Hospitality - travel - Tourism

Tourism Tourism is basically travelling to another destination for the purposes of recreation, leisure, or business. A person who travels to a destination and stays outside of where they usually live for more than 24 hours but less than one year is recognized as a tourist by the World Tourism Organization. The type of tourism depends on the reason for travel. Travel can be to destinations that are domestic or international . Domestic tourism involves residents travelling only within their country. Inbound and Outbound tourism both describe types of international tourism . Inbound tourism involves non-residents travelling within a country. Outbound tourism , involves residents travelling within another country. There are also many other types of tourism that fall under a “niche” or specialty travel category. This category of travel has evolved in recent years, and describes the various reasons why people travel for recreation, business or leisu...

Reasons why restaurant business fails 1. Location, Location, Location Just like when homeowners are searching for the perfect home and location, you need to follow suit when selecting your retail space. I’d even say you can’t be too picky when it comes to this make-or-break decision. Because if you don’t look at a prospective location from all angles, especially a patron’s viewpoint, you’re liable to wind up with one or more of the following problems: Poor visibility Insufficient parking Limited foot traffic           2. People Problems I’ve always said, “My business is people.” And when I counsel restauranteurs, I encourage them to embrace this same mantra. Your team – your people – represent you on the front lines. If you’re having “people problems,” it could be due to a whole slew of reasons: Ineffective hiring – Hourly vs salary ratio. Being consistently understaffed. Lack of focus on proper training – i.e. operations...

Air Canada Rouge launches Toronto-Gatwick service Air Canada has launched a new non-stop service between Toronto and London-Gatwick. The new service will operate daily with an Air Canada rouge Boeing 767-300ER. “London-Heathrow is already Air Canada’s largest international gateway with flights to eight Canadian cities, so we are pleased to expand to London-Gatwick in time for the summer, when millions of vacationers are travelling between Canada and the UK. “With this new route, we become the only Canadian carrier serving the two largest airports in the London metropolitan region, which further solidifies our already market-leading position as the airline operating the most seats between Canada and UK,” said Benjamin Smith, president, passenger airlines, Air Canada. Flights will be operated with an Air Canada rouge Boeing 767-300ER, featuring premium and economy cabins.  The service commenced with six weekly flights going to daily service throughout the summer f...

Tourism New Zealand welcomes record visitor figures Value and volume in the tourism sector continues to rise with new data sets showing yet more international visitors to New Zealand came this April than last and each of those visitors is spending more while there. Tourism New Zealand chief executive Kevin Bowler said the results are evidence that the organisation is making a real difference for the industry, as it focuses its efforts on increasing value. International Travel and Migration data, released today by Statistics New Zealand, shows total visitor arrivals for the year ending April up 10.6 per cent and holiday arrivals up 15.5 per cent. In addition, the ministry of business, Innovation and Employment’s International Visitor Survey shows total international spend up 25 per cent for the year ending March pushing total spend to over $10 billion for the first time. Bowler explained: “To see this level of growth in off-peak arrivals is exceptionally good news for the i...