Booking companies and hoteliers are trying to sell travelers more online than just a place to stay, an airline ticket or a car rental. These web-based firms also want customers to purchase experiences such as parasailing excursions, food tours, and aquarium adventures. The amount spent by travelers on tours, attractions, events, and activities while traveling has swelled 21% since 2014 to $159 billion, and companies like TripAdvisor Inc., TRIP +0.66%Expedia EXPE +0.35% Group Inc. and Booking Hol...
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The national body that markets Canada as a tourist destination is halting new advertisements in China as tensions heat up following the arrest of Huawei Technologies Co.’s finance chief, according to CBC News. Destination Canada, wholly owned by the federal government, and its partners decided to “temporarily pause or postpone our current marketing efforts in China,” the CBC quoted the organization’s representative as saying.
The marketing primarily promoted winter...
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The Grenada Tourism Authority is reviving the mantra ‘Tourism is Everybody’s Business’ with the launch of its new awareness campaign. The campaign is a multi-pronged programme aimed at raising practical awareness of the industry and the role citizens can play in developing and sustaining the sector. Spearheading the campaign is Grenada Tourism Authority product development manager Kirl Hoschtialek who described the launch as a momentous occasion. She provided an overview of the...
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CAA Travel Insurance is introducing two new travel insurance riders to give travellers more choice and protection while they are on vacation.The new riders include a Seven-Day Pre-Existing Condition Rider and an Adventurous Air Activities Rider – both of which are not usually available in standard travel insurance policies. CAA Travel Insurance is underwritten by Orion Travel Insurance – a CAA company....
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Mayor of Tel Aviv, Ron Huldai, and other city officials presented the citys master plan on Monday for increasing tourism in the next ten years.The aim of the plan, called Tel Aviv Jaffa 2030, is to position Tel Aviv as one of the most popular urban destinations in the world by creating new tourist attractions, increasing the amount of information available in English, and developing infrastructure, communications, and accommodations....
TRAVEL AND TOUR WORLD
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Carnival Australia has ended 2017 with a bang, discovering that its ships welcomed an unprecedented one million Australians and New Zealanders in a 12-month period. The milestone, which sets a new record for the local cruise industry, came as a pleasant surprise while “doing the maths” on passenger numbers from October 2016 to October 2017. The million passengers travelled on Carnival Australia’s ships, both locally and overseas, across the company’s seven brands Princess...
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