance (GHA) is the largest alliance of independent hotel brands in the world. It is currently on pace to set a record year, with 2023 room revenues, room nights, and total domestic and international stays year-to-date (YTD) all consistently higher than 2019—its previous

Marella Cruises has declared that starting on May 7, 2025, it would homeport Marella Discovery 2 for a series of summer sailings out of Limassol, Cyprus. Customers can purchase itineraries for summer 2025 starting on November 9, 2023, marking the cruise line’s first visit to the Cypriot port since winter 2017. Two itineraries, Aegean Gems,

TUI and IBS Software have a long-standing collaboration to restructure TUI’s IT operations and provide transformational value. All 35+ airline backend systems of TUI are currently maintained by IBS Software, using both legacy and cutting-edge technology stacks. The Integrated Disposition Planning and Statistics product (IDPS), which manages flight planning and control, crewing and rostering, flight

Recognizing the significant increase in visitor numbers during the first half of the year, South African Tourism organized the second workshop of “Learn South Africa” 2023 in Pune with the goal of maintaining the travel momentum. The tourist board’s signature travel trade training session, “Learn SA,” aims to give travel agents the best resources to

Look forward to a number of innovative initiatives and partnerships that are going to shake up the hospitality industry when FHA-HoReCa, Asia’s most comprehensive and premier hospitality event, returns from 22–25 October 2024. A relationship with Foodservice Technology (FSTEC), the premier foodservice technology event in the world, as well as WorldChefs, which will host Singapore’s

After 27 years of outstanding service, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker will retire from his current role as Group Chief Executive with effect from November 5, 2023. Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer will succeed Al Baker as Group Chief Executive for Qatar Airways. Under Akbar Al Baker’s direction, Qatar Airways has developed into

In order to improve inbound and outbound travel experiences through cross-border digital payments, Alipay+ and LankaPay recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This will allow users of Alipay+ payment partners to easily make payments at more than 400,000 LankaQR merchants throughout Sri Lanka. Sri Lankans traveling abroad will be able to use their LankaQR-enabled