Global Travel News

Berlin (Germany) – March 8, 2018 (travelindex.com) – 2017 has been an exceptionally strong year for international travel, with Europe being the main growth driver as both a source market as well as a destination region. Worldwide, the number of outbound trips has increased by 6.5 per cent, reaching nearly ...

Berlin (Germany) – March 8, 2018 (travelindex.com) – The 8th UNWTO Silk Road Ministers’ Meeting held during the ITB Berlin Travel Trade Show, focused on the long-term tourism vision for the historic Silk Road routes and how to establish the Silk Road as the most important transnational tourism route of ...

Bangkok (Thailand) – March 9, 2018 (travelindex.com) – Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts is gearing up for another year of significant portfolio expansion as it forges ahead with plans to open 11 new properties in nine countries by the end of 2018. The global hospitality firm, which currently operates 83 hotels ...

Gangneung (South Korea) – March 9, 2018 (travelindex.com) – The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is proud to announce that former Secretary General of the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, is set to be the opening keynote speaker at the PATA Annual Summit 2018 (PAS 2018). The event, generously ...

Bangkok (Thailand) – March 11, 2018 (travelindex.com) – With the intention to truly promote and internationally enhance the image of Thai fashion brands, Siam Piwat, as the Icon of Innovative Lifestyle who continuously presents unique and engaging ultramodern experiences, will hold the most phenomenal fashion week that has been influencing ...

Solin (Croatia) – March 7, 2018 (travelindex.com) – INTERSTAS, International Festival of Tourism, Film and Landscape, 25th Edition together with the 21st ITF CRO, International Tourfilm Festival and the 16th KEA-CRO, Competition for Croatian Cities/Towns/Centers with the International Golden Flower Award will take place from November 7th to 10th at ...

Victoria, Mahe (Seychelles) – March 6, 2018 (travelindex.com) – The proposed military base on the island of Assumption by India continues to generate anger in the islands. This morning protesters were outside the parliament where President Danny Faure is set to deliver his State of the Nation Address this afternoon. The ...

Victoria, Mahe (Seychelles) – March 6, 2018 (travelindex.com) – The news last week that Derek Hanekom had been reappointed Minister of Tourism of South Africa has been well received by the world of tourism at large. We in Seychelles have worked closely with Mr. Hanekom in the past, fostering and ...

Bangkok (Thailand) – March 6, 2018 (travelindex.com) – This unprecedented gathering of 15 top female chefs from Bangkok and beyond will be an epic culinary adventure from 10am to 5pm; a full-day of chef talks, presentations, panel discussions and plenty of food tasting (15 courses)! Each of these amazing chefs ...

Bangkok (Thailand) – March 2, 2018 (travelindex.com)  – Miss International Queen 2018 enjoys its first round of contest with the presentation of “Best Talent” award. And the winner with the performance that stopped the crowd and wowed the audience is from Vietnam She has performed singing and dancing and the ...

Cebu (Philippines) – March 5, 2018 (travelindex.com) – Fast-growing Cebu is well on track to becoming one of South East Asia’s top information and communications technology destinations. To meet the rising demand for internationally recognised accommodation in its capital, InterContinental Hotels Group,one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has announced ...

Phuket (Thailand) – March 5, 2018 (travelindex.com) – Angsana Laguna Phuket has given Michal Zitek, Area General Manager, the task to lead the strategic growth and oversee all of the Angsana brand operations in Phuket including Angsana Laguna Phuket, Angsana Villas Resort Phuket, and Angsana Vacation Club. An Australian national – ...

Bangkok (Thailand) – March 5, 2018 (travelindex.com) – Outbound travel from Thailand is set to hit 10 million this year, according to the first comprehensive market research report on what is expected to be the “The Next Big Thing” in Asia-Pacific tourism. Designed to help destinations worldwide better understand the dynamics ...

Brussels (Belgium) – March 1, 2018 (travelindex.com) – Advancing sustainable tourism across Europe is at the centre of an agreement signed today between the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the European Parliament. During his first official visit to Brussels (27-28 February), UNWTO Secretary-General, Zurab Pololikashvili, met with the President of ...

Biel/Bienne (Switzerland) – February 26, 2018 (travelindex.com) – Five years after unveiling Ahton, his now legendary sculpture, master jeweller Andreas Altmann is applying his creativity and expertise to watches suffused with Haute Horlogerie. Timepieces that appeal not only for their style but also their watchmaking mechanisms. Like an extension of ...