KARL LAGERFELD – MAN OF FASHION AND OF HOTEL DESIGN

Nik Fes -
Karl Lagerfeld missed the inauguration of his first hotel. The famous fashion designer and designer of Chanel and Fendi died at the age of 85 in Paris a couple of days ago. He was a worldwide icon in ...

EXPENSIVE ACCOMMODATION ENDANGERS PORTUGUESE TOURISM

The Portuguese government reported that tourist activity achieved unprecedented milestones yet again in 2018. For the first time, hotel guests surpassed the 21-million hallmark and revenues exceeded 1 ...

RUSSIA LAUNCHES NEW HOTEL CLASSIFICATION

Nik Fes -
Today in Russia there are about 31 thousand hotels and 41 small accommodation facilities and all of these are now under a new regulation – mandatory hotel classification. ...

SPANISH TOURISM: MORE VISITORS, BUT LESS PROFITABILITY

Tomas Haupt -
Profitability of the tourism industry in Spain only grew by 1.6% compared to the 8.8% registered a year ago. ...

VIETNAM CONTINUES WITH E-VISA POLICY IN VIEW OF TOURISM GROWTH

Vanderlei J. Pollack -
In January 2017, Vietnam launched a pilot e-visa policy. Based on this, citizens from 40 countries were enabled to apply for e-visas. The list of eligible countries included USA, China, Japan, the UK ...