Tourism Minister, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett has welcomed Mondays announcement by JetBlue Airways that the company will be expanding its operations in Jamaica with the addition of new flights. The expanded service will see the introduction of two daily nonstop flights between Kingston and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Etihad Airways - considered the Worlds Leading Airline by the prestigious World Travel Awards - now connects Bahrain to the Maldives with a daily service and flies four times a week to the Seychelles

Packed with ambitious tourism developments and unrivalled hotel designs to cater for the most demanding upmarket travellers, the tourism landscape in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Middle East is often met with wonder, admiration and even bewilderment.

A blend of diverse culture and modern architecture continues to set the curve when it comes to luxury hotels in Bangkok.

On October 13th 2011, projects under the development of Orascom Development and Management (ODM), a subsidiary of Orascom Development Holdings (ODH), have been awarded Gold medals granted by the prestigious accolade in the market, Overseas Property Professionals (OPP) Awards for Excellence

The Seychelles President, Mr. James Michel, and the President de la region La Reunion, Mr. Didier Robert, assisted the opening the opening of the 2011 Seychelles Tourism Boards Annual Marketing Meeting, which this year was being held jointly with the IRT, the La Reunion Island Tourism Office.

The Undersecretary, HE Maitha Al Mahrouqi is an experienced travel and tourism executive. She most recently worked as Oman Airs country manager in Oman. The Director General Al Khaburi is an experienced Ministry executive

The Middle East/Africa region reported mostly positive performance results during October 2011 when reported in U.S. dollars, according to data compiled by STR Global

Good news for European tourism: despite continuing economic turbulence European tourism industry figures are up. These are the findings of the ITB World Travel Trends Report, compiled by IPK International and commissioned by ITB Berlin.

Hotel chains, online travel agents and coupon sites like Groupon and LivingSocial are all competing to make their Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions stand out this year.