FRENCH RAIL OPERATOR WANTS TO TAKE MARKET SHARE IN AIRLINES

Cecilia Garland -
With traffic up 1.8% in 2013, French rail operator Thalys carried 6,694,000 passengers, making a combined turnover of €487 million (+1.9% per year). Thalys’ growth was driven by long bonds, with Pari ...

PERU RECEIVED 3.2 MILLION TOURISTS DURING 2013

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This result represented the arrival of 318,000 additional international tourists than those who came during 2012. According to statistics from the Worldwide Tourism Organization (OMT), during 2013, S ...

IS ITALIAN TOURISM RECOVERED?

Denise Chen -
Italian tourism does not seem to have fully recovered at a European and global level; the ISTAT data of the first 10 months of 2013 showed a decline of 4.3% in arrivals and 4.4% in overnight stays. ...

CHINA LOOKS TO REDEVELOP DESERT TO ENCOURAGE INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS

Justin N. Froyd -
In the Northwest corner of Zhongwei City lies Shapotou, an area of vast natural beauty and resources between civilisation and the wilderness. This region is full of different landscapes, from oases an ...

GERMAN CARRIER IMPROVES IN-FLIGHT EXPERIENCES WITH A NEW APP

Laura Maudlin -
Airlines are always trying to keep up with modern trends and make the experience better for the passenger and the latest concept to interest European travellers is that the little bell above our heads ...