Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) New York Office announces that the current executive director Ms. Yuki Tanaka has finished her four year tenure, and she has been replaced by Mr. Ken Iwata on June 18. Mr. Iwata will come to the JNTO New York office from the JNTO’s Tokyo headquarters, where he has worked at …
Asia’s largest airline, China Southern Airline, just announced the launch of daily direct flights from JFK to Guangzhou International Airport. To mark the addition of this service, C.S. Air is giving away hundreds of Red Silk Cotton Tree flowers, the official city flower of Guangzhou, in Herald Square on June 25th at 3PM. Beginning June …
Palace Tours is the only officially authorized representative/sales agent in the Americas (infact outside India! ) for the Maharajas Express – rated the best Rail Journey in the World! With this special relationship coupled with a strong on-ground tour operation network in India, we are able to offer the unmatched service our guests are expecting …
Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts and Nanjing Jin Gao Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of JiangSu Golden Land Real Estate Development announced the development of a new hotel in Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province in eastern China. Joining the distinctive hotel brand’s growing collection of properties open and in development in China, Swissôtel …
South African Tourism announced the launch of its ‘Madiba’s Journey’ phone app, making it easier than ever for tourists to explore the multi-faceted destination through the lens of South Africa’s late former president and global icon, Nelson Mandela. Following Mandela’s passing in late 2013, South African Tourism experienced increased consumer interest to retrace his legacy …
The Kigali Genocide Memorial and the Ntarama Church located in Bugesera District, Rwanda have been named by TripAdvisor as two of the “Top 25 Landmarks – Africa”. The memorials share the history of the Genocide against the Tutsi, in which more than one million Rwandans were killed. As two of the most eye-opening destinations on …
Tourism is one of the Africa’s most promising sectors in terms of development, and represents a major opportunity to foster inclusive development, increase the region’s participation in the global economy and generate revenues for investment in other activities, including environmental preservation. Today, the capacity of the African tourism sector to contribute to socio-economic development across …
Goway, in conjunction with the Shongololo Express, is offering a phenomenal 2 for the price of 1 offer on all remaining rail journeys of 2015 – The Good Hope Southbound on October 7, 2015 the Southern Cross Northbound on November 18, 2015 and the Southern Cross Southbound on December 9, 2015. Goway and the Shongololo …
The findings of this year’s Hotel Chain Development Pipeline Survey, produced by Lagos-based consultancy W Hospitality Group, show that Hilton is leading the race to develop new hotels in Africa with 7,250 rooms in its pipeline, spread over 29 new properties, 18% up on the previous year. Hot on its heels is Carlson Rezidor, with …
In the week that Lufthansa announce new four and five-weekly flight service to Nairobi, starting at 27 October, and a week after Great Plains announces our own fly free offers in Kenya and Botswana, Great Plains Conservation have come up with an additional offer that will really fill those Airbus A340-300s – certainly the front …