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Events and Meetings

MALAYSIA’S TOURISM PRODUCTS ON SHOW AT 31st ASEAN TOURISM FORUM (ATF) IN MANADO, INDONESIA

Emirates Airline Invests In Scotland By Doubling Glasgow Service

Visitor boost for Scotland

Converting wind energy into electricity

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Usain Bolt to compete in the 2012 Bislett Games

Tourism Australia Announces Youngest Friend, Callan McAuliffe

SkyTeam Introduces SkyPriority For Top Customers

Holland America Line to Sail 27 Cruises to Canada and New England in 2012

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Free Wi-Fi is the Make it or Break it Factor in Hotel Booking

Events and Meetings

Visit London’s Enchanting Display of the Magical World of Cirque du Soleil with Millennium & Copthorne Hotels

Business Travel Beats 2011 Expectations, Heads into 2012 with Steady Growth Outlook

Global consumer tech device spending to surpass $1 trillion in 2012

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Global industry study reveals how new technologies and social change will combine to transform travel by 2020

Roomkey.com, Innovative New Hotel Search Engine

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CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS 2012 AND CELEBRATING 37 YEARS OF THAI-CHINESE RELATIONS

World Travel Awards winners spearhead global recovery

Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index falls 15.3% in ’11

STR Global reports updated India hotel data

STR reports 38,409 new rooms opened in ’11

Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Forecasts Global Hotel Transaction Volume to Hold Steady in 2012

HBAA confirms executive committee for 2012

Sydney Festival 2012: This is Our City in Summer – January 7-29

ATF 2012 Kicks Off With Pre-TRAVEX Networking Activities

Events and Meetings

BOI in Collaboration with TCEB Organize CEO Forum with Executives from Leading Multinational and Local Giants

Events and Meetings

VOK DAMS strengthens Guestmanagement

Events and Meetings

Brusselicious was festively inaugurated with new world record toques launching

Fiona Jeffery awarded OBE in New Year’s Honours List

Americans Flocking to European Cruises

Rezidor announces organizational optimization

Carlson Hotels appoints Vasso Zographou as excecutive vice president and chief financial officer for Asia Pacific

Mayor tells top business leaders to plan, prepare and profit from 2012 Games

Amadeus launches Hotel Optimization Package for large travel agencies

Events and Meetings

Cultural Highlights 2012 – the year of anniversaries

OLYMPIC GAMES COULD HIT WELSH TOURISM, SAYS INDUSTRY BODY

Legacy secured for Six Olympic venues

Busiest day of year for British travel bookers reports Skyscanner

RYANAIR’S 2011 TRAFFIC GROWS 5% TO 76M PASSENGERS

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Dubai flights go wireless

DISCOVER 5 EXCITING EVENT INNOVATIONS AT THE FRESH CONFERENCE

Johanna Tolonen Appointed CEO of Finlandia Hall

London Tech City webinar

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Unique and Original at FITUR 2012

UK Family Make Life Long HomeExchange Friends Before They Even Meet!

ULookUBook.com: Hotel Bookings Soar in 2011

ABTA welcomes 11 new Members in November and December

Experience a taste of South Africa at AIME’s Globe restaurant in 2012

New Resort with Kids’ Club on the Island Crete – Rimondi Grand Hotel

Conferences Featured

5th Annual Loyalty Expo: Orlando, March 18-20