Category: News
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Qatar Airways Rated Best Airline in the World 2015
Qatar Airways has been named the Best Airline in the World for 2015 by leading aviation consumer website Skytrax. The Gulf-based carrier was presented with the honour at Tuesday’s award ceremony at the 2015 Paris Air Show. The order in which they were ranked (with 2014 rankings) is: 1. Qatar Airways (2) 2. Singapore Airlines…
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Finalists Announced for Wild Asia Awards
Now in their ninth year, the Wild Asia Responsible Tourism Awards, has just announced its 2015 finalists. The Wild Asia Awards was the first of its kind to identify Asia-based sustainability superstars in the travel industry, and remains the only regional award program for responsible travel. The awards are based on the Global Sustainable Tourism…
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Etihad Airways Posts Net Profit Of Us$ 73 Million
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has achieved its strongest financial results to date in 2014, posting a net profit of US$ 73 million on total revenues of US$ 7.6 billion, up 52.1% and 26.7% respectively over the previous year. The record performance, which marked the airline’s fourth consecutive year of…
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Tour de Yorkshire Route Revealed
The second Tour de Yorkshire will culminate in an arduous day of climbing on a stage designed to pay tribute to Captain Cook. At the route launch in Otley on Wednesday, organisers announced the third and final stage of next year’s race will start in Cook’s birthplace, Middlesbrough, before passing through his boyhood home of…
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Tourists from 120 countries visited the Annapurna Circuit Trek in 2014
Annapurna CircuitJunu Pun, tourism assistant at Dharapani check post of Annapurna Conservation Area project (ACAP), said the popular trekking trail received visitors from 120 countries from across the world in 2014. Last year, the trail had received visitors from 86 countries. “The popularity of Annapurna Region is growing with each passing year. We are getting…
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Canada Ranked as No 1 Country to Visit in 2015
The international love affair with Canada shows no signs of cooling off. According to a new study from the Reputation Institute, Canada is the top country in the world to visit, live in, study and attend or organize events. A beautiful and enjoyable country, friendly and welcoming people, contributions to global culture and safe environment…
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World Travel Market Claims $6.5bn in Sales as 2014 Event Opens
World Travel Market claims $6.5bn in sales as 2014 event opens. The World Travel Market Portfolio facilitates more than $6.5 billion in travel and tourism industry deals, according to organisers Reed Travel Exhibitions. The WTM Portfolio consists of the four leading business-to-business travel trade events in the world: World Travel Market; Arabian Travel Market; WTM…
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Rare North Korean Pro-Wrestling Event Open to Tourists
Japanese politician and pro-wrestler Kanji “Antonio” Inoki’s Pyongyang wrestling event is open to tourists who wish to travel to the isolated country to watch a once in-a-life-time martial arts and wrestling extravaganza. A limited number of foreign guests are able to visit the two-day event, due to be held in the North Korean capital late…
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Booking Gorilla Permits Online
With the recent trends in technology, the respective boards managing the issuance of gorilla permits in the different countries where gorilla tracking takes place have devised means of letting clients book these permits on line though in some countries like Uganda they have received some resistance from some stake holders especially the native tour operating…
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2014 Tour of Rwanda to Be Held in November
The Rwanda tour race has been modified in terms of a new and competitive course, so that people from other areas can also have the opportunity to view the race and enjoy it. The new course will include Ngoma and Nyanza which will be the fourth stage covering a distance of 173 kilometers,” explained Ferwacy…