ITB Berlin and IPK International analyse China’s outbound travel behaviour – in 2015 China registered a 23 per cent increase in foreign trips – an above-average preference for luxury hotels .In 2015, compared to other markets worldwide, China registered by far the highest growth in outbound travel, consolidating its position as one of the world’s most important source markets for international travel. Despite the average duration of trips having halved since 2007, the huge increase in foreign travel resulted in turnover having almost tripled in the same period.

UAE TO HOST WORLD’S FIRST GLOBAL CULTURAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2017 Event to Convene Government, Arts and Media Leaders to Address Emerging Challenges and Opportunities Associated with Culture in a Connected World . Abu Dhabi will be site of a high-level international summit that will bring together leaders from the worlds of government, the arts and media to address the role culture can play in addressing some of the great challenges of our time. It will also explore how new technologies are changing the very nature of culture and cultural interactions worldwide with major consequences for education, our economies, politics and virtually every other dimension of our lives.

This is an invitation for all Buyers in the MICE business. If you didn’t apply yet, we would like to invite you to the celebration of MITM Euromed’s 20th Edition to be held on a cruise between the cities of Naples and Palermo, next November (from 2nd to 4th). There’s a very limited space left. Rush your Application to join us in this special edition on board of “GNV – Majestic” boat.

Tourism brings peace and economic recovery: This is also what the government of Indonesia thinks and so they plan to double the number of tourists within the next three years – to a total of 20 million. A first consequence was the relaxation of the entry regulations for 170 countries – visitors can now stay on the island for 30 days without a visa. Therefore, it is not surprising that numerous new hotels arise. According to TOPHOTELPROJECTS, the world’s leading supplier of hotel information services, there are currently 112 new upper-class hotels under construction. Only 25 of them are built on the famous holiday-island of Bali.

from our friend Imtiaz Muqbil, Executive Editor, Travel Impact Newswire
PATA’s steady turnound remained on track at the 39th PATA Travel Mart between Sept 7-9, the fifth to be held in Indonesia. While the turnout of roughly 1,000 delegates for the PTM and its associate events still paled in comparison to the heydays of the 1990s, the Mart is now well set as the top small & medium sized travel show in which quality trumps quantity and niche-markets trump mass-markets. Along with the high-calibre content of its accompanying forums, the PTM is proving that Big is Not Necessarily Beautiful in an intensely competitive trade show environment.

The latest addition to Dusit’s D2 collection, dusitD2 Khao Yai, recently opened its doors welcoming its first guests from Germany. To mark the occasion, the new chic mountain resort overlooking the scenic Khao Yai National Park, has launched an exclusive ‘D2 Debut’ opening.Launched on 2 August 2016, dusitD2 Khao Yai comprises 79 chic guestrooms and suites and is just a three-hour drive from central Bangkok. In-house dining highlights include ‘Musi Grill’, an all-day-dining and grill restaurant, and ‘Cocoon’, a unique treetop dining pod which provides a bird’s-eye view of the resort and surrounding mountain range.