Hawaii’s hotels were the fullest – and the most profitable – in the nation during the first quarter, with more than 84 percent of the rooms occupied.
Hawaii hotels earned an average of $138 per room a night during the quarter, leading all U.S. cities, according to a report released yesterday by Hospitality Advisors LLC.
Spring-break travelers and conventioneers boosted travel to Hawaii in March. Occupancy and average room rates rose on all islands, but luxury and upscale properties led the pack and helped push overall statewide occupancy to a 5.1 percentage point gain, according to Hospitality Advisors.
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InterContinental Hotels Group, the world's most global hotel company, is confident that Oman's tourism industry will continue to grow in the coming years - with the country being tipped as the 'next big thing' in the Gulf tourism market.
Quickly emerging as the number one holiday spot for its beautiful coastline, peaceful cities and lush environment, Oman is increasingly making it to the top of international traveller's wish lists.
'What we are witnessing now in the industry is the emergence of Oman's boom time. At InterContinental Hotels Group we have the experience and expertise that is required to work in line
Approximately 15,000 Israelis will spend the Passover vacation in the Sinai, "but Sinai is not the preferred destination for Israelis this year's holiday," according to travel agents.
The figures have surprised the tourist industry given that it is just six months since 34 people, including 12 Israelis, were killed in a series of blasts on the peninsula.
Last Passover some 30,000 Israelis visited the Sinai. Most of the vacationers this year are Israeli Arabs and young people who have booked the cheap hotels.
Some Sinai deals seem to be quite inexpensive, such as $35 a night in a three star hotel
Kenyan tourism marketers have predicted a 17 percent increase in tourism revenue this year following a surge in the number of visitors from the United States and Canada.
According to a statement available here Friday, the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) said it is seeking a radical shift from the over-reliance on visitors from the traditional markets of Germany and Britain, and breaking new grounds in China, Russia, eastern Europe and the Middle East.
"The US and Canadian markets have seen tremendous growth in the first quarter of 2005," the KTB said in a report covering the past three months.
The Board's
At the beginning of the 1990s Japan's currency, the yen, was so strong that it caused an intense controversy in Australia.
Some people feared that Japanese buying power was so strong that many of our precious national assets would soon be owned by investors from Tokyo.
Fifteen years on, it is Australia's dollar that is so strong that the Australian tourism industry is now worried that Japanese people will not travel here any more.
Many Japanese are cutting costs where they can, apparently booking fewer holidays to Australia.
Even the most popular destinations such as far north Queensland may be lucky to beat last
At the beginning of the 1990s Japan's currency, the yen, was so strong that it caused an intense controversy in Australia.
Some people feared that Japanese buying power was so strong that many of our precious national assets would soon be owned by investors from Tokyo.
Fifteen years on, it is Australia's dollar that is so strong that the Australian tourism industry is now worried that Japanese people will not travel here any more.
Many Japanese are cutting costs where they can, apparently booking fewer holidays to Australia.
Even the most popular destinations such as far north Queensland may be lucky to beat last