New Year and Christmas

As a safeguard against unpleasant surprises, the importance of provenance is growing. Menus, for example, are starting to read beyond the name and location of the food purveyor, or whether a fish was wild or farmed

Room rates in Moscow remain the highest in the world for the fifth consecutive year, despite a 12 per cent slide to £266 per night

He also said that leading space entrepreneurs are also waiting in the wings to fill the US spaceflight gap after NASA retires its space shuttles this year.

The 998 categories cover all aspects of the travel and tourism industry, and all regions of the world. Examples include “Europe’s Leading Hotel Brand”, “Asia’s Leading Airline” and “South America’s Leading Green Hotel”.

The British government has been particularly concerned about the botched attempt by suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian national, to blow up a plane bound for Detroit on Dec. 25 because he was a student in London between 2005 and 2008.

IATA director general Giovanni Bisignani told the conference that the Asia-Pacific market will continue to grow rapidly with an estimated 217 million additional air passengers a year in the region by 2013.

Voice recording those days was a far more cumbersome procedure than it is today. Voice recorders and handy cassettes had not yet arrived. Recording was done on unwieldy presto discs 16 to 18 inches in diameter

WTA hosts regional award ceremonies around the world to underline excellence in the travel and tourism industry, and brings together the leaders of the industry as well as the global media.

International airlines last year suffered their biggest decline in traffic since 1945, figures from the International Air Transport Association have revealed.

The airline says the new seating will transform international air travel, creating a flexible space ideal for couples, and for those travelling with children.