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Airlines generate US$27.1 billion in ancillary revenue
DUBLIN AND WISCONSIN, JUNE 10, 2013
AIRLINES around the world reported US$27.1 billion in ancillary revenue in 2012, signalling that the industry is now taking this revenue channel, once the domain of LCCs, more seriously.
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Bangkok crowned world's top destination
BANGKOK, MAY 28, 2013
ASIA-Pacific destinations weighed in strongly in this year's list of top travel destinations, but Bangkok stole the show by beating out defending champion London to become the world's number one city for travel. |
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Corporate bookings smash growth record in April
DALLAS, MAY 22, 2013
GLOBAL corporate bookings for April posted the strongest growth since August 2011, spiking 8.8 per cent as compared to the same period last year. |
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Global leisure and corporate bookings in Q1 outpace 2012
DALLAS, MAY 2, 2013
HOTELIERS worldwide welcomed a promising first quarter as leisure and corporate travel bookings grew over the previous year in general, according to data from Pegasus Solutions. |
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Q1 arrivals to Thailand soar on back of Chinese growth
BANGKOK, APRIL 30, 2013
DRIVEN by a dramatic 93 per cent growth in arrivals from China, Thailand's visitor arrivals surged to a record 6.8 million in 1Q2013, up 18.9 per cent year-on-year, according to figures from the Ministry of Tourism and Sports. |
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Travellers care less about budgets than experiences: Visa survey
RAINI HAMDI, REPORTING FROM PATA ANNUAL SUMMIT, BANGKOK, APRIL 29, 2013
BUDGETS have become less important to travellers, who now care more for the types of attractions, quality of scenery and rich cultural experiences that a destination offers, according to Visa's latest Global Travel Intentions Study 2013 of 12,631 travellers from 25 countries. |
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Tourist arrivals to Maldives on the upsurge
FEIZAL SAMATH, COLOMBO, APRIL 19, 2013
HELPED by better air access, tourism in the Maldives is picking up this year, after a dismal first quarter in 2012 owing to political tensions. |
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Asia spearheads international air travel growth
MADRID, APRIL 17, 2013
ASIA showed the most growth in air travel between 2011 and 2012, and is also the world's most competitive aviation market, according to a study by Amadeus. |
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Hong Kong is China's most searched destination
BEIJING, APRIL 9, 2013
HONG Kong generated the most interest from Chinese travellers this year, taking tops in the number of page views researching holiday destinations in the period leading up to and during the Lunar New Year.
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February year-to-date hotel bookings trump pre-downturn levels
DALLAS, APRIL 3, 2013
DESPITE the shorter month of February, global hotel bookings and rates surpassed those of the same month last year, with year-to-date bookings for both leisure and corporate exceeding levels recorded in previous years through 2007, pre-downturn. |
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