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EU and Russia: Free Visa Talks at Standstill

2010-11-12 by Phil Butler

Dmitry Medvedev and Tarja Halonen

Travel and tourism for Russia is up this year despite slow progress on the free visa issue. The EU’s apparent stalling of Russia on free travel is holding up what could be a boom for the industry worldwide. Business between the EU and the Russian Federation could take many countries out of the recession with expanded cooperation, so just why the EU is holding back makes little sense to many.

Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, EU, European Union, free visa, free visa zone, Minister of Sport and Tourism, Moldova, Russia, Russia travel, Russia travel visa, Russian Federation, Tarja Halonen, travel, Ukraine, visa restrictions, Vitaly Mutko

Why the World Is Not Saying “Tripsay”

2010-11-10 by Phil Butler

Tripsay lets you zoom from where to there

When you see a development like Tripsay in the corner at the dance, you have to ask yourself; “Is everyone at this party stupod?” This Finnish travel development should have been either bought or adopted for any number of mainstream travel companies – but it wasn’t. Tripsay now intends to modularize their innovation so that mid sized players can compete with the likes of Expedia and TripAdvisor.

Tags: . YouTube, API, Argophilia, Dopplr, Expedia, Flickr, Google map integration, innovation, integrated travel, Juha Huttunen, mapping tools, mobile travel app, Nokia Ovi Store, travel companies, travel innovation, travel networks, travel partners, TripAdvisor

Macedonia’s Autumn Music Festival In Swing

2010-11-10 by Phil Butler

Macedonia's incomperable landscape

Macedonia is in full musical swing this month with the Autumn Music Festival at the capital Skopje. This year’s cultural event promises to be the best ever, with performances from artists of the Balkans and beyond. For those who have never visited Macedonia, this may be the ideal time to acquaint themselves with this small but wonder laden treasure of the Balkans.

Tags: Balkan culture, Balkans festival, Balkans music, Directorate of Culture and Arts, Exploring Macedonia, Fall festivals, Giacomo Puccini, Jiri Kylian, Ljupco Cedomirski, Nace Popov, Ognjan Draganov, Skopje, Skopje Museum

What Ryanair Knows About Lithuania

2010-11-10 by Phil Butler

Trakai Castle

Ryanair apparently knows something other airlines do not. With traffic to and from destinations like Lithuania growing exponentially, Ryanair’s overall strategy to help grow tourism seems to be paying off. Lithuania as an emerging economy has pretty much the same strategy with perhaps the lowest corporate tax rate in Europe. For travelers all this news spells “deal” basically.

Tags: air fares, Eastern Europe, Estonia, Europe flights, Laslo Thomas, Latvia, Lithuania, Lithuania economy, Lithuania flights, Lithuania travel, rural tourism, Ryanair, tourism, Vilnius travel, Vilnus

Eastern Europe Takes Home World Travel Gold

2010-11-09 by Phil Butler

Dining room at Hotel Les Ottomans

The World Travel Awards reveal the leaders in the travel industry. This year’s winners actually represent the leading companies that are taking the industry through one of the most difficult times economically in history. Travel looks to lead the world out of recession, and Eastern Europe is significant among this year’s award winners.

Tags: Adam & Eve Hotel, best travel, Cornelia De Luxe Resort, Europe travel, Graham Cooke, hospitality awards, Movenpick Hotel Istanbul, resorts, Rixos Libertas Dubrovnik, Rixos Sungate, Sn Hamdi Topcu, top travel, top travel companies, tourism, travel awards, Turkish Airlines, world class tourism, World hotels

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