SMALLER HOTELS ARMING UP AGAINST ONLINE TRAVEL AGENCIES
Major online travel agencies (OTA) have been on the spotlight over concerns regarding price fixing. Expedia, InterContinental Hotel Group and Starwood Hotels faced a lawsuit last year over price-fixin ...
EU: BICYCLE SALES OUTNUMBER CAR SALES
There are bicycle-friendly cities scattered all over Europe, with Paris and Amsterdam leading the way. Europeans are known to love their bicycles. They love the two-wheelers so much that they are purc ...
SOCHI NOT CAPITALIZING ON WINTER OLYMPICS
The 2014 Winter Olympics hosted by Russian Sochi are coming fast. The tourism industry experts however warn that the country has missed its opportunity to capitalize on the event and promote Sochi to ...
SWISS TOURISM AWAITS SUCCESSFUL WINTER SEASON
Swiss Tourism is getting ready for the upcoming winter season with positive outlook. After considerable slump in overnight stay figures in the past years, slight increase is likely to be recorded this ...
BANGLADESH: POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY TAKES HEAVY TOLL ON TOURISM
Tourism industry insiders have said that the growing political-uncertainty in Bangladesh has taken a major toll on both the country's hospitality and the travel trade as the business is now down by 50 ...