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St. Regis Belgrade Slated to Open in 2019

2016-04-21 by Aleksandr Shatskih

St. Regis Hotels & Resorts to Debut in Serbia’s Capital City in 2019 with The St. Regis Belgrade

The St. Regis Iconic Luxury Brand will Move Into Exclusive 40-story Tower as the Crown Jewel of the Highly Anticipated Belgrade Waterfront Development.

Tags: Belgrade, Serbia, St Regis, Starwood Hotels & Resorts

Better Fares with Norwegian Airlines

2016-04-21 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Norwegian's Dreamliner 787-9

For North Americans who always wanted a European vacation, a new flight path to the old continent via budget carrier Norwegian Airlines could make those dreams a lot cheaper. The US Department of Transportation has just granted preliminary approval to expand its operations between the US and Norway.

Tags: airlines, Bjørn Kjos, Europe flights, Norwegian, Transatlantic

Romania State TV Debt May Exclude Country from Eurovision

2016-04-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Courtesy Eurovision 2016

A €10 million dollar debt of a cash strapped Romania TV channel threatens to exclude the country from the upcoming Eurovision song contest.

Tags: Dacian Cialos, EBU, Eurovision, Eurovision Romania, Romania TV, TVR Romania

Odessa Welcomes MedCruise General Assembly

2016-04-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

48th MedCruise General Assembly

More than 100 participants are expected at Odessa during the 48th MedCruise General Assembly at Hotel Bristol, a round table meeting dedicated to cruise and yacht tourism.

Tags: Black Sea, cruises, MedCruise, Odessa, Ukraine, Ukraine travel

SnapShot GmbH and University of Surrey Team Up

2016-04-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Next month, analytics startup SnapShot GmbH will team up with the University of Surrey School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, to provide a 2 day course on hotel revenue management. According to the news, the new offering will focus on pricing, marketing and distribution for hotel businesses.

Tags: analytics, hospitality management, hotel tech, Professor Graham Miller, SnapShot, SnapShot GmbH, tech, University of Surrey

5 Sochi Vacation Alternatives Via Airbnb

2016-04-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Property owners from Australia to Zambia have enjoyed the immense popularity and logic of world changing Airbnb rental/lodging platform. Argophilia’s staff have stayed at numerous destinations via connections with Airbnb property owners, and the value is clear. Starting this week we’ll present sample lists of alternative properties across Eastern Europe listed by Airbnb. Here’s a snapshot of some of Sochi’s accommodations.

Tags: Airbnb Russia, Airbnb stays, Sochi vacations

Malta Hosts 14th Junior Eurovision Song Contest

2016-04-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Broadcasting Union (EBU) and its Maltese Member Public Broadcasting Services Ltd (PBS) have announced that the 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place this November in Malta. PBS is slated to host the event in November, in the capital of Valletta.

Tags: Jon Ola Sand, Junior Eurovision, Junior Eurovision 2016, Krisia, Malta, Malta events

Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s New App Takes Off

2016-04-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

CWT To Go (CWT Facebook)

In news from Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the agency’s new mobile hotel booking app CWT To Go, has spurred bookings by over 20%, according to the company. CWT’s launch of mobile hotel booking functionality was rolled out to over 600,000 registered users in 17 markets. CWT says the app is a resounding success.

Tags: Carlson Wagonlie, CWT, CWT To Go, travel apps

Bulgaria Repeats Turkey Travel Warning

2016-04-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Ankara bombing

Bulgarian officials have reiterated a warning on visiting Turkey. The Foreign Ministry in Sofia has warned the public to “exercise high vigilance and caution in view of increased risk of terror attacks”. Bulgarians are being advise against travelling to southeastern Turkey.

Tags: Ankara bombing, Bulgaria tourists, travel warnings, Turkey tourism

Visit Russia Opens Kuwait Offices

2016-04-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Russia's minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky

In news from TASS, a Visit Russia travel office has opened for the first time in Kuwait. The Russian Minister of Culture, Vladimir Medinsky attended a ceremony, along with the Deputy Head of Russian Federal Tourism, Sergie Korneev.

Tags: kuwait, Russia tourism, visit Russia, Vladimir Medinsky

SnapShot GmbH Demos to Vienna Hotels

2016-04-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

SnapShot dashboard

In hotel technology news this week, analytics startup SnapShot is touring European cities demonstrating its new flagship product to hotel execs. Yesterday, company CEO Stefan Tweraser was in Vienna at Hotel Melia showing off the free cloud-based data analytics tool.

Tags: analytics, Claudia Ebbers, cloud based, hotel tech, hotel tools, SnapShot, Stefan Tweraser

Russia-India Move Forward With Tourism Collaboration

2016-04-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

56th Parallel

Efforts to promote tourism in between Russia and India recently came to the forefront at a Russia Centre of Science and Culture event dubbed “Russia as a Tourist Destination”. Held on March 12th, the event set the table for a programme for development of mutual tourist traffic between Russia and the countries of Eurasian Economic Union and India.

Tags: Altai travel, Crimea travel, India tourists, Russia travel, Siberia travel

Slovakia Bumps Off Croatia as Favorite Holiday Destination for Czechs

2016-04-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Croatia has relinquished to Slovenia the top billing as the favored destination for Czech tourists, according to news last week. With more than eight hundred and thirty thousand travellers from Czech Republic in 2015, Slovenia slid into the number one spot, according to the Czech Statistical Office.

Tags: Croatia tourism, Croatia travel, Slovakia, Slovakia travel

Comanche International & TravelClick Partner

2016-04-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Comanche International, a leading Thai property management player, and cloud based revenue booster TravelClick are now interconnected via two-way integration of TravelClick’s iHotelier reservations solution into Comanche’s property management system (PMS).

Tags: Comanche International, hotel tech, PMG, Somboon Sukheviriya, technolotgy, TravelClick

Cruise Critic Announces Deal with Carnival Cruise Line

2016-04-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Carnival Breeze

Cruise Critic, a leading cruise review site, has just announced a partnership with Carnival Cruise Line to offer member access to exclusive onboard events.

Tags: Carnival Breeze, Cruise Critic, cruise lines, Europe cruises

EU May Force Visa Reciprocity With US and Canada

2016-04-11 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport

European Commission officials are mulling over whether or not to temporarily suspend American and Canadian citizens’ right to enter EU states without a visa. In possible move to force the two North American countries to offer reciprocity for EU states; Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and two other EU member states, the commission entered into debate to move forward the stalled talks on the subject.

Tags: Charles-de-Gaulle Airport, Croatia visa, EU, EU visas, Romania visa, US visas, visit Europe

Novosibirsk Hosts TRANS-Siberian Art Festival

2016-04-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The opening of the TRANS-Siberian art festival in Novosibirsk

For visitors to the Russian city of Novosibirsk and other destinations this month, some 14 concerts featuring internationally renowned artists are slated for the TRANS-Siberian Art Festival.

Tags: Amanda Forsythe, concerts, Novosibirsk, Pinchas Zukerman, Russia events, TRANS-Siberian Art Festival

Resonate 2016 Hits Belgrade April 12

2016-04-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Resonate 2016

Coming up from April 12-16 Belgrade’s Resonate Festival 2016 brings its fifth installment of avant-garde electonic music and events to Serbia’s capital.

Tags: Ali Guney, Dadub, music festivals, Omar Souleyman, Resonate 2016, Resonate Belgrade, tech culture, techno, technology, We Are Europe

Spring comes to Vladivostok carrying promise

2016-04-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Friends sharing the first photos of Spring 2016 (News Vladivostok)

Weather forecasters have promised the people of Vladivostok a beautiful, warm Spring. News today shows their predictions were correct, as balmy winds brush the faces of residents and visitors standing in full sun for the first time in months. Winter jackets have disappeared, and the parks are once again full of cyclists, tourists, and children playing.

Tags: Russia cities, Vladivostok, Vladivostok travel

SnapShot Goes On the Road to Demonstrate Its Analytics Product

2016-04-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

SnapShot Executive Team

In news from SnapShot GmbH, the hotel analytics company is going on the road to demonstrate its new platform, and to hold discussions on hotel data usage in key cities in Germany, Austria, the UK, and Belgium. The company says hoteliers in these cities will get hands on experience which demonstrates the full capabilities of its flagship product, SnapShot Analytics.

Tags: Big Data, hotel analytics, Martin Soler, SnapShot, Stefan Tweraser

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