London remains the most popular destination worldwide for business travel. This form of travel has now emerged as one of the most important ones. As per business intelligence received from BCD Travel, London leads in Europe, followed by Amsterdam and Vienna. Paris, Zurich, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Madrid, Milan and Frankfurt complete the list in that order. Another category was created for outside Europe. Here, as expected New York City leads. It is followed closely by Shanghai and Singapore City. Completing the list are Dubai, San Francisco, Beijing, Chicago, Tokyo, Boston and Los Angeles. USA of course dominates the second list. Among individual cities, it is Chicago that recorded the highest growth percentage.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/most-business-trips-head-to-london-and-new-york-news11022

Uploaded Date:07 June 2019

Increasingly volcanoes are attracting the curiosity of travelers. Volcano tourism is rising in a big way, but is posing questions of safety. There are over fifteen hundred volcanoes worldwide, posing a massive threat to life and air travel. Countries as far apart as Iceland, Italy and Indonesia have been severely impacted by them. Some form of responsible volcanic tourism is important so that people understand what actually goes on in them, but reckless behaviour can lead to massive repercussions. Volcano trekking needs to be taken with a lot of care. This business innovation by several travel operators is bringing in the moolah, especially in South and Central America. But the organizers need to be doubly careful, as several of these volcanoes lie on extremely high elevations.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/volcano-tourism-may-be-very-dangerous-news11033

Uploaded Date:04 June 2019

Google is planning to expand its footprints in the travel industry. It plans to be the final one- stop solution where all travel- related services can be worked out. Its latest business innovation allows travelers to rent apartments. For this, it has tied up with the likes of Expedia, VRBO, Home away, Trip Advisor, Redawning and with hotels.com. As per this arrangement, entire houses too may be rented. One city that has already been entered in it is Amsterdam. Airbnb already occupies a substantial portion of the traveler segment thanks to its no- frills set up. Google had worked on vacation rentals earlier, but there were fewer opportunities back then in 2017.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/travelers-can-now-rent-apartments-with-google-news11002

Uploaded Date:20 May 2019

Due to the proliferation of Airbnb’s business model, the hotel industry is in for further swings in trends. One of them is the fact that luxury hotels will get smaller in size but will be even more expensive. This is because the middle segment will almost disappear, yielding instead to the Airbnb style brands. The luxury hotel segment will need to respond by introducing further business innovations to remain relevant for the top- end. So, luxurious facilities will need to provided in the future plus unique offerings. The middle segment will also up the ante in terms of facilities, without disturbing the price bracket. This, it will manage by reducing staff costs.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/hotel-of-the-future-will-be-luxurious-news11013

Uploaded Date:20 May 2019 

The African country of Angola has big plans to develop the field of gaming, in order to boost inbound tourism numbers to the country. This was finalized in Macau, alongside representatives from several other Portuguese- speaking countries. Several initiatives were highlighted in order to give this push. One was to provide a proper management training plan for the participants in it. Another is to create a megamarket surrounding Macau. The 7^th Macau International Tourism Industry Expo also decided that cooperation would be encouraged among universities to make all this possible. This year, the expo garnered greater interest, due to the increased size of the exhibition.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/angola-to-develop-gaming-tourism-news11052

Uploaded Date:16 May 2019

Sport tourism makes a significant contribution to the economy of Austria. While on average, sports contributes about two percent of the economy in most EU member states, in Austria, it is about twice that. The employment effect is even greater as significant numbers of people are engaged in sport tourism jobs. A lot of this is to do with the fact that Austria has in the past hosted the Winter Olympics and the World Ski Championships. Innsbruck in particular is still associated with that image, attracting a lot of winter travelers. Now Graz too wants to bid for the 2026 global event. Austria’s hosting of the Euro 2008 and neighbouring Germany’s successful hosting of the 2006 Football World Cup has further accentuated the positive image to do with sporting events for this region.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/sport-tourism-grows-in-impartance-in-austria-news11021

Uploaded Date:15 May 2019

A thriving nightlife is one key ingredient for big cities to hit upon the formula of success in the tourism sector. This has been proven through business intelligence supplied by the Ostelea School of Tourism and Hospitality. The report goes on to claim that in Spain, about a fourth of the travelers visit the country, due to the reasons of an attractive nightlife. Tourism makes up about eleven percent of the nation’s GDP, with 3% coming from the nightlife aspects. The country also has a fourth of the population engaged directly or indirectly in tourism jobs. As per the Nightlife Association, Spain has the maximum number of entries in to the top 100 of the best night clubs in the world. Twenty- two entries are from Spain, with thirteen of the them in the city of Ibiza alone. Another five are in Barcelona, two in Madrid, and one each from Marbella and Lleida. The USA, Brazil, Italy and the UK follow Spain in the top 100.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/tourist-sector-benefits-from-quality-nightlife-news11051

Uploaded Date:13 May 2019