airberlin: New Area Manager Eastern Europe
Stefan Magiera (36) will take up his appointment as Area Manager Eastern Europe on 1st January 2012 to run airberlin’s commercial operations in that region. In this newly created position, the qualified travel agent and graduate in business administration will be responsible for the overall sales and commercial activities in the region, which covers Russia & CIS, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia.

Registrations indicate stellar outlook for next year’s milestone event incorporating luxury travel
Riding high on the success of IT&CMA and CTW 2011, MICE and corporate travel buyers and exhibitors are enthusiastic about participating at the 2012 event.

Tourism film competition from 7th to 11th March 2012 at the ITB-Cinema in Berlin
Das goldene Stadttor means an innovative show of best ideas of tourism. This is where new ideas are be shown to attract tourists.

Hilton Hotels & Resorts today announced the opening of the new 355-room Hilton Nanjing in Jiangsu Province, China. Conveniently located as part of Nanjing Wanda Plaza, the hotel provides guests with direct access to expansive malls, luxury shopping outlets and the first and only IMAX cinema in town. It is the first of two Hilton Hotels & Resorts properties set to open in Nanjing this fall.

3rd quarter: Air Berlin PLC increases revenue to EUR 1.375 billion; Capacity slightly reduced, yield and capacity utilization improved; With EUR 200 million, “Shape & Size” program is on the right track
In the third quarter of 2011, Air Berlin PLC was able to increase the yield (revenue per passenger) from EUR 110.94 to EUR 116.61 (excluding aviation tax), i.e. an increase of 5.1 percent over the corresponding period of the previous year.

Asia’s fourth largest source market spent more in 2010 on international tourism & the dominance of FIT
This report is prepared by TKS, organizer of Hong Kong’s only travel fair, ITE & MICE.
Hong Kong incurred US$17.5 billion in 2010 on international tourism expenditure, up 12% over 2009, and ranked 15th in the World and 4th in Asia after China (mainland) at US$54.9 billion, Japan at US$27.9 billion and South Korea at US$17.7 billion, according to UNWTO.