Join @#Social Silk Road Seminar 2015: The rise of experiential travel and the booking revolution (WTM London 2015)
Organized by: UNWTO, Travel Perspective and WTM
Wednesday 4 November 2015, 10.30-12.00

42 Percent of Travel Buyers Have Decreased Lufthansa Bookings Since €16 Per Booking Surcharge Implemented in September. On September 1, the Lufthansa Group implemented a €16 per booking surcharge on travel purchased anywhere other than its websites, service centers and airport ticket counters.

Vienna International Hotelmanagement AG (VI) is repositioning itself. The countdown is on. Effective 1 February 2016, Austria’s largest hotel group will flip the switch to recreate its brand identity from top to bottom. Vienna International Hotelmanagement AG is set to become Vienna House.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) successfully hosted Asia’s first Travel Blog Exchange 2015 (TBEX) in Bangkok, attracting more than 650 bloggers and online writers worldwide from 50 countries to exchange and get updated information in travel blogging while also enjoying various elements of Thainess experience.

The executive team of the largest Spanish hotel chain begins a tour of Asia in Xian today. Chairman and CEO unveils new project to make company hotels more Chinese-friendly. The tour will cover China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand. Meliá Hotels International aims to become the first choice for Chinese tourists travelling to Europe. The company Chairman, Gabriel Escarrer Juliá, the Vice Chairman and CEO and other members of the senior executive team will begin the second of their annual tours in Asia today.

Thailand Convention and events Bureau TCEB inaugurates ” Thailand Connect…our heart , your world” as the Brand Communicationss Campaign for 2016.As Thailand steps forth into a business oriented country capable of producing professional events and opportunities, it is home to worldwide business events, one of world’s top countries that hosted IT&CM Asia and CTW Asia-Pacific for the 14th consecutive year.