In Valencia, Spain, the Formula 1 pilots fight for the Grand Prix Championship and in Southafrica the german and the english Nationalteams are fighting for the next step to win the Worldchampionship. Our picture shows an impression from the racecourt in Valencia. In Front Nico Rosberg with his racingcar and in the back the Harbour with the houseboats of the rich and beauty. On the horizont the Cruiseterminal and behind the freight harbor of Valencia.

European Cities Marketing (ECM), the leading network of city tourism organisations in Europe, launched the sixth edition of the European Cities Marketing Benchmarking Report on Friday 11^th June, during its Annual Conference in Las Palmas. The report includes the latest figures about the performance of European Cities in 2009 and illustrates the main trends in city tourism between 2004 and 2009 from 101 European cities. In addition, the Report includes an estimation of prospects for 2010 based on an expert pool of 89 managers of ECM-member cities.

Post-show figures issued today about IMEX 2010 show that the leading worldwide exhibition for the meetings, incentive travel and events industry achieved both an increase in the number of long-haul buyers attending including a significant number from emerging meetings markets.

The figures reveal that long-haul buyers made up nearly 25% of the overall buyer mix at IMEX

The company’s first hotel, the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen opened in 1960

The Rezidor Hotel Group proudly will proudly celebrate its 50th anniversary: On July 1, 1960 the company’s first hotel opened its doors – the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen – and marked the birth of Rezidor. Today, the group features 5 distinctive brands and more than 400 hotels in operation and under development with over 86,300 rooms in 62 countries across Europe

“Introducing Wellness Suites in the City”

With the Land of Smiles on the road to recovery, Radisson Hotel Bangkok Sathorn introduces “Wellness Suites in the City,” a special hospitality package available for short or long term stays catering specifically to the needs of medical tourists.

by Reinhard Hohler, Chiang Mai

Burma/Myanmar has had a military government for five of the six decades since it gained independence from British colonial rule in 1948 and is one of the less developed countries in Asia. It will this year hold its first election in two decades, actually 20 years after opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) party won an overwhelming majority