U.S. to give tentative approval for expanded Delta, Air France, Virgin JV

U.S. to give tentative approval for expanded Delta, Air France, Virgin JV

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is set to grant tentative approval on Friday for an expanded transatlantic joint venture including…

Myanmar’s temple city Bagan awarded UNESCO World Heritage status

Myanmar’s temple city Bagan awarded UNESCO World Heritage status

UNESCO inscribed Myanmar’s ancient capital of Bagan as a World Heritage Site, nearly a quarter of a century after the…

Tourism levy to squeeze Turkish tourism firms still emerging from slump

Tourism levy to squeeze Turkish tourism firms still emerging from slump

A new levy on Turkey’s tourism industry will hit hotels and travel agencies from October, squeezing businesses which have been…

Kenya’s dusitD2 hotel reopens after January attack that killed 21Hotels

Kenya’s dusitD2 hotel reopens after January attack that killed 21

The five-star dusitD2 Hotel in Nairobi will reopen its doors to guests, six months after 21 people were killed in…

Boeing supplier Spirit tops estimates despite MAX groundingsTransport

Boeing supplier Spirit tops estimates despite MAX groundings

Spirit AeroSystems beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit, as Boeing’s biggest supplier continued to make and sell parts for…

Sri Lanka to offer free visas on arrival to boost tourism

Sri Lanka to offer free visas on arrival to boost tourism

Sri Lanka will offer free tourism visas on arrival to citizens of almost 50 countries, a government document showed, as…

Taiwan rebukes China for tourism ban amid rising tensionDestinations

Taiwan rebukes China for tourism ban amid rising tension

Taiwan’s president on Thursday rebuked China over a ban on individual permits for its visitors to the self-ruled island, saying…

UK holiday-makers feel early hit from pound’s new Brexit fall

UK holiday-makers feel early hit from pound’s new Brexit fall

For millions of people in Britain, the timing of sterling’s latest pre-Brexit fall could not have been worse, coming just…

Boeing grounding, catastrophes pull down Swiss Re H1 profit

Boeing grounding, catastrophes pull down Swiss Re H1 profit

Swiss Re posted a 5.3% drop in first-half net profit from a year earlier, dented by claims from natural catastrophes…

In dragons vs. tourists fight, Indonesian villagers to lose out

In dragons vs. tourists fight, Indonesian villagers to lose out

Thousands of residents of an island in eastern Indonesia are resisting a government plan to relocate them and close the…