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  • Jordon promotes living together culture at ITB Berlin

    23 days ago - By Travel and Tourworld

    Jordan has made a number of strategic moves with the aim of recovering its pre-pandemic, 2019 tourism figures. To attract visitors, the Kingdom halved the VAT rate and the service charge on tourist-related products and services.
    It is also offering tax breaks to investors in tourism transport and hopes to modernise 50% of tourism busses and vans by the end of the year. Another top priority for the country's new Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, H.E. Makram Mustafa A. Queisi, is improving the quality of services to its international visitors.
    The kingdom, which boasts over 100,000...
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  • MATTA signs MOU with European Tour and Travel Agency Associations at ITB Berlin

    MATTA signs MOU with European Tour and Travel Agency Associations at ITB Berlin

    23 days ago - By Travel and Tourworld

    The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents signed Memorandums of Understanding with three European Tour and Travel Agency Associations here today at ITB Berlin marking a new level of cooperation between Malaysian tourism stakeholders and their European counterparts.
    Memorandums were signed by MATTA President Tan Kok Liang and the Presidents of the following European associations:
    • Anne-Marjut Väänänen, President of the Association of Finnish Travel Industry
    • Pawel Niewiadomski, President of the Polish Chamber of Tourism
    • Kulli Karing, President of the Estonian Travel and...
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  • BER Airport presents three services that travellers can use to make life easier

    BER Airport presents three services that travellers can use to make life easier

    23 days ago - By Travel and Tourworld

    BER Airport is putting every effort into avoiding the chaotic airport scenes of 2022. At ITB Berlin 2023, BER managing director Thomas Hoff Andersson presented three services that travellers can use to make life easier. Firstly, there is BER Runway, a new service that lets passengers book a security check time slot.
    Secondly, people with hidden disabilities can use a free sunflower-badged lanyard to discreetly indicate they require a little more time or assistance. And thirdly, BER Airport is focusing increasingly on self-service points.
    Using BER Runway, BER passengers can now book...
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  • Travel Technology: Industry leaders focus on latest update

    Travel Technology: Industry leaders focus on latest update

    23 days ago - By Travel and Tourworld

    A packed house at the ITB Berlin Convention: on Tuesday afternoon three experts presented their assessments of the potential offered by new technologies. Caroline Bremner from Euromonitor International reported on the potential for growth of the metaverse, while Leila Summer, CEO of PlayToChange, explained how ChatGPT can suggest a travel route in just seconds.
    Professor Dr. Alexander Knauer from the Blockchain Competence Center at the college Hochschule Mittweida, explained that, although blockchain technologies are currently in the hype-phase, it will be two to four years before they are...
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  • Malaysian Ministry of Tourism presents at ITB Berlin 2023

    Malaysian Ministry of Tourism presents at ITB Berlin 2023

    23 days ago - By Travel and Tourworld

    At ITB Berlin representatives of the Malaysian Ministry of Tourism symbolically handed over three new brochures to Malaysia's ambassador to Germany. They present a wide range of attractions for visitors with all kinds of interests: For those in search of city tours Kuala Lumpur is worthwhile, for nature lovers there are lots of sports and adventure activities in fascinating natural surroundings, while sun worshippers can find white sands and thriving marine wildlife at the beaches of this country in Southeast Asia.
    This is the fiftieth time Malaysia is taking part in ITB Berlin 2023...
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  • Qatar Airways to resume Phnom Penh flights in October

    Qatar Airways to resume Phnom Penh flights in October

    23 days ago - By Travel and Tourworld

    Qatar Airways announced the resumption of its Phnom Penh flights this year.
    While talking at the opening day of the ITB Berlin 2023, the world's largest international travel and tourism trade show, Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker said it would resume flights to 11 destinations, including Phnom Penh, Beijing, Birmingham, Buenos Aires, Casablanca, Davao, Marrakesh, Nice, Osaka, Ras Al-Khaimah, and Tokyo Haneda.
    The Phnom Penh flights are expected to commence operations from October 29 onwards, an airline industry source told a news agency yesterday.
    The airline operated its last...
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  • Harald Pechlaner discusses the challenges currently tourism industry facing

    Harald Pechlaner discusses the challenges currently tourism industry facing

    23 days ago - By Travel and Tourworld

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    The tourism industry is back and on course worldwide to reach pre-pandemic levels. On Tuesday at the ITB Berlin Convention, Harald Pechlaner, university professor of Tourism from Eichstätt, discussed the challenges currently facing the industry and how to deal with digitalisation, the skills shortage and a much talked-about trend, sustainability.
    Taking part in the event were Julia Simpson, president and CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council , Alessandra Priante, regional director, Europe, World Tourism Organization , Sören Hartmann, president of the Federal Association...
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  • Egypt presents its new tourism concept at ITB Berlin

    Egypt presents its new tourism concept at ITB Berlin

    23 days ago - By Travel and Tourworld

    Egypt wants to attract more tourism by expanding flight routes, bed capacity and offering travellers an even better experience.
    At ITB Berlin Tourism Minister Ahmed Issa outlined his concept for the sector for 25 to 30 per cent growth over the next few years. He would like to focus
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