INTERNATIONAL AIR PASSENGER TRAFFIC IN THE U.S. REACHES A NEW HIGH

Chris Grad -
The year 2014 has brought a substantial increase in the number of passengers, both coming into and departing from the U.S. soil. Overall, the increase represents 7 percent while the total number of pa ...

TRAVELING BY CAR AROUND GERMANY IS CHEAPER

Michael Trout -
The prices for purchasing and maintenance of cars in Germany decreased in the annual average of 2014 compared to the previous year by 0.8 percent. ...

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS TRAVEL GROWING IN IMPORTANCE

Andrew J. Wein -
Most of European based companies (57%) have written sustainability initiatives into their company’s travel policy, according to a new study on sustainability in travel programs conducted by the resear ...

SPAIN: HOTEL ROOMS-BY-THE-HOUR EARNED 5.5 MILLION EUROS IN 2014

Samuel Dorsi -
The Spanish hotel sector increased its profits by more than 5.5 million euros in 2014 through the sale of rooms-by-the-hour, according to data from the online booking platform ByHours, which indicates ...

SNOWMAKING IN AUSTRIA: EXPENSES REACHING MILLIONS

Kevin Eagan -
Austrian ski resorts have invested millions of Euros in the snowmaking on their slopes over the last years. Mostly the ski lift operators pay the bill. ...