Cruise Lines International Association: new peak in U.S. cruise industry expenditures

Washington, DC, 2015-10-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Cruise lines, their passengers and crew spent a record $21 billion in the U.S. in 2014, up 16 percent since 2010 and representing a new peak in U.S. cruise industry expenditures, according to a new study from Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the largest cruise industry trade… Read the full press release

Cruise Lines International Association: Global demand for cruising reached 22.04 million passengers in 2014

Washington, DC, 2015-10-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Global demand for cruising reached 22.04 million passengers[1] in 2014, up 68 percent from 13.1 million passengers in 2004, according to a new study from Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the largest cruise industry trade association and the leading authority of the global cruise community. Since 2013,… Read the full press release

120 network airlines and low cost carriers signed up to Travelport Rich Content and Branding over the past year

Langley, UK, 2015-10-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Travelport (NYSE:TVPT), a leading Travel Commerce Platform, is celebrating the first anniversary of Travelport Rich Content and Branding, the industry leading solution that allows airlines to more effectively market and retail their offering to travel agencies around the world. In the past year, over 120 network airlines and… Read the full press release

Travelport Smartpoint won Innovation Award at the Dutch Travel Industry Congress

Langley, UK, 2015-10-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Travelport (NYSE:TVPT), a leading Travel Commerce Platform, has continued to be recognised for its industry leading point of sale solution, Travelport Smartpoint, this time picking up the Innovation Award at the Dutch Travel Industry Congress.  Travelport fought off competition from five other nominees to win the coveted award,… Read the full press release

The oldest café at Helsinki Airport transformed into Tapio Café

HELSINKI, FINLAND, 2015-10-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Café Alvar A., the oldest café at Helsinki Airport, transformed into Tapio Café in October. The café is inspired by the Kalevala. Almost everything you see, experience or taste is Finnish. Café Alvar A. was designed as a joint effort by Iittala, Artek and the Aalto Foundation… Read the full press release

Finavia and EANS explore opportunities for closer co-operation

Vantaa, Finland, 2015-10-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Finavia and EANS, the air navigation service providers in Finland and Estonia, continue to assess opportunities for closer co-operation. The assessment of co-operation opportunities is based on the political goal of the Finnish and Estonian governments to increase the efficiency and safety of the management of airspace… Read the full press release

Hotel de la Paix in Geneva to re-launch at the end of 2016 as The Ritz Carlton, Hotel de la Paix Geneva

Chevy Chase, Md., 2015-10-21 — /Travel PR News/ — The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company L.L.C. is proud to announce a signed agreement with the Manz family in Switzerland which will add the Hotel de la Paix in Geneva as a partner hotel as of December 16, 2015. The boutique property sits on the banks of Lake Geneva,… Read the full press release

UNESCO World Heritage designation for San Antonio’s Spanish colonial missions

San Antonio, Texas, 2015-10-21 — /Travel PR News/ — The United States celebrated the World Heritage Inscription of the San Antonio Missions, including the historic Alamo, with a monumental ceremony at Mission San Jose, “the queen of the missions.” Descendants of tribes who resided at the missions, along with church parishioners and visitors joined Secretary of the… Read the full press release

Hilton Paris Opera est le premier hôtel d’Europe partenaire de Clean the World

Hilton étend son partenariat avec Clean the World pour apporter un programme de recyclage novateur en Europe dans le but de soutenir les communautés dans le besoin PARIS, 2015-10-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Pour célébrer aujourd’hui la journée du lavage des mains, Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) et Clean the World annonce que le Hilton Paris Opera est… Read the full press release

Ukraine International Airlines Jan 1 – Sep 30, 2015: revenue up by 1%, costs cut by 13%, USD12.54 million operating profit

KIEV, 2015-10-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Ukraine International Airlines analyzed its performance within the period of January 1 – September 30, 2015. Notably, the period is marked with quality indexes upward trend. Thus, within the reported timeframe UIA increased revenue by 1%, cut costs by 13%, and secured 12.54 million USD operating profit compared… Read the full press release

“Bedtime Stories” installation will be available at the boarding gates of the two Lufthansa hubs in Frankfurt and Munich

Cologne, Germany, 2015-10-21 — /Travel PR News/ — From now on, all parents on business trips can be back at home for a common evening ritual – and help their children off to sleep with a bedtime story. Until the end of this year, the “Bedtime Stories” installation will be available as a mobile recording studio… Read the full press release