Travel and Transport Statesman

TravelDailyNews International | March 04, 2020

The Flight Centre Travel Group has strengthened its technology roadmap via a strategic investment in a business that is enhancing airline-travel agent connectivity. The company has secured a 22.47% interest in TPConnects Technologies LLC, a Dubai-based business with a next generation New Distribution Capability (NDC), Global Distribution System (GDS) and ONE Order based travel technology platform and software development resources. FLT has also entered into a commercial agreement with TPConnects...

VisitEngland | May 22, 2020

VisitEngland has today announced that this year’s English Tourism Week to highlight the economic importance and value of tourism to local economies across England is going virtual. VisitEngland has this year asked MPs ...

Airlines and Airports

globenewswire | June 16, 2023

Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC) today released data showing May 2023 U.S. travel agency air ticket sales increased 7% year over year to $9 billion.* The May total marks the second time monthly sales have eclipsed $9 billion this year, trailing the $9.6 billion March record. The average price of a U.S. round-trip air travel ticket sold in May fell below year-over-year levels for the second consecutive month. The 2% month-over-month increase in average ticket price followed identic...

Small-Group | August 18, 2020

See the shrines, pagodas and temples of Tokyo and Kyoto and find serenity in the art of a Japanese garden. Survey the armies of Terracotta Warriors – still standing guard over the Emperor after 2,000 years. Find zen in a Tai Chi class or take a train passage in India for a safari in search of the elusive Bengal Tiger. Hang ten at Bondi Beach or feast in a forest with the warriors of Tamaki Máori in Rotorua. Globus, Cosmos, Monograms and Avalon Waterways invite travelers to aw...