Residents of Qatar can now apply for their Portugal visas at the VFS Global Visa Application Centre in Doha located at Levels 1 & 2, Al Nuaimi Building, Oqba Ibn Nafie Street, Airport Road, Doha, Qatar. Inaugurated on 3 September 2023, the centre will accept documents for short and long stay visas to Portugal. The…
Emirates boosts services to Hong Kong with third daily flight from November
Emirates has announced a third daily flight to Hong Kong, starting from 1 November. The additional flight, operated by a Boeing 777-300ER, will provide non-stop services between Dubai and Hong Kong and support the growing demand for travel on the route. Emirates is increasing services to 21 flights per week to meet market demand and…
Advantage Managed Services conference to be held from 8-11 Oct in Mallorca
The Advantage Travel Partnership has announced that it is to host its Advantage Managed Services (AMS) conference later this year in partnership with Classic Collection. The conference will take place from 8th – 11th October and take place at the 5-star Kimpton Aysla Mallorca, Santa Ponsa. Kelly Cookes, Chief Commercial Officer, The Advantage Travel Partnership, said: “We…
Qatar Aviation Services receives Leading Environmental Management System Certificate
Qatar Aviation Services (QAS), the ground handling services subsidiary of Qatar Airways Group, is now the first ground handler in the world to receive the International Air Transport Association (IATA) environmental management system certification – the IATA Environmental Assessment programme (IEnvA) – which has been developed specifically for ground and cargo service providers. Qatar Airways…
Research report shows true travel subscriptions services rare, but growing fast
Travel metasearch website WayAway has today published a definitive white paper about the travel subscriptions space titled ‘Hit that subscribe button: subscription services in the travel industry’. In addition to creating a formal definition of how to define a travel subscription service and surveying the market to establish the current players in the US, the report…
Qatar Airways to resume daily Tokyo Haneda-Doha services starting 1 June
Qatar Airways will be resuming a scheduled non-stop service between Tokyo International Airport (“Haneda”) and Hamad International Airport, commencing on 1 June 2023. Qatar Airways will operate its state-of-the-art Airbus A350-900 aircraft, equipped with 36 award-winning Qsuite Business Class seats and 247 Economy Class seats. In addition to the existing Narita-Doha service, the resumption of…
Emirates resumes A380 services to Birmingham, Glasgow and Nice
The airline has also announced it will resume its second daily service to Stansted starting from 1 May 2023, utilising its wide-body Boeing 777-300ER aircraft fitted with its renowned ‘Game Changer’ First Class product. With the return of the second daily flight to Stansted, Emirates will ramp up its operations to London with 11 daily…
China Eastern Ups Services To Sydney And Melbourne
China Eastern Airlines has announced that it will increase its Sydney-Shanghai route to three weekly flights commencing on 16 January in response to the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in China. During the pandemic time, the route was only operated once per week. China Eastern will also begin running thrice-weekly flights between Melbourne and Shanghai on…
Safe Travel & Services partners with Amadeus
Amadeus has signed technology partnership agreement with Safe Travel & Services, one of leading travel agencies in UAE. The travel company provides comprehensive range of services for individual travellers, corporate clients, and groups from and to the UAE, including customised packages and visa services. Under the agreement, Safe Travel & Services and its customers will benefit…
Travel agency services market to reach USD 407.7 Bn in 2022
The global travel agency services market is projected to reach a valuation of USD 407.7 Bn in 2022. Sales are projected to increase at a 11.5% CAGR, with the market size reaching USD 510.0 Bn by 2032. These insights are based on a report on Travel Agency Services Market by Future Market Insights (FMI). Social…
