HIGH-SPEED TRAINS TO CONNECT BARCELONA AND PARIS

Gregory Dolgos -
Spain and France will be connected for the first time by a high- speed train starting on December 15. From then on Barcelona and Paris will be linked by the trains of Alta Velocidad Española (AVE), as ...

DIGITAL TRAVEL SALES EXPECTED TO IMPROVE WITH INCREASED MOBILE USE

Nils Kraus -
A new report by eMarketer has shown varying digital travel trends in different countries of Western Europe. Overall, European digital travel sales have been slowly and steadily increasing, but the rep ...

UK CAMPAIGN TO ATTRACT MORE CHINESE VISITORS

Samuel Dorsi -
Maria Miller, the current Culture Secretary in UK, has announced a new initiative to make the kingdom the most popular European destination for Chinese visitors. The VisitBritain’s China campaign whic ...

NORTH AFRICA: TOURISM IN TUNISIA AND EGYPT IMPROVING

Richard Moor -
Tunisia and Egypt show signs of improvement with respect to their tourism industry. However, the governments need to be patient about recovery of the industry in the region. Experts anticipate that th ...

SOCHI 2014 AND MOSCOW 1980 – OLYMPIC GAMES WITH SERIOUS PROBLEMS

Cecilia Garland -
Moscow and Sochi will forever be linked for having hosted the Olympic Games. Surprisingly, the fact that both these cities' Games have been the subject of bureaucratic machinations and highly-publiciz ...