Tourism

London’s Heathrow said passenger numbers fell to 19.4 million last year, the lowest since 1972, as it was hit by COVID-19 travel restrictions. Britain’s biggest airport, which recorded a pretax ...

President Nicos Anastasiades, who is heading a big delegation of ministers and business leaders on an official trip to the United Arab Emirates, is set to meet the Crown Prince ...

The government wishes to increase the stature and sales of Cypriot wines, both internationally and domestically, Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Monday in an address to an event examining ...

Revenues from tourism amounted to €1.46 billion in the period between January and November of 2021, a report by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) released on Friday revealed. The revenue reported reflects ...

Airbus (AIR.PA) hopes to reach an amicable solution in a row with Qatar Airways over damage to the surface of A350 passenger jets, Chief Executive Guillaume Faury said on ...

Tourism in Turkey is set to return to near pre-pandemic levels this year, boosting the crisis-hit economy with the help of a recent currency crash that has made it a ...

Some 363 unemployed people showed up for job interviews at the Alexander The Great hotel in Paphos, the local hoteliers association head Thanos Michaelides said on Saturday, as the local industry ...

UK’s second-largest airport Gatwick said on Friday it would reopen its south terminal next month, as it expects demand to pick up this summer, with coronavirus travel curbs having ...

Cyprus has been ranked as one of the top travel destinations for Russians, Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios said on Wednesday in the wake of two recent visits to Moscow. “There ...

Demand for flights in Britain is edging back towards pre-pandemic levels for the key summer holiday period, according to market data that suggests consumers are keen to get away despite ...

The Industrial Turnover Index increased by 17.8 per cent year-on-year in November, with the index being 13.6 per cent higher in the first eleven months of 2021 when compared to the corresponding period ...

Restaurants and other hospitality venues in Paphos are struggling to find the workers required to keep their businesses in operation, Paphos Leisure Centre Owners Association (Sikap) president Angelos Onisiforou said ...

France’s Vinci expects net income this year to exceed its pre-pandemic level in 2019, helped by a recovery in its airports arm that should bring those earnings close to breakeven. ...

Deputy Ministers for Tourism and Shipping Savvas Perdios and Vassilis Demetriades welcomed the assurances by Royal Caribbean’s interest to invest in Cyprus, expressing their readiness to enhance the island’...

The establishment of a new hospitality school in Platres is aiming to tackle both labour shortages in the hospitality industry, as well as the issue of rural flight, people flocking ...

Ryanair (RYA.I) reported a loss of 96 million euros ($107 million) for the final three months of 2021 but said it was hopeful that rivals’ cuts to capacity may help push prices ...

The Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Shipping announced on Friday the expiration of the deadline for the submission of tenders to establish a passenger maritime link between Cyprus and Greece, as ...

The Larnaca Tourism Development and Promotion Company (Etap) presented on Thursday a number of upgrades and additions to both the city and district’s tourist infrastructure for 2022. “The Larnaca tourism ...

Budget airline Wizz Air (WIZZ.L) warned its fourth-quarter loss would likely top the 213.6 million euros ($241.2 million) third-quarter hit reported on Wednesday, before an expected recovery takes off fuelled by ...

British airline easyJet (EZJ.L) said the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was impacting its performance this quarter, but it expected to see strong demand this summer when its capacity will ...

The deputy tourism ministry announced on Wednesday 12 grant schemes that will come into effect this year as part of its national tourism strategy 2030. “The plans concern the development of special ...

The chief executives of major US passenger and cargo airlines have warned of a “catastrophic” aviation crisis this week as AT&T (T.N) and Verizon (VZ.N) deploy ...

Turkish Airlines has reached an agreement with its labour union for a pay rise of inflation plus 65 per cent for 2022, the Hava-Is union said on Thursday. The flag carrier will ...

Paphos hoteliers have issued an SOS for staff and are calling on the government to plan early for the 2022 tourist season. The Paphos president of the Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe), ...