RIU opens doors in Madrid

RIU Hotels & Resorts has arrived in Madrid with the opening of Hotel Riu Plaza España in the capital city’s iconic Edificio España. It is the first RIU hotel in the city and the…

Record visitors for Madrid

Madrid has recorded a year-on-year growth of 11% to 12.6% in visitor numbers during April and May. Last month the Spanish capital welcomed a total of 732, 709 visitors - the highest…

Hotel bookings boom

Trip.com has revealed encouraging data showing hotel bookings boom across Europe and parts of Asia, as countries continue to relax pandemic travel restrictions which have dampened demand.

Heathrow sale?

Heathrow’s largest shareholder, Spanish multinational Ferrovial, is reportedly assessing options over a possible sale of its 25% stake in the airport. The Madrid-based company is said…

文化东方将收购马德里丽兹酒店

文化东方酒店和沙特阿拉伯的奥拉杨金融集团(Olayan)将联合收购经营马德里丽兹酒店。 此项收购合约总价1.48亿美元,完成收购后文化东方和Olayan将各占有马德里丽兹酒店50%的股权。此次收购将把该酒店的所有股权从Belmond Spanish Holdings和Landis Inversiones全部购回。…

New Appointments

has been appointed general manager for Jumeirah Emirates Towers. He has taken on the new role from Grant Ruddiman, who left the company at the end of January 2015. Wiedenhaupt joins…

The latest staff appointments

Antony Price has been appointed general manager UK & Europe at Air New Zealand. Price previously worked for the airline in Los Angeles focused on the Americas market. Prior to…

Asia to drive Meliá development

Spain's Meliá Hotels International will continue on its path of international expansion in 2013, driven by the Asia Pacific market. Speaking yesterday at the Fitur travel trade show in…

Meliá to launch flagship London hotel

Spain's Meliá Hotels International will launch a new flagship hotel in London this September. Designed by Norman Foster, the ME London Hotel will become the fifth luxury ME by Meliá-branded…

America in Brief

US aims to attract 100 million visitors  The USA is planning to boost visitor arrivals to the country by more than 60% over the next 10 years. Under the country's new National Travel and…

USA news round-up

US Airways boosts trans-Atlantic routes US Airways has announced it will fly from Glasgow to Philadelphia this summer. The new route will operate daily from the Scottish airport, as well…

Air Europa

CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH OF AIR EUROPA’S DAILY SERVICE TO LIMA AND WIN A BOTTLE OF WINE To celebrate Air Europa’s daily service to Lima from 26 June, the Latin America specialist is giving…

easyJet moves to Manchester T1

easyJet will move its Manchester airport operations from Terminal 3 to Terminal 1 tomorrow. The move comes as a result of the budget airline’s growth at the hub, which has seen it treble the…

Emirates flies to Senegal

DUBAI, U.A.E., 8th March 2010: Emirates passengers can look forward to a warm welcome on and off the aircraft after the airline unveiled plans to launch direct services to Senegal…

STR predicts recovery

The current year for the European hotel trade is likely to be one of recovery rather than growth, predicts STR Global, the leading provider of market information to the global…