Less than a month for the beginning of the official cruise season 2010/11, prospects for Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile are not at all encouraging with an anticipated activity contraction of 33 percent over last year, according to the Empresa Portuaria Austral, EPA, which manages local port activities.
The NBTA Foundation, the education and research foundation of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA), and Concur, the world’s leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend Management services, today released the updated findings of an annual study of car rental, hotel and meal taxes in the top 50 U.S. travel destination cities.
The Amsterdam canal district was added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Heritage List. The decision was announced at the 34th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Brazil, making the canal district the ninth World Heritage Site in The Netherlands.
Africa Travel Association will hold its Fifth Annual Presidential Forum on Tourism, Wednesday, Sept. 22, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., in which it will gather African leaders at New York University to discuss tourism as an economic engine of growth and development. The event will be part of the NYU-Africa House Conference of African Leaders on the occasion of the UN General Assembly meetings.
The St. Kitts & Nevis International Ship Registry is reporting a significant milestone. It has registered its 1,000th individual ship to fly the St. Kitts and Nevis flag.
The Galapagos, comprising 19 islands and a marine reserve, are situated some 1,000 kilometers from the South American continent. Deemed a World Heritage site in 1978, they have been described as a unique “living museum and showcase of evolution.”