PERSPECTIVES & RESPONSES FOR STIMULATING RECOVERY TO BE DISCUSSED AT FITUR 2010

Anna Luebke -
Fitur 2010 will be the location for an International Seminar which will debate the UNWTO’s Roadmap for Recovery. ...

THE WAY FORWARD AFTER A TUMULTUOUS DECADE

Michael Trout -
Our Retail world was pretty well whacked in the last two years, and 2010 will be a year of rebuilding our Brands with a new Value Proposition. ...

LEADING RUSSIAN TOUR OPERATOR UNDERESTIMATING FOREIGN COMPETITION

Alec Hills -
Competition of foreign travel businesses is weak in the Russian market. MICE and adventure tourism companies however likely to present challenges for domestic tour operators. ...

FRENCH HOTEL CLASSIFICATION REFORMED

Ashley Nault -
New hotel classification system was launched in France introducing 5-star category. Renovation of many hotels is estimated at 10 billion Euros. ...

HOTEL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS UNITED IN SEVEN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Nils Kraus -
A unification of hotel classification systems has started in Prague where representatives of hotel associations from 7 European countries founded a Hotelstars Union. Its members will use the same crit ...