Thai tourism officials accommodate foreign tourists
The Tourism Authority of Thailand says the Thai government is “very concerned about the welfare and safety of all foreign nationals in the country” in the wake of anti-government demonstrations that, among other things, have closed Bangkok’s airport and “all relevant government agencies and private sector associations were providing facilitation in the form of accommodation, [...]
Travellers advised against non-essential travel to Mumbai
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada is advising against non-essential travel to Mumbai, India, after Nov. 26 and 27 shootings and explosions occurred simultaneously in several locations in South Mumbai. More than 100 people were killed. Travellers are also warned not to travel to the northeastern states of Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Assam due [...]
Dubai Atlantis Resort opening: Party during the Plague?
On November 20th the world saw the opening of Sol Kerzner’s brand new Atlantis Hotel on the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. The South African hotel magnate and chairman of Kerzner International did it again! His previously best known accomplishments include the hugely successful Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in The Bahamas.
A $20 million extravaganza was thrown to launch the luxury hotel [...]
Hotel lawsuits against internet commentators – think before you complain!
User generated content has revolutionized customer service in a variety of service industries mostly for the better. Nevertheless, hotel (and other) reviews on sites like Tripadvisor.com frequently find operators at their wits end battling biased and inexplicably false reviews posted – as some people just bring out the worst in their vacation experience. And often the cause [...]
Transat Holidays promotes Mediterranean: Italy, Spain and Greece
Transat Holidays has launched its new Italy, Spain, Greece 2009-2110 brochure, devoted to vacation packages to the Mediterranean basin. New for next year are direct weekly flights from Toronto to Rome (starting May 9th), Venice (May 8th) and Milan (May 28th). Transat Holiday’s popular City Packages (flights, accommodation and transfers) are back and include Rome, [...]
Estonian Air cutting down on crew, aircraft and routes
In an effort to cut costs, 17 of the 58 pilots working for Estonian Air will be made redundant, the Estonian national carrier’s fleet of Boeing aircraft will be changed to smaller planes and frequencies on several routes will be cut, most probably between Tallinn and Frankfurt, Helsinki, London, Milan, Munich and Stockholm. These routes [...]
Hurricane Paloma: Some damage to Cuba, clear for the Caymans
As Hurricane Paloma passed the Cayman Islands Saturday, the “all clear” for the Sister Islands of Cayman Brac and Little Cayman was issued. In the wake of Paloma, Grand Cayman returned to business as usual yesterday. Owen Roberts International Airport re-opened Nov. 8 for all inbound and outbound flights. Hotels on the island are currently [...]
TALLINK signs on their 4th hotel in Tallinn
OÜ TLG Hotell, a subsidiary of AS Tallink Grupp has signed a rental agreement with OÜ Hansa Hotell to rent the 163-room Express Hotel in Tallinn port area.
According to the agreement Tallink will start to operate the hotel from January 2009. The monthly rental payment will be EUR 62.5 thousand (EEK 980 thousand).
The agreement and [...]
LOT cuts Tallinn-Warsaw flights, at least for the winter season
LOT Polish Airlines, the only airline that flew direct between Tallinn and Warsaw, stopped its flights last weekend. Priit Kivik represents the company in Estonia, but he told Eesti Paevaleht that he did not know the reasons for the move, emphasizing that there were no obvious problems with passenger numbers on the route. Questions can [...]
Travel info for the Estonian Song Festival 2009
Finally – something lots of people have been waiting for! We have posted some travel info about the XXV Üldlaulupidu ja VIII Üldtantsupidu 2009 (Estonian Song- and Dance Festival 2009).
The suppliers are still stalling with the 2009 pricing but we managed to put together some package programs to show you some possibilities for accommodation in Estonia and [...]