Travel/Tourism News Stories
Air France Cancels Flights As Pilots Strike
February 6, 2012
Air France will cancel up to 30 percent of its flights on Tuesday, after 20 percent of Monday's flights were cancelled, because of a pilots' strike in protest at government plans to make strikers give at least two days' notice when they plan to walk out.
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Egypt Expects Tourism Increase Despite Clashes
February 6, 2012
Egypt's Ministry of Tourism hopes to see a recovery in tourist numbers to between 12 and 13 million this year, bringing in USD$11 billion, despite ongoing street violence and more than 70 deaths after a football match riot last week.
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Ryanair To Launch 26 Routes From Budapest
February 3, 2012
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair announced 26 new routes from Budapest on Friday in a move to take advantage of the grounding of Hungarian airline Malev over unpaid debts.
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Egypt Sent Back US Request To Lift Travel Ban
January 31, 2012
Egypt's justice minister said on Tuesday he had sent back a letter from the US ambassador that asked for an end to a travel ban on Americans being investigated for alleged illegal funding of pro-democracy groups.
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Turkey's Tourism Revenues Down 1 Pct
January 30, 2012
Turkey's tourism revenues fell 1 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter to USD$5.21 billion, the Turkish Statistics Institute said on Monday.
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Tel Aviv Reveling In Gay Tourism Boom
January 25, 2012
Less than an hour away but a world apart from traditional places of pilgrimage in the Holy Land, Israel's freewheeling city of Tel Aviv has become a Mediterranean hotspot for gay tourism.
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Cypriot Tourist Arrivals Rise 10 Pct In 2011
January 25, 2012
Tourism arrivals to Cyprus rose 10.1 percent in 2011, official data showed, offering a boon for the island economy ravaged by its banks' exposure to Greece and a blast which destroyed its largest power station.
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Turkey's Tourist Numbers Continue To Rise
January 24, 2012
The number of foreign visitors to Turkey rose 2.47 percent year-on-year in December to 1.19 million people, the Tourism Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Thomas Cook Early Summer Bookings Slump
January 23, 2012
UK travel group Thomas Cook has been hit by a slump in summer package bookings, according to a report in the Financial Times.
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Spain's NH Hoteles Seeks Debt Refinancing
January 20, 2012
Spanish hotel group NH Hoteles said on Thursday it asked creditor banks to back a near-term debt refinancing ahead of a EUR€195 million (USD$249.92 million) payment on a syndicated loan due in a month's time.
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