WELCOMING NON-GUESTS: GOLDEN EXTRA REVENUE OPPORTUNITY FOR HOTELIERS

Pat Hyland -
Locals can be the answer to making extra revenue during slow periods, hoteliers are now finding out. Some of the biggest hotels in the world are now focusing on day services such as gyms and spas in o ...

AMOUNTS OF TOURISTS IN SPAIN STILL INCREASING

Gary Diskin -
Spain is on track to achieving its best tourism year after receiving 60.8 million foreign tourists in the first 10 months, an increase of 4.4% over the same period last year, resulting in more than 2. ...

USA TIGHTEN RULES FOR VISA-FREE TRAVEL

Richard Moor -
In the wake of the attacks on Paris, the USA tighten their rules for entering the country without a visa. Citizens from Germany and 37 other countries with a treaty for visa-free traveling will have t ...

QUITO TOURISM IS CONFIDENT OF ENDING THE YEAR WITH 5% MORE VISITORS

Denise Chen -
The Ecuadorean city of Quito is confident that it will reach 740,000 tourists by the year-end, which will represent a 5% increase over the previous year, according to the city’s tourism office. The au ...

NEW ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT FORGETS TO APPOINT MINISTER FOR TOURISM

Gregory Dolgos -
It might have been a honest mistake, but also a sign that the freshly formed Romanian government, led by former EU commissioner Dacian Ciolos, has no interest in the country's tourist industry. Whiche ...