Feature

How is technology used in tourism?

By Staff Reporter One of the most powerful and user-friendly tourism technologies is social media. One of the ways to take advantage of social networks is to create interesting content and share posts you’ve been tagged in. A user’s recommendation on their social network can act as a “digital references” and encourage many of their […]

Destination

Tourism roars back in Mediterranean, ahead of harsh winter

By Netpal Travel Bureau Tourism around the Mediterranean has been booming. Weeklong holiday trips around some of the lesser-known Greek islands were booked up through October. Weeklong holiday trips on yacht around some of the lesser-known Greek islands — Milos, Sifnos, Serifos, Kythnos and many others — were booked up through October. Tourism around the […]

Hotels

UAE hotel eyes huge potential in European market

Al Bandar Rotana, a five-star hotel with a prime waterfront outlook, sees the Netherlands and Austria as one of the major feeders markets after Germany, Switzerland and Spain. Ayman Ashor, Cluster General Manager, Al Bandar Rotana and Arjaan by Rotana, said that the European tour operators have huge confidence in the UAE tourism market, especially […]

Feature

Visit Rwanda launches innovative technology for gorilla conservation

By Netpal Travel Bureau Visit Rwanda and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) is launching a new innovative use of technology to protect and conserve gorillas and promote sustainable and responsible wildlife tourism in the country. With GorillaGram, visitors to Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park will not just get to spend time with the country’s famed mountain gorillas, but they can also utilize […]