29 October 2006 World Leisure Congress – Development Goals and Against Poverty Referring to the strong links between leisure, tourism and poverty reduction UNWTO Assistant Secretary General Geoffrey Lipman commended the 9th World Leisure Congress for joining the global campaign to stand up against poverty and for the Millennium Deve 14 October 2006 Super Jumbo Jet Airbus A380 to make its first landing in Africa Ethiopia will be the first African sky to host a maiden flight by the world?s largest passenger aircraft, Airbus A380, mid-October this […]

Ethiopia will be the first African sky to host a maiden flight by the worlds largest passenger aircraft, Airbus A380, mid-October this year, a testing flight that will build confidence in the continents aviation industry. Media reports quoted Ethiopian aviation authorities saying this week that the worlds biggest commercial aircraft will be landing at Ethiopias Bole International Airport in the capital Addis Ababa at a date that is yet to be announced. Reports quoted aviation authorities making preparations to welcome the aircraft that will fly directly from […]

After Wednesday’s crash of a small plane carrying Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle, many Americans are wondering why any aircraft would be allowed so close to Manhattan and its thousands of high-rises five years after 9/11. It has also renewed concerns about terrorists exploiting the general-aviation (GA) community, which is made up of more than 220,000 private planes around the country. Small private planes and their airports are not currently regulated by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), although they do have a set of “federally endorsed” guidelines to […]

Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation notes Airbus has unveiled further delays in the A380 production programmed of up to a year. This prompted parent EADS to issue a EUR4.8 billion profit warning – more than double the EUR2 billion figure announced less than four months ago. One A380 will be delivered (to Singapore Airlines) in 2007 (compared to nine announced in Jun-06), 13 in 2008 (down from 35), 25 in 2009 and 45 in 2010. According to Peter Harbison, Executive Chairman of the Centre for Asia Pacific […]

Francesco Frangialli, Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization today laid out plans for strengthening the organization to respond to the growth of the sector, the challenging external conditions and the role of the organization within the United Nations family. The Secretary-General announced that he would broaden the policy direction currently exercised by himself, with the support of Deputy Secretary-General Taleb Rifai, to include new Assistant Secretaries General. One focusing on external relations will be filled immediately and the other on policy cohesion will be filled at the […]

Skl International is inviting companies from the public and private sector as well as NGOs to submit entries for the Ecotourism Awards. In its fifth year, the programme is sponsored by Evian Waters and Iznik Foundation. The 2006 Awards will be presented in Pattaya, Thailand on 16 October 2006 during the Opening Ceremony of the 67th Skl World Congress by the President of Skl International, Jan Sunde. Skl, founded as an international association in 1934 is the largest organization of travel and tourism professionals in the world, […]

25 September 2006 Tourism and Media, Can Help Dr. Carol Jacobs, Chairman of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, says the tourism sector is of critical importance in the fight against HIV/AIDS. 16 September 2006 Is Individualism Transforming Japan Outbound ? The Japanese penchant for the latest gadgetry expenditure on phones is double that of international travel’s has extended into a taste for distinctive tours and fresh destinations. 16 September 2006 More LCC subsidiaries to come Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation notes that All […]

Dr. Carol Jacobs, Chairman of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, says the tourism sector is of critical importance in the fight against HIV/AIDS. “In a region which boasts of 40 million tourists passing through the region annually, the tourism sector must see itself as having a critical role in sensitizing those who work in the industry, as well as those who travel for pleasure or for work,” said Dr. Jacobs, an eminent Caribbean family physician, who also chairs the Barbados National HIV/AIDS Commission. […]

Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation notes that All Nippon Airways reportedly plans to establish up to two LCC subsidiaries next year to grow and defend international and domestic markets. “This provides even more evidence that the LCC movement in this region is increasingly being fostered by full service carriers. The subsidiaries – in many cases intended to help carriers defend market shares – are increasingly viewed as effective market segmentation/branding tools, and cost reduction/restructuring vehicles,” stated Peter Harbison, Executive Chairman of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. […]

The Japanese penchant for the latest gadgetry expenditure on phones is double that of international travel’s has extended into a taste for distinctive tours and fresh destinations. This according to Evolution Tourism Institute Director Mr Tenshin Kobayashi, who added: Japanese are losing interest in traditional travel products Mr Kobayashi joined Marriott International Global Sales Vice President-Japan Mr Victor Osumi and Travel Journal Chief Operating Officer Mr Kiyotaka Kaburaki on an interactive panel about Japanese outbound tourism at PATA Travel Mart 2006 in Hong Kong today. Mr Kobayashi […]