Travel Question time
The UK has endured some eye watering increases in air passenger duty (APD) but there was a mood of resignation amongst the panel at the CIMTIG event last week that it was an easy target and was not going to go away as it rises again by 10% in April 2012. The evening was expertly chaired by Richard Carrick, Chairman of Private Fly who leapt around the room managing some pretty lively debate.
07 February 2012
read more >China’s Year of the Water Dragon
As I wandered around Chinatown with the locals and tourists last night marvelling at all the beautiful lanterns I wondered what the Year of the Water Dragon will bring for China and its increasingly wealthy citizens.
Whilst there is evidence that the Chinese are investing more in the UK as they buy an 8.7% stake in London’s water company Thames Water , there are also clear signs that they are also coming to Europe in greater numbers. UNWTO figures show that Europe is still taking the lion’s share of world tourist arrivals but Asia/Pacific arrivals are catching up
23 January 2012
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