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Azerbaijan Picked “Best Excursion Tourism Destination”

2019-12-02 by Argophilia Travel News

Baku Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan has won the “Best Excursion Destination” award from the National Geographic Traveler Awards 2019.

Tags: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan culture, Azerbaijan tourism, Azerbaijan travel, Baku, best destinations, destinations, National Geographic Traveler, travel awards, world travel

Azerbaijan Asks Travelers to “Take Another Look” at WTM

2018-11-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Azerbaijan Tourism Board

This week at the World Travel Market (WTM) the Azerbaijan Tourism Board has launched its ‘Take another look’ marketing campaign as part of a new strategy to rebrand the country and to increase inbound tourism by 2023.

Tags: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Tourism Board, Azerbaijan travel, Caucasus, Caucasus tourism, ski tourism, WTM, WTM London, WTM London 2018

Karabakh Region Gets More Tourism Notice

2013-03-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

In news from one of Armenia’s most remote regions, the National Statistical Service (NKR) reports that visits to ancient Karabakh were 36.9% higher for 2012 than visits from the previous year.

Tags: Armenia places, Armenia tourism, Azerbaijan travel, historic travel, medieval travel, Mongols

Coming in April: The Azerbaijan International Travel & Tourism Fair

2013-03-21 by Aleksandr Shatskih

AITF Azerbaijan

Coming up in April the Azerbaijan International Travel & Tourism Fair (AITF) arrives at Baku Expo Exhibition and Convention Center. Azerbaijan’s fast moving tourism market is the highlight of this Caucasian regional event turned world tourism trade show.

Tags: Azerbaijan tourism, Azerbaijan travel, Baku events, Baku Travel, tourism event

Four Seasons Hotel Baku – Open for Pampering

2012-09-16 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Along the Boulevard in Baku

For visitors to Azerbaijan and Baku this Fall and Winter experiencing one of the world’s most fascinating capitals just got more luxurious. The Eurovision Song Contest may be over, but the richness of Baku has a new home away from home, the new Four Seasons.

Tags: Azerbaijan travel, Baku hotels, Baku tourism, Caspian hotels, Caspian Sea, hotel openings, Luxury Hotels

Azerbaijan Celebrates Novruz Festival

2012-03-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Azerbaijan welcomed in the spring last week with one of its biggest parties of the year, an event that saw thousands of revelers come out onto the streets of capital city Baku to join in the festivities.

Tags: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan news, Azerbaijan Novruz, Azerbaijan tourism, Azerbaijan travel, Baku festivals, Baku Travel, Icherisheher, Naku, Novruz, Novruz Festival, President Ilham Aliyev

Poland President Komorowski Touring Caucasus

2011-07-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan

According to the news from Azerbaijan, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski met with Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker Oktay Asadov today to further strengthen those nations’ ties. The meeting in Baku, Komorowski’s first stop on a trou that covers Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia, was primarily focused toward Poland’s interests in Azerbeijan’s energy sector.

Tags: Armenia travel, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan travel, Baku, Bronislaw Komorowski, energy, EU industry, EU ties, EU tourism, Georgia travel, Komorowski, Oktay Asadov, poland, Poland travel, Serzh Sargsyan, Tigran Sargsyan, travel news

Azerbaijan Revs Up Tourism 2012

2011-07-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Dancers in traditional Azeri costumes at a wedding in Baku

Azerbaijan’s tourism industry is nowhere near as profitable as the potential indicates. The government there is taking steps to ramp up the country’s lagging travel profile with education, outreach, regulation, and an appeal to people in Azerbaijan to show their true hospitality effectively.

Tags: Abulfaz Garayev, Azerbaijan hospitality, Azerbaijan tourism, Azerbaijan Tourism Association, Azerbaijan travel, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism

Sheraton to Open Soon In Azerbaijan

2011-06-25 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Baku, Azerbaijan

In news from Azerbaijan, Starwood Hotels and Silk Way Airlines have penned a deal to open a Sheraton there as part of the hotel chain’s massive expansion. The new hotel, located in the capital city of Baku, will feature over 200 guest rooms and customary Sheraton amenities. The hotel is scheduled to open in the fall of this year, according to the press.

Tags: Azerbaijan travel, Baku hotels, Baku Travel, Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Link@Sheraton, Sheraton Baku Airport Hotel, Sheraton Club Lounge, Sheraton Hotels, Silk Way Airlines, Starwood Hotels

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