Travel Industry News - Europe Regional News

euromic, the premier international consortium of companies specializing in MICE travel, events and destination management, recently announced that it has added a new World Affiliate in Dubai, Emeco DMC in the Emirates.

Senior finance executives worldwide are expressing moderate optimism about the prospects for economic growth over the next twelve months.

Passenger demand analysis by Amadeus reveals Indonesia, the Philippines and Chile join BRIC countries as fastest growing travel markets

European travel has exhibited resiliency in the early part of 2012 based on visitor data for the first few months of the year - Air travel demand has also been encouraging, with European airline passenger growth exceeding 5% through mid-April

Educated in Spain and Austria, Mr Santander is a native of Cádiz, Spain, and holds a PhD in Sports Science and an MBA degree. He has also been a guest lecturer on tourism marketing at International Business Seminars in a number of US Universities.

MICROS Systems, Inc., a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that subsidiary TIG Global has rebranded to MICROS eCommerce.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the 'Travel and Sustainability: Striking the Right Balance' report to their offering.

One of the most popular tourism draws in the Netherlands - patronizing a 'coffee shop' that sells marijuana - could be in jeopardy following today's court urling that the government's plan to restrict pot sales to Dutch residents is not discriminatory.

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) announced the launch of a new report calling for a travel-industry dialogue aimed at elevating the role of the travel agent industry, a critical sales force for the entire travel and tourism industry.

With over 153 million room nights being booked by guests each year, IHG has used its scale to examine insights into how travel and lifestyle habits are changing, in order to be able to design for the future needs of its guests. The contributors to this trends summary were all asked what they thought were the main drivers of change that would influence 2012 in terms of travel and these insights have been reflected in five macro trend areas.