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Ryanair and Amadeus hook up on ticketing ease

2014-09-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Courtesy Ryanair Corporate

Today low cost airline champ Ryanair has paired with Amadeus via the latter’s light tickeing technology, to offer customers more choice and value.

Tags: Amadeus, flight booking, Ryanair, travel tech

Balloon Tallinn to stay aloft year round

2014-09-23 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Balloon Tallinn

One of Estonia’s most popular touristic attractions, Balloon Tallinn, will now stay aloft year round. The highest viewing platform in the city, will now be the first of it’s kind year round northern attraction.

Tags: Estonia attractions, Tallinn attractions, Tallinn rides

InterContinental Hotels Group Europe adds 2 properties

2014-09-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

IHG logo

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®) has announced the signing of InterContinental® Lisbon and Crowne Plaza® Porto. Both hotels will be run from agreements between Hotelgal SA, a subsidiary of Global Hotels & Resorts, and IHG. InterContinental Lisbon is to open in a few weeks, while Park Atlantic Hotel Porto is to become Crown Plaza Porto later this Autumn.

Tags: Europe hotels, IHG, Portugal hotels

Expert tips for the Himalayas: Trekking beyond expectations

2014-09-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Himalayas

Everyone should experience at least one in a lifetime the thrills of hiking the world’s highest and most challenging mountain peak. Ever since George Everest set foot for the very first time on Himalaya’s highest peak back in 1865, people around the world have started developing a passion for this sort of travel experience. Extreme trekking though, is not for everybody. Fortunately, there are many accessible paths you can explore and thus benefit from a memorable experience. Prior to venturing yourself into the wild, here are useful tips that will ensure that your journey exceeds expectations.

Tags: Asia treks, Himalayas, Katmandu, Tibet

Dunkin’ Donuts celebrates “Global Coffee Day”

2014-09-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Dunkin' Donuts

Dunkin’ Donuts just announced a special deal for coffee lovers in Europe. September 29th , all participating Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants across the continent will give guests a free small hot or iced coffee with any food purchase.

Tags: coffee, donuts, Dunkin' Donuts, offers, Press

Plzeň, the capital of Beer becomes a hub of culture

2014-09-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Courtesy Czech Tourism

The Czech Tourism Authority has announced one of the world’s largest carousels, coming to Bohemian Plzeň, the upcoming Capital of Culture for 2015. Next year’s rich tapestry of cultural events kicks off early with this great beer city’s offering of one of France’s biggest carousels, Le Manège Carré Sénart, and a giant puppet extravaganza.

Tags: Czech events, Czech travel, European Capital of Culture, Plzeň

Ostrava hosts the St. Wenceslas Music Festival

2014-09-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Courtesy the Pavel Haas Quartet

All this month in Ostrava, the St. Wenceslas Music Festival is an annual sacred music festival that takes place in churches across the Moravian-Silesian region. September 1st thru 28th visitors to the region are treated to a unique international festival of concerts and events. Attendees to this festival can expect performances from artists like tenor Becker Ulrike […]

Tags: Czech events, music events, music fests, Ostrava events, Pavel Haas Quarte, St. Wenceslas Music Festival

AEGEAN expanding flight services this winter

2014-09-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Aegean budget airlines

This winter, AEGEAN, a Star Alliance member, is adding more destinations and frequencies to its existing network. AEGEAN announces the operation of nine additional international flights from Athens, (compared to winter 2013), contributing thus significantly to the development of tourism and the extension of the tourist season.

Tags: Aegean, Aegean Airlines, Greek airlines, press release

SAP ventures into the clouds with Concur deal

2014-09-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

SAP logo

Enterprise software giant SAP has announced their acquisition of management tech company Concur for a reported $8.3 billion. The deal is expected to finalize Q4 of this year.

Tags: Bill McDermott, SAAS, SAP, tourism management, travel management

Aeroflot & Carlson Rezidor Announce Bonus Flyer Program

2014-09-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Aeroflot and Russia’s largest international hotel operator have partnered for an international guest rewards program. Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, the leading international hotel operator in Russia, CIS and Baltics, and Aeroflot, Russias biggest airline, announced the Aeroflot Bonus frequent flyer program.

Tags: aeroflot, Carlson Rezidor, Russia airlines, Russia hotels, Russia travel

Priceline 2014 Tourist Report Card is out

2014-09-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Priceline has just released its 2014 Tourist Report Card revealing the latest bits on “blending with the locals.” While most tourists think they blend in well with the people who play host to their travel excursions, the same cliche “touristy look” is still prevalent.

Tags: Anthony Bourdain, Chris Soder, OTA's, Priceline, tourists

Air Lituanica gets there on time – Guaranteed

2014-09-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Air Lituanica

Air Lituanica wants to become Vilnius Airport’s most punctual air carrier. The airline has announced a guaranteed on-time arrival program that offers free flights to passengers whose flights are late.

Tags: airlines, Lithuania travel, Vilnius flights, Vilnius tourism

Prague Convention Season in Full Swing

2014-09-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

PCB

The Prague congress season is here making September one of the city’s most important niche tourism seasons. Thousands of congress delegates crowd the city for events in the fields of medicine, science, research and education. News from the Prague Convention Bureau (PCB) sheds more light on this convention season already underway.

Tags: City of Prague, Czech conventions, MICE, Prague, Prague travel

Romania Opens Transrarău, The Treasures Road

2014-09-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Rarau Romania

The Rarău Mountains are some of the most beautiful mountains in Moldova, and now, Transrarău gives you a unique opportunity to see their striking landscapes.

Gstaad Offers New SuperPass

2014-09-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Courtesy Gstaad

Ski season is just around the corner in Europe. And with the coming of the Swiss Alps sparking Winter world famous Gstaad is extending their “SuperPass” to include even more kilometers of slopes this year.

Tags: Gstaad, ski holidays, Ski season, skiing, Swiss skiing, winter

Claydee, Eleftheria Eleftheriu and other stars rock Heraklion

2014-09-16 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Eleftheria Eleftheriu- courtesy Super 904

Last Wednesday at the port in Heraklion, Crete Eurovision talent Eleftheria Eleftheriu and a host of other performers helped celebrate 20 years of radio Super 904.

Tags: Claydere, Eleftheria Eleftheriu, Heraklion concerts, Heraklion events, Sujper 904

Tui – All Set to Merge

2014-09-16 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Tui Travel banner

News yesterday from Fritz Joussen, CEO of the travel company Tui, reveals the Hannover, Germany company and its British subsidiary TUI Travel PLC moving forward to a proposed merger to form the world’s biggest tourism entity. With some 74 000 Employees and a market capitalization of over €6,5 Billion Euros, TUI will dwarf the competition.

Tags: mergers, travel companies, TUI, TUI Travel

IHG to open another Hotel Indigo, in Paris this time

2014-09-16 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Hotel Indigo logo

Hotel Indigo, an InterContinental Hotels Group brand, is set to open a Paris contingent. Scheduled to debut at the last of September, Hotel Indigo Paris will debut in the city’s entertainment quarter.

Tags: Europe hotels, hotel openings, hotels, IHG

This month in Serbia: Pudarski dani (Vineyard Guards Days)

2014-09-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Kloster Grgeteg not far from Irig - by Ebs Els

Coming September 18th through 20th to Irig, the “Pudarski dani” is one of the region’s most fascinating and authentic wine events. According to tradition, PUDAR is a vineyard guard pitted against starlings and other vineyard thieves of all sorts bent on destroying the harvest. Through a procession of rattling and using clappers like animated scarecrows, the guards war off those vermin. And just in time for the grape harvest in late September.

Tags: Irig, Kloster Grgeteg, Serbia fests, Serbian wine, Vineyard Guards Days, wine festivals

Air France strike grounds half of flights

2014-09-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Waiting - Courtesy Air France Facebook

Air France has said more than half the airline’s flights will have to be grounded on account of a week-long pilot’s strike. The airline’s plans to start its own low cost carrier are at the center of the dispute that had crippled the airline this morning.

Tags: Air France, airline strikes, Europe airlines, KLM, Transavia

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