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July 2005
Alpine Holdings buys Sterling Travel • Las Vegas company to sell Eden Leisure timeshare • Hotel occupancy down in April • Chirac urges air tax to fund Africa aid • Cruise passengers up 31% in June • Renovated Capua Palace offers upscale meeting and accommodation • Golden Tulip Vivaldi to increase room number • Air Malta slashes UK fares • International tourism receipts set new record in 2004 • Travel industry unites against proposed aviation tax • Corinthia allies itself with US investors group • Maltese travel up two per cent in '05 • Better air traffic control would save fuel - IATA • Travel costs to increase by Lm26 in the next 15 days • Malta faces legal action on air rules • Corinthia Hotels launched in the US • FTI gives MTA airline seats • Air Malta reorganises its overseas offices • Radisson introduce defibrillators in its Malta hotels • New salon at Marina Hotel • Increase in private-public partnerships boosts WTO affiliate membership • ICAO standard for machine-readable passports made mandatory • Emirates to fly DXB-MLA via Larnaca, Air Malta to code share
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June 2005
MTA, MHRA promote non existent accommodation category • MTA unleashes poster campaign in France • British Airways increases fuel surcharge • Downtown opens in Victoria • Future not so rosy for Europe's LCCs, says report • Fewer beds mean better March occupancy, NSO claims • Cruise liner arrivals up in 2005 • Airlines face more fuel price pain in 2006 • Malta and Tunisia agree on joint tourism promotions • Sixt prefers Corinthia, and vice versa • KM switches Budapest terminals • Ryanair warns on fuel cost • Hotels weather loss-making winter • 20% fewer Maltese travellers in April • Gozitans prefer Maltese tourists • Air Malta to operate Reggio frequency • IHI expects Lm24.4mn turnover in '05 • EU finance ministers ask EC for ticket tax study • Howard Johnson Diplomat installs WiFi • Kempinski San Lawrenz launches Caribbean spa treatments • Boeing projects doubling of world aircraft fleet by 2024 • Westin introduces gyms in rooms • Declining tourism figures are a warning, says MHRA • Skål ecotourism awards 2005 • Art proves most popular with museum-goers • Bellair Holidays launch winter brochure
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May 2005
Malta too expensive, MTA marketing team told • ERA says EC skewing passenger complaint numbers • Air Malta, Europcar renew flydrive deal • Eco measures cut Victoria Hotel's bed night costs • MTA closes for team-building • EU to sue members slow to handle flight complaints • Tourism departures down in April • MTA saves Lm0.33mn in administration costs • Tourists can siesta peacefully this summer • EU funding okayed for MHRA project • CHI opens Nordic sales office • Canada to cut airport rents • Vienna Airport reports flat Q1 profit • MTA to develop new sandy beach at Qawra • No opinion from council over St George's Bay concession • St Paul's Bay hotel closes • MTA closes Lapsi hotels • Charter traffic boosts KM's Q1 results • New GM for bigger Maritim • MHRA cautions members over TUI contracts • No sidetracking MHRA from 'championing' tourism • Eden Leisure rents St George's Bay • Westin Dragonara adds 29 upscale suites • Sunways for Danes • MTA gets into palmistry • Bayview upgrades its offer • EU approves aid for Cyprus Airways • Gozo's EU funds channelled towards tourism improvements • Air Malta and MIM pen agreement • IPL publish ‘05 edition of Malta travel yearbook • Hunters accuse MHRA president of ignorance
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