Delhi, India, March 7, 2022 / TRAVELINDEX / Despite the dynamic circumstances that the pandemic brought with it for the hospitality industry, Accor launched three of its much-awaited hotels in 2021, the luxurious Raffles Udaipur, Novotel Chandigarh Tribune Chowk and ibis Vikhroli Mumbai, in partnership with InterGlobe Hotels. This underlines Accor’s sustainable growth in the […]
Kyiv, Ukraine, March 7, 2022 / TRAVELINDEX / Nataliya Popovych, the founder of PR agency One Philosophy in Kyiv, provides a first-hand view of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…In the last couple of weeks our leadership team in Ukraine had to do something I never thought we would have to do. I had to write a […]
Svartisen Glacier, Norway, March 7, 2022 / TRAVELINDEX / A luxury hotel at the base of Norway’s Svartisen glacier has bold ambitions to generate more energy than it consumes within five years of opening. The base of the Svartisen glacier in the far north of Norway seems an unlikely spot for a luxury hotel and, […]
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, March 5, 2022 / TRAVELINDEX / On Tuesday the 15th of February, 2022, the National SOE Controller, Commissioner David Manning announced the re-opening of borders to tourists travelling into Papua New Guinea in compliance with travel entry requirements. In expressing gratitude on behalf of the tourism industry of PNG, PNG […]
March 5rd, 2022, Málaga, Spain / TRAVELINDEX / Skål International, which is the world’s broadest association of travel industry leaders with approximately 13,000 members in 100 countries, 323 cities, stands strongly in favor of the use of diplomacy to avoid such conflicts and calls on all nations to use both diplomatic negotiations and the good […]
Bangkok, Thailand, March 4, 2022 / TRAVELINDEX / Cloudee Telecom Co.,Ltd. or Cloudee is positioning itself as a leading system integrator service provider in the growing SaaS and cloud-based services market in Thailand. Gartner, the global tech research firm, indicated that cloud spending in Thailand could see 28.2% growth to (US$1.1 billion) 34.4 billion baht […]
Madrid, Spain, March 3, 2022 / TRAVELINDEX / The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has convened an emergency session of its Executive Council in response to the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. The session will be held in Madrid on 8 March. • Read all the latest UNWTO News and Updates here. Following the […]
Geneva, Switzerland, March 3, 2022 / TRAVELINDEX / The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects overall traveler numbers to reach 4.0 billion in 2024 (counting multi-sector connecting trips as one passenger), exceeding pre-COVID-19 levels (103% of the 2019 total). Expectations for the shape of the near-term recovery have shifted slightly, reflecting the evolution of government-imposed […]
Bangkok, Thailand, March 3, 2022 / TRAVELINDEX / Tourism leaders call for a full opening up of the country as concerns emerge that Thailand is losing the initiative to regional competitors and will not achieve 10 million arrivals in 2022. More than 500 delegates, including many of Thai tourism and hospitality’s most senior figures, came […]
Madrid, Spain, March 2, 2022 / TRAVELINDEX / The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary-General, Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili calls an emergency meeting of UNWTO Executive Council on 8 March 2021, following the request of several Member States to consider suspending Russia from UNWTO membership. The military offensive of Russia against Ukraine contradicts the core […]