The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism is offering the new “Sizzling Summer Sampler.” Travelers who book between June 15 and Oct. 15 for travel between Aug. 16 and Oct. 31 receive a fourth night free and a $100 American Express Travelers Check.
Global Insight announced that New York City is the top U.S. city for total tourism spending. The Big Apple leaped up two spots from its 2006 ranking, overtaking Las Vegas and Orlando, FL. The claiming of first place was primarily boosted by international visitors.
Over a million tourists visited Jamaica in the first six months of the year, the Caribbean nation’s tourism minister said on Tuesday. Arrivals totaled 1,004,000 in the Jan. 1 to June 30 period, compared with 981,756 for the same period in 2007, and revenue was $1.19 billion, compared with $957.3 million a year earlier, said the minister, Ed Bartlett.
The Amsterdam public transport authority and Dutch Railways organization, in cooperation with the Amsterdam Tourism & Conventions Board, have worked together to concoct a transportation package that combines ticket options for tourists that will make traveling to, from and around Amsterdam quite convenient.
Swiss chain Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has assumed management of the Omni Hotel Saigon, which opened in 1994 as the Ho Chi Minh City’s inaugural international-standard hotel. Now called Mövenpick Hotel Saigon, the landmark is undergoing upgrades and changes that will bring it into the high-end category.
Even the hugely-popular Tutankhamen exhibition has failed to stop tourist numbers to London slumping 4 percent in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest figures from Visit London.