Siblu acquires 13th French site
Phil Davies - Jan 03, 2026
Family holiday specialist Siblu has acquired the Bonne Anse Plage holiday park in La Palmyre in the French Charente Maritime…
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Two more for Shangri-La in Shanghai
Ian Jarrett - Jan 03, 2026
HONG KONG - Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts will open two luxury hotels in Puxi, Shanghai in 2011. The hotels will…
A city is born in South Korea
Ian Jarrett - Jan 03, 2026
SEOUL - A modern metropolis of glass and steel to rival the best that Dubai can offer is emerging on…
Standard viewpoint: Carry on, Hong Kong
Ian Jarrett - Jan 03, 2026
HONG KONG - An interesting New Year’s editorial in The Standard newspaper in Hong Kong looks at the development of…
Hotels slug it out with pillows
John Alwyn-Jones - Jan 03, 2026
The feathers are flying, says Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, as they start a worldwide pillow fight through "the use of…
Airline snacks a goner with Frommer
Ian Jarrett - Jan 03, 2026
NEW YORK - Noted travel writer Arthur Frommer has released his New Year’s resolutions for travel that include these promises…
Kenya travel warning over ‘serious unrest’
Phil Davies - Jan 02, 2026
British travellers have been urged to avoid all but essential travel to the centres of Mombasa and Nairobi following "serious unrest"…
Holiday choice cut as 1.25m holidays are stripped out
Phil Davies - Jan 02, 2026
An estimated 1.25 million fewer summer sun holidays will be available in 2008 due to consolidation between the major tour…
Kayak.com to merge with SideStep
Phil Davies - Jan 02, 2026
Online travel search engines Kayak.com and SideStep are to merge to create a global internet commerce giant. The deal is…
Rothwell leaves TUI Travel
Phil Davies - Jan 02, 2026
TUI Travel deputy CEO Peter Rothwell has left the company. His departure on December 31 follows the merger between the Thomson parent…
Hawaii looking at tough tourist times in 2008
David - Jan 01, 2026
Hawaii's tourism industry, concluding a year that could easily be described as flat, is bracing for a tougher 2008. "A…
Funniest travel comments of the year
David - Jan 01, 2026
At times, what people think of hotels is extremely negative. “I could have done without the blood-stained mattress and the…
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