Korea has been ranked the world’s top 2 destination for global congresses hosted in 2015, according to the latest International Meetings Statistics Report, released this week by the Union of International Associations (UIA). The findings show Korea achieving 2nd place behind the USA with 891 meetings – a 40% increase over the previous year. This also places it first in Asia and accounts for 7.5% of all meetings held worldwide across the same period.

With the start of the 2016 Silk Way Rally just ten days away, the teams from more than 30 nations are preparing for the trip to Moscow for official validation at one of the world’s most iconic sporting venues before a send-off in grand style from Red Square. While the Russian entries have a ‘relatively’ short trip to make for the administrative checks and scrutineering at the Luzhniki Olympic Complex on July 7 and 8, competitors from Europe, the Americas and the Middle East will have a longer journey to reach the stadium that hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.

Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) announced that THAI’s first A350 XWB recently rolled out from the cabin furnishing & engine installation in full livery at the Airbus Final Assembly Line in Toulouse, France and is now ready to start ground and flight tests. This first A350-900 is scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of 2016.

On the 1st of July the first unit Pestana CR7 opend to the public, a very expected date for all fans of both brands, with the kick-off of this partnership, making the kick-off of this partnership in Funchal, Madeira Island. The location is symbolic for both leaders of this project – Dionisio Pestana and Cristiano Ronaldo – since it is the birthplace of both.

six new luxury properties in the pipeline.With 55 square meter it is one of the largest hotel rooms in the US capital. The world is just good enough: US billionaire Donald Trump is never satisfied with easy-to-reach goals, which he shows currently at the election campaign for the White House. Even with his Hotel Collection the real estate tycoon is not even thinking about reducing the speed of the worldwide expansion.

New Study Identifies What Apps Business Travelers Use and Why
Mobile technology continues to make it easier for travelers to manage their own travel while in-transit and the majority of global business travelers are embracing this trend, according to a new study released today from the GBTA Foundation in partnership with Sabre Corporation. More than 7 in 10 business travelers in the United States (78 percent), Italy (77 percent), Canada (74 percent) and Spain (73 percent) prefer using self-service technology to manage their travel, while the rate is slightly lower for the Nordic countries (60 percent) and Germany (56 percent).