‘JUST HELP HAITI’ RECEIVES MORE SUPPORT FROM THE TRAVEL & TOURISM INDUSTRY

With the message that we must continue to support Haiti well after the emergency relief programme is over by planning now to rebuild the country’s water and sanitation infrastructure, international water-aid charity, Just a Drop, launched its JUST HELP HAITI Appeal with its initial focus firmly placed on the travel and [...]

MYCEB AND SCB SYNERGY PARTNERSHIP

Meeting planners can get twice as much support now to help them bid for international conventions to be held in Sarawak, Malaysia.
Malaysia Convention and Exhibition  Bureau (MyCEB) and the Sarawak Convention Bureau (SCB) held a joint press conference to on Friday, 28th January 2010 at the Tourism Malaysia offices to explain how they are working [...]

IFT Belgrade promotes rural tourism in Serbia

IFT Belgrade runs this month for the 32nd year, held at the Belgrade Exhibition Halls from 24th to 28th February. The event will cover 32,600m2 across 4 halls indicating an increase on last year when the show covered 28,00m2. In 2009 it attracted 830 exhibitors from38 countries and 52,516 visitors and organisers expect an even better [...]

The O2 finishes the decade as world’s number one music venue

The O2 has been named as the world’s number one music venue for a third consecutive year after selling 2.3 million tickets.
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Women in the captain’s seat in the cockpit a decade on

Ten years of women pilots in the left-hand seat at Lufthansa
A woman in the cockpit, an idea few if any would have entertained years ago. “A woman has a better chance of becoming world heavweight boxing champion than a Lufthansa captain“ – said a dismissive Captain Alfred Vermaaten, former head of the commercial pilots’ flight [...]

17th MITT will take place on 17-20 March 2010 in Expocentre, in the heart of Moscow. This year’s partner country is Greece.

MITT, the 17th Moscow International Travel & Tourism exhibition, is Russia’s number one exhibition for the travel industry and one of the top five travel exhibitions in the world.  It comes just as some experts in the Russian tourism industry report predicted growth of 10-12% in 2010, as Russia’s economy begins [...]

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