London, United Kingdom (Global Adventures): The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) announced the 12 finalists for the 2010 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards. The Awards recognize best practice in sustainable tourism in four different categories – Destination Stewardship, Conservation, Community Benefit and Global Tourism Business. Over 160 entries were received this year from over 45 [...]

Atlanta (Global Adventures): London, New York City, Paris and Dublin are among the Top-50 destinations American and Canadian travelers are considering in 2010. Travel search site Skyscanner just published the Top 50 most searched for destinations from Canadian and the US airports, based on searches from US and Canadian airports for travel in 2010, using [...]

Paris (Global Adventures): France has introduced a new five-star category to its hotel ranking system to bring its hospitality industry closer to international norms. The new system replaces the previous ratings from 0 to 4-star that date back to 1986. Paris now has 13 five-star hotels, according to the city’s tourism office.
Hotels that volunteer will [...]

Newton (Global Adventures): Americans expect to travel more in 2010 than in 2009. Forty-one percent of U.S. respondents said they plan to spend more on leisure travel in 2010 than they did in 2009 and 92 percent of travelers are planning to take two or more leisure trips in the coming year, up from 89 [...]

Caribbean (Global Adventures): A recent survey of travelers’ perceptions of warm weather destination showed awareness of the Cayman Islands is high, coming in eighth in the top 10 locations. Destinations listed higher than Cayman included The US Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Aruba, Puerto Rico and Florida, according to a market study done by the Harrison Group.
“Given [...]

PUERTO GALERA/Philippines (Global Adventures): The number of dive tourists visiting the Philippines grew by 62.8 percent in the first quarter of 2009. The Department of Tourism lists Cebu, Bohol, Palawan, Mindoro Oriental and Batangas as the favorite diving destinations for foreign tourists.
Compared to the first quarter of 2008, divers from Germany accounted for the biggest [...]