Only a few spots remain for adventurous Indiana Jones-types and intrepid Nellie Bly hopefuls willing to compete in the Super Bowl of travel adventures that crowns The World’s Greatest Travelers and hands them a free trip around the world winner-take-all first place prize. All you have to do is circle the globe and visit ten secret countries in the [...]
Category: Events
News: Brand USA premieres its latest IMAX movie tonight
As Travel Market Report said, Brand USA celebrated a big victory just before the holidays last year. Congress passed a seven-year extension of funding for the U.S. destination marketing organization, representing all 50 states, five U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. The organization, which celebrates its 10-year anniversary in March, has proven to be [...]
Be PROUD in New York
In just three editions PROUD Experiences, the event created by Reed Travel Exhibitions to focus on the LGBTQ+ travel sector, has established itself as the voice for international travel brands, destinations and experiences with a growth for 2020 of 100% since year one. Now double the size, with 80% of exhibitors confirmed more than six months [...]
News: Travelling to or from China?
Some still need to get to China at this time - and others, as we are know, are being evacuated, airlifted out, at least from Wuhan. Thanks to latest information on Jetex' blog, here is up-to-date information. As of yesterday, Sunday 2 February 2020, airlines which have temporarily suspended or reduced services to Mainland China [...]
Staying there: Setai Miami Beach
Why is The Setai Miami Beach so special? This is the hotel that is obviously packed out not only for Art Basel Miami but for other special events: for Super Bowl 2020, this coming Sunday, 2 February, it has sold its Penthouse for five nights, for $50,000 a night.... GM Alex Furrer can cope with anything. [...]
Australia Day in Dubai
Yesterday, Sunday 26 January 2020, was Australia Day, the official national day of Australia. It marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of English ships at Port Jackson NSW: unofficially, it has also been variously named "Anniversary Day", "Foundation Day", "Invasion Day" and "National Day of Mourning". It was not until 1935 that all Australian states and [...]
Pretty Woman turns 30
The movie Pretty Woman was released 23 March 1990 and, like Casablanca and The Sound of Music, its popularity strengthens the whole time. (Interestingly one youngster was so inspired by the actor playing the hotel manager that he switched ambition from becoming a stage name, himself, to aspirations in the hotel industry. He, Daniel Szelényi, [...]
HOTCO – Day Two in Budapest
The first day of the fourth Hotel Investment Platform CEE & Caucasus HOTCO, Monday 20 January 2020, finished with an outstanding party hosted by Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest. Kempinski boss Martin Smura and the hotel GM, Stephan Interthal, used the occasion to celebrate the ten year birthday of the brand’s Lady in Red initiative. Each [...]
News: HOTCO, Budapest – Day One
The fourth annual Hotel Investment Platform CEE & Caucasus, HOTCO, kicked off yesterday, Monday 20 January 2020, at Kempinski Hotel Corvinus, Budapest, Hungary (GM Stephan Interthal). Chairman Marius Gomola, who heads the Budapest office of Horwath HTTL, as always had worked a whole year to pull it together so successfully, and attracted 350 registered delegates. [...]
Wanna cruise with Gwynnie?
goop, the modern lifestyle brand founded by Gwyneth Paltrow, is partnering with Celebrity Cruises to create the first goop at Sea experience. Scheduled to take place on the soon-to-debut Celebrity Apex, the event will see Paltrow and goop’s Chief Content Officer, Elise Loehnen, join an 11-night wellness cruise through the Mediterranean on 26 August 2020 to host a [...]