RevPAR IS SLOWING DOWN YET EXPERTS ARE REMAINING OPTIMISTIC

Wayne M. Gore -
There are many facts and figure for hoteliers business in the lodging sector to account for when assessing their profits and gains but their RevPAR – the revenue-per-available-room rate, which is esse ...

GOOGLE MAPS GALLERY COULD BE A HELPFUL NEW TOOL FOR TOURIST BOARDS

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Google have expanded their popular mapping program with the new Google Maps Gallery, a selection of specific static or interactive images – rather than the usual open-world global program – that shows ...

INCREASING THREATS IN SINAI LEADS TO DECREASE VISITOR NUMBERS TO EGYPT

Vanderlei J. Pollack -
Tourism is important to Egypt, with the sector's contributions making up around 11% of the nation's GDP, but this industry is increasingly under threat as the much-publicised violence and political un ...

BERLIN INTRODUCES BED TAX FOR DOGS

Andrew J. Wein -
Dog owners who travel to Berlin with their pets will be required to pay a city tax from now on. This is according to the financial administration in Berlin regarding the controversial introduction of ...

AUSTRIA LOST MORE THAN HALF A MILLION NIGHTS, IN JANUARY

Daniel A. Tanner -
The number of overnight stays in Austria's tourism brought the anticipated collapse in January. The recently published numbers of Austria's statistics show a minus of 3.3 percent to 13.87 million over ...