Travel News: Airlines, Tourism and Airfares

Southern California Gourmet Korean-Fusion Mobile Food Chain Opens First Unit in Austin, TX

Hotel performance at select European airports showed increases in occupancy and average room rate compared with the same week last year, as a cloud of volcanic ash grounded air travel and stranded travellers throughout the continent, according to daily data from STR Global, the leading provider of market data to the hotel industry.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has announced that the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) will host next year's Global Travel & Tourism Summit in Las Vegas

HSMAI’s Revenue Management & Internet Marketing Strategy Conference Co-Located with Annual HITEC Exposition

Best Western International announces the addition of the Best Western Atlanta Northwest Hotel, located at 1200 Winchester Parkway in Smyrna, Ga. Owned by Paddy Rao, the hotel offers 117 guest rooms.

Otarian boasts big flavor and the industry's first carbon footprint menu analysis

Welcoming the season of Spring and the approaching World Expo 2010, a brand new Japanese restaurant at Shanghai Marriott Hotel Changfeng Park opened its door to the world today. Consul Generals from Japan, Mexico, India and Egypt came to witness the memorable moment and 5 media from Shanghai and the world came to celebrate the opening of this beautiful hotel near Shanghai Zhongshan Park.

Bombardier Aerospace confirmed that the Government of Manitoba is the previously announced undisclosed customer that had purchased four Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft in February 2010. Deliveries of the aircraft will begin during the fourth quarter of 2010 and will continue until 2012.

The inaugural flight will take Korean and Guam dignitaries and 150 Korean tourists to a reception at A.B. Won Pat International Airport.

Demand has returned to key Central and South American destination during the first two months of this year, according to data from STR Global, the leading provider of market information for the world’s hotel industry.