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WASHINGTON, DC, June 16, 2013?/24-7PressRelease/?– Nicaragua was ranked as the seventh safest country in Latin America and is one of the countries that significantly improved its position in the western hemisphere in the 2013 Global Peace Index (GPI). GPI evaluates over 162 countries, and includes indicators such as
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The year after the Great Recession, the number of visitors to Orlando hit an all-time high. And the country’s No. 1 travel destination hasn’t looked back since. Orlando welcomed 57 million people last year to set a third-consecutive record high, the area’s main visitors bureau
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14 June 2013?- Beijing hotels could improve the quality of their websites by providing more cultural information about the destination, according to Professor Rob Law of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) and a co-researcher. Although Beijing is a popular tourist destination with a wealth of cultural
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1A small army of volunteers has been out door knocking and holding signs in support of a $1.2 billion Wynn casino in Everett as the Las Vegas gaming titan continued its full-court press by unveiling a scale model of the proposed waterfront resort. ?The support we?ve gotten
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Golden Nugget officials say there?s a valid reason behind their decision to add a $5 nightly fee to customers’ bills. The casino-resort is calling the charge a “Fremont Street Experience fee.” Vice President of Marketing Amy Chasey said it is necessary to offset growing operational costs. ?It?s
British Airways is delighted to congratulate its sponsored athlete Justin Rose, on winning the US Open today (Monday 17 June) ? the first British player to do so in 43 years. British Airways head of brand, Abigail Comber, said: ?British Airways is proud to sponsor Justin Rose, he is an incredibly
Swiss International Air Lines has appointed Dieter Vranckx as Head of Sales & Marketing for its home markets of Switzerland, Germany and Austria. He will assume his new duties on 1 September. Vranckx succeeds Markus Binkert, who became Chief Commercial Officer in May but has additionally retained his previous position
Werner Bauer, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Nestl? S.A. will retire on 31 August 2013 after a long and distinguished career of 23 years with Nestl?. The Board of Directors has appointed Stefan Catsicas, currently Provost and Executive Vice President of the King Abdullah University of
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Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou said his ministry was working to return tourism to pre-revolution levels, according to state-owned Al-Ahram. Zaazou stated that if Egypt managed to remain internally stable for the rest of the year, he hoped for the country to receive 13 million tourists by
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The relatively new Los Angeles Tourism chief executive Ernest Wooden Jr has set an admittedly ?big bodacious goal? of 50 million tourists to Los Angeles by 2020. Speaking at this year?s International Pow Wow (IPW), Mr Wooden, who was recently in China visiting with hotel developers, said that while
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Honolulu is the most expensive U.S. destination this summer, while Orlando hotels will have the biggest hotel price increase of any U.S. city, TripAdvisor said in its TripIndex Cities survey. In Honolulu, an overnight stay in a four-star hotel, a two-course dinner with wine, and taxi
Carnival Cruise Lines? Carnival Triumph returns to service June 13 following extensive repairs and upgrades after an engine room fire Feb. 10 and subsequent loss of power for several days. The ship floated for several days in the Gulf of Mexico before it was towed into Mobile, Ala., on Feb.
