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Chinese lessor CLC revealed as Bombardier CSeries customer

Bombardier Aerospace announced Friday that Chinese leasing company CDB Leasing Co. (CLC) is the previously announced undisclosed customer that signed a conditional purchase agreement for five CS100 and 10 CS300 airliners

Canada became interested in medical tourism of Crimea

rimea has all the features to receipt the residents of foreign countries as part of medical tourism. This question was discussed on a meeting of the international “round table” relating to the issue of development of medical tourism in Ukraine

Southafricaholidays.com wins global acclaim with leading industry award

Southafricaholidays.com, the one stop online travel shop for Africa celebrated its success at the World Travel Awards in Nairobi Kenya on 16th October 2013, when Southafricaholidays.com was named as “Africa s Leading Online Travel Agency”.

VALUE OF MUSIC TOURISM TO UK ECONOMY REVEALED

A new report released today into the size of the music tourism industry, by UK Music and VisitBritain, has identified that 6.5 million music loving tourists attended a festival or gig last year, generating spend of £2.2 billion in the process.

American Express Travel: Finding Opportunities in Change

At the general session of American Express Travel s Retail Travel Network Learning Forum in Nashville, Tennessee, ‎two of the company s leaders stepped up to discuss change—both specifically for the company, and for the overall travel industry as well.

UK set for strongest ever year for inbound tourism

Figures released yesterday by the Office for National Statistics suggest that Britain is on track to record its best ever year for inbound spend

Rooster to promote Egyptian tourism in UK

Following a competitive pitch, the Egyptian Tourist Authority has selected Rooster PR for a 12 month contract to promote tourism to the country from the UK & Ireland. Rooster PR will raise awareness of Egypt and encourage travellers to return to the country in line with the stated travel advice from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Currently, the FCO has declared Egypt’s popular Red Sea region to be suitable for travel and is continuing to evaluate other areas of the country. The incoming agency’s first priority will be to organise a press conference for the minister of tourism at the annual World Travel Market from November 4th–7th 2013. Moving forward, Rooster PR will deliver a strategic mix of tactical trade and consumer public relations campaigns to promote the destination’s abundance of world-class tourism attractions. Omayma El Husseini, director UK & Ireland, Egyptian Tourist Authority, stated: “We want to effectively communicate that the country’s key tourism destinations are safe to visit. “We are looking forward to working closely with James and his team at Rooster PR.”

UTair-Express launches ATR 72-500 operations

Russia’s UTair-Express has launched ATR 72-500 flights on routes from Moscow to Voronezh and Kirov. The aircraft were transferred from parent carrier UTair Aviation as part of its fleet renewal program. UTair Airline CEO Andrey Martirosov said there will be four types of aircraft in the parent carrier’s fleet—Boeing 737s, 767s, 757s and Airbus A321s. UTair said in August it will stop using Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft before the end of the year, while UTair-Express will cease Tu-134 flights in 2014. The group has signed a memorandum of understanding for 30 MC-21 aircraft and a lease agreement for six Sukhoi Superjet 100LRs.