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CWT names Lovell successor
Phil Davies - Jan 03, 2025
Håkan Ericson has been named as Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s new president EMEA and Latin America. He replaces Richard Lovell, who…
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Firm plans ‘eco retreats’ across 14 UK National Parks
Phil Davies - Jan 03, 2025
A company offering ‘eco retreats’ plans to expand across 14 National Parks throughout the UK. Natural Retreats is to build…
Siblu acquires 13th French site
Phil Davies - Jan 03, 2025
Family holiday specialist Siblu has acquired the Bonne Anse Plage holiday park in La Palmyre in the French Charente Maritime…
Two more for Shangri-La in Shanghai
Ian Jarrett - Jan 03, 2025
HONG KONG - Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts will open two luxury hotels in Puxi, Shanghai in 2011. The hotels will…
A city is born in South Korea
Ian Jarrett - Jan 03, 2025
SEOUL - A modern metropolis of glass and steel to rival the best that Dubai can offer is emerging on…
Standard viewpoint: Carry on, Hong Kong
Ian Jarrett - Jan 03, 2025
HONG KONG - An interesting New Year’s editorial in The Standard newspaper in Hong Kong looks at the development of…
Hotels slug it out with pillows
John Alwyn-Jones - Jan 03, 2025
The feathers are flying, says Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, as they start a worldwide pillow fight through "the use of…
Airline snacks a goner with Frommer
Ian Jarrett - Jan 03, 2025
NEW YORK - Noted travel writer Arthur Frommer has released his New Year’s resolutions for travel that include these promises…
Kenya travel warning over ‘serious unrest’
Phil Davies - Jan 02, 2025
British travellers have been urged to avoid all but essential travel to the centres of Mombasa and Nairobi following "serious unrest"…
Holiday choice cut as 1.25m holidays are stripped out
Phil Davies - Jan 02, 2025
An estimated 1.25 million fewer summer sun holidays will be available in 2008 due to consolidation between the major tour…
Kayak.com to merge with SideStep
Phil Davies - Jan 02, 2025
Online travel search engines Kayak.com and SideStep are to merge to create a global internet commerce giant. The deal is…
Rothwell leaves TUI Travel
Phil Davies - Jan 02, 2025
TUI Travel deputy CEO Peter Rothwell has left the company. His departure on December 31 follows the merger between the Thomson parent…
