Travel/Tourism News

Canadian tour operator Transat A.T. says it is expanding its retail reach in France by teaming up with the country's largest travel agency network.

YTL Corp Bhd plans to embark on a restructuring of the RM8 billion real estate investment trust and hotel portfolio under its control.

While it's bad enough that the boom days of commercial real estate are over, Barry Sternlicht argues that investors are stuck with their tail between their legs in the wake of the market crash.

With hand sanitizer flying off shelves and people forgoing large crowds to avoid catching swine flu, for many, basic hygiene seems to take a vacation when on holiday.

Vietnamese businessmen will invest in Myanmar hotel industry for the first time as part of its engagement in the country, sources with the Myanmar Hoteliers Association said on Wednesday.

Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. today announces the opening of six new Westin hotels the remaining six weeks of the year.

Penn National Gaming asked the federal bankruptcy court in Miami on Tuesday to approve the company as the stalking horse bidder for the shuttered Fontainebleau project, setting a starting price of $50 million for the Strip development that had a construction budget of almost $3 billion.

The German government is putting pressure on airlines, including Dubai-based Emirates, to raise business class prices on some routes so they don't undercut European carriers.

The new Marriott Atlanta Buckhead Hotel and Conference Center at 3405 Lenox Road opens next week with floor-to-ceiling windows, expanded meeting space and a Shula's restaurant, part of a chain of steakhouses founded by football legend Don Shula.

Furthermore, its capital market is attractive and the company can create a different product in Chile in terms of design and atmosphere.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide , one of the world's biggest hotel operators, will move its global headquarters and about 800 jobs to Stamford in early 2012, the company confirmed Wednesday.

Real estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump announced yesterday that he no longer planned to regain control of the three Trump Atlantic City casinos, but said they would still bear his famous name.

The Globe and Mail November 18, 2009 Wednesday REPORT ON BUSINESS: CANADIAN; REAL ESTATE; Pg.

In this Dec. 14, 2007 file photo, a traveler uses a Delta Airlines credit card to buy an airline e-ticket at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif.

South Korea plans to spend 10.2 trillion won by 2020 on developing a world-class tourism industry hub on a vast reclaimed tidal flat south of the capital, the government said Sunday.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has appointed Jim Curtis as area director of sales and marketing, Caribbean.

November 16, 2009 Monday 4:31 PM GMT Business Editors 1319 words Hotel Hotels & Resorts and Interlink Group Unveil the New 503-Room Hotel - Part of a $6 Billion, Multi-Year Sheraton Brand Revitalization - with Superior Meeting Space, Casino, Pool, Spa and Club Lounge in Exquisite Surroundings; San Juan's First New Full-Service Hotel and Casino in ...

PALO ALTO, Calif., HP Enterprise Services and Pegasus Solutions, the leading provider of technology and services to hotels and travel distributors, today announced they have entered into a seven-year services agreement that will allow Pegasus to enhance customer service, deliver business innovation and serve new markets while at the same time ...

The federal government might get to collect billions of dollars in court-ordered restitution under a new divorce decree between imprisoned former Cendant Corp.

Chain Sets Sites on Growing Market Share in 2010, 2011 Through Improved Customer Service and Harnessing Diversity as Strength PHOENIX, AZ; Nov 16, 2009 More than 2,000 hoteliers from across the United States and Canada gathered in Phoenix in late October for Best Western International's North American Convention to recap 2009 and preview 2010.