INFOGRAPHICS: CHINESE OUTBOUND TRAVELERS DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2013 outbound travel market in China reached 98 million person trips. It means increase of 18% from the previous year. Most of Chinese outbound travelers came from Shanghai, Guangdong, and Beijing, ...

HOTEL TAX TO INCREASE CONSIDERABLY IN FRANCE

Daniel A. Tanner -
The French Minister for Tourism, Laurent Fabius, announced coming changes to the hotel tax rates that will affect not only the traditional hotels but apartments booked via internet like Airbnb website ...

CANCÚN BECOMING THE HUB OF ONLINE AGENCIES

Cecilia Garland -
Quintana Roo, one of the Mexican states, has become in recent years the epicenter of online travel agencies ever since they have established their central offices there. ...

CHRISTMAS IN EUROPE – TRADITIONAL MARKETS ARE MOST POPULAR

Bill Alen -
From the German and Austrian markets to the Jewish Prague – European tours take the traditional and cultural route for this year’s Christmas. ...

ITALY: ONLINE AND OFFLINE TRAVEL SALES SEEM TO BE BALANCED

Since the end of the summer, several indicators point to a change in the balance between online and offline travel bookings in Italy. ...