Hotelbeds has reported a surge in the number of travellers booking eco-friendly hotels.

Cyprus Airways announced its March passenger results during which it carried 25,899 passengers (558 percent more than March 2022). Compared to March 2019, before the start of the pandemic, the airline carried 19 percent more passengers (Mar’19: 21,676). During March it operated 325 percent more flights (Mar’22: 63 flights) whilst improving the load factor by 22 percent points. The Airline also announced that it registered its highest forward sales ever, mostly for April, May, and June.

Larnaka Tourism Board (LTB) scooped its fourth consecutive win at the recently held Cyprus Tourism Awards with a Gold award for its ‘Larnaka Sensory Tour for the Blind’.

The global travel and tourism industry, which has been struggling to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic induced slowdown, is facing another setback with a significant drop in deal activity. The industry, which relies heavily on investment and strategic partnerships, saw a steep year-on-year (YoY) 60.4 percent decline in deal activity in February of this year, revealed GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Cyprus arrivals of tourists reached 184.263 in March of this year, compared to 128.840 in March 2022, recording an increase of 43 percent. For the period of January – March, arrivals of tourists totalled 393.893 compared to 244.705 in the corresponding period of 2022, recording an increase of 61 percent.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the Saudi-based Sustainable Tourism Global Center have unveiled ground-breaking new data detailing the total water usage of the global travel and tourism sector.

InterLnkd – the travel tech start-up that enables the industry to earn a new and free revenue stream from fashion, beauty, and essential products – has today announced that Thomas Cook has chosen its solution to power its intelligent shopping mall.

One of the beautiful Villas of the Leptos Coral Seas project in Coral Bay, was mentioned in the Elle Décor España Magazine following an interview with Elena Uchaeva, an interior designer hired to decorate the Villa by its recent owners.

Culinary travel is on the rise, with the prospect of tasting authentic international cuisine enough reason for hungry Brits to travel thousands of miles each year. 

Melco Cyprus, operator of Cyprus Casinos (C2) and the upcoming integrated resort (IR), City of Dreams Mediterranean, organised a bicycle trail cleaning and maintenance activity, near Ypsonas on March 12.