Austria, with its glorious Alps and extensive winter tourism facilities, gets ready to take part at EMITT
EMITT Fair has opened a new hall this year with aspirations to brand winter tourism, captivating world winter tourism giants. Austria, the European and international giant in winter tourism with its magnificent Alps, ski facilities and hotels, will share its vast experience in the sector with EMITT 2014.

The T.20 Ministers´ meeting in London agreed to continue placing visa facilitation as a priority in the aim of stimulating economic growth and generate more jobs through of tourism. (London, United Kingdom, 4 November 2013).

Norwegian continues to expand in Europe and will open a new base of operations in Madrid in summer 2014. Along with the new base, the company also launches six new routes from Madrid to Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Hamburg, Warsaw and London.

Hilton Worldwide Signs Management Agreement With Pekah Hotels Sdn. Bhd.
Hilton Worldwide today signed an agreement with Pekah Hotels Sdn. Bhd. to manage Hilton Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia. The ninth Hilton Worldwide property in Malaysia, the 313-room Hilton Kota Kinabalu will also be the fifth Hilton Hotels & Resorts branded hotel in the country, scheduled to open in 2015.

MARRIOTT SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT TO ACQUIRE PROTEA HOTEL GROUP’S HOTEL OPERATIONS AND BRANDS
Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) today said it has signed a letter of intent with Protea Hospitality Holdings of Cape Town, South Africa to acquire Protea Hotels’ brands and its management business that operates or franchises 116 hotels across three brands with 10,184 rooms in South Africa and six other Sub-Saharan African countries.

UNWTO is deeply saddened by the devastating impact of typhoon Haiyan which hit an important part of the Visayas region in the Philippines. On behalf of the international tourism community, UNWTO conveys its heartfelt sympathy to the families of the victims and to the Government of the Philippines.