{"id":16254,"date":"2019-02-26T09:21:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T08:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/?p=16254"},"modified":"2019-02-26T14:01:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T13:01:30","slug":"reino-unido-la-inscripcion-para-the-travel-convention-ya-esta-abierta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/2019\/02\/reino-unido-la-inscripcion-para-the-travel-convention-ya-esta-abierta\/","title":{"rendered":"Reino Unido: La inscripci\u00f3n para The Travel Convention ya est\u00e1 abierta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Informe semanal noticias Reino Unido elaborado por la oficina de Turismo de Tenerife en Londres<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tourism industry <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Travel Bulletin, 22 February 2019: ABTA opens registrations for Travel Convention 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Registration for The Travel Convention is now open, with this year\u2019s event taking place in Tokyo, Japan from October 7-9. The Convention will be held at the Prince Hotels &amp; Resorts, Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, which is directly connected to the International Convention Center Pamir, where the business sessions will take place. All delegates will stay at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, which is centrally located in Tokyo with direct access to Haneda International Airport, Shinkansen (bullet train) rail lines and only a few minutes\u2019 walk from Shinagawa Station \u2013 one of the largest in Tokyo. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelbulletin.co.uk\/news-mainmenu\/abta-opens-registrations-for-travel-convention-2019\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Weekly, 21 February 2019: Heathrow performance takes off<\/strong><br \/>\nHeathrow is claiming 2018 as a \u201cmilestone\u201d year with passenger numbers climbing 2.7% to more than 80 million. The airport will release detailed plans for its preferred third runway expansion masterplan in further consultation in June. It remains on track to submit a planning application next year and for the first flights to use the new runway in 2026. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelweekly.co.uk\/articles\/324664\/heathrow-performance-takes-off\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Weekly, 21 February 2019: Gatwick drone chaos \u2018thought to be result of inside job\u2019<br \/>\n<\/strong>Police reportedly believe a current or former airport employee was behind the incident on December 19 that grounded aircraft over three days, with 1,000 flights cancelled and 140,000 passengers affected. Analysis of\u00a0police witness reports, including from the most senior members of staff at the airport, have led officers to believe that the drone was probably operated by someone who knew the layout of the site, according to\u00a0<em>The Times<\/em>, quoting Whitehall sources. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelweekly.co.uk\/articles\/324659\/gatwick-drone-chaos-thought-to-be-result-of-inside-job\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Weekly, 20 February 2019: Tunisia state of emergency extended<\/strong><br \/>\nA long-standing state of emergency in Tunisia has been further extended until March. The month-long extension from February 5 was revealed in revised Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice to the North African country yesterday. The state of emergency, which has been extended a number of times, was imposed after suicide attack on a police bus in November 2015, which followed twin terror attacks on foreign tourists in Tunis and Sousse earlier that year. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelweekly.co.uk\/articles\/324492\/tunisia-state-of-emergency-extended\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brexit <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BBC, 15 February 2019: Theresa May&#8217;s strategy unchanged despite Tory row over defeat<\/strong><br \/>\nThis week, MP&#8217;s rejected a motion to endorse Prime Minister Theresa May&#8217;s negotiating strategy with the EU regarding Brexit. Despite the latest government defeat, this vote had no legal force and Theresa May will return to Brussels for more talks on February 20, with the Irish backstop again being the main point of focus. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-47251134\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BBC, 15 February 2019: <\/strong>Eight Labour and three Tory MPs have resigned to form a new independent party<\/p>\n<p><strong>On February 18, seven Labour MPs resigned and formed a new independent party due to their former party\u2019s handling on anti-Semitism and Brexit. Two days later, another Labour MP and three Tory MPs also resigned and joined the breakaway group. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-47306022\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trade news<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Weekly, 22 February 2019: UK-EU flights \u2018to continue\u2019 even with no-deal Brexit<\/strong><br \/>\nFlights between the UK and European Union are to be maintained without interruption in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The EU\u2019s proposed regulation on air services connectivity has provisionally been agreed for after the UK\u2019s March 29 exit. Aviation minister Liz Sugg said: \u201cPassengers can continue to book flights with confidence as the EU has provisionally agreed legislation ensuring flights will continue in a no deal scenario. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelweekly.co.uk\/articles\/324801\/uk-eu-flights-to-continue-even-with-no-deal-brexit\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Weekly, 21 February 2019: Eurotunnel parent set for short-term Brexit impact<\/strong><br \/>\nChannel Tunnel operator Getlink claims to be Brexit prepared on the back of record financial figures for 2018.The company\u2019s net profits rose by 16% to \u20ac130 million as revenue increased by 5% to more than \u20ac1 billion. Chairman and CEO Jacques Gounon said:\u00a0\u201cThe group has seen its ninth consecutive year of growth and has had an exceptional 2018 from both operational and financial perspectives with results that exceed market expectations. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelweekly.co.uk\/articles\/324671\/eurotunnel-parent-set-for-short-term-brexit-impact\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Weekly, 21 February 2019: Brexit blamed for Benidorm bookings dip<\/strong><br \/>\nThe number of Benidorm summer holidays booked by Brits dropped dramatically in January, with Brexit uncertainty blamed as the main reason. Bookings for summer 2019 are down by 6% so far, but the regional hoteliers\u2019 association Hosbec reported that sales in January fell 15% because of British consumers\u2019 worries about a no-deal Brexit. The association said only 46,000 packages were sold last month, compared to 54,000 in January 2018. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelweekly.co.uk\/articles\/324650\/brexit-blamed-for-benidorm-bookings-dip\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Mole, 21 February 2019: Gibraltar row means Britons might need \u00a352 visa to travel to EU<\/strong><br \/>\nBritish tourists might need to apply for a \u00a352 visa to travel to the EU after March 29 due to a fresh argument over the status of Gibraltar, a British overseas territory. Although remaining EU member states had agreed to exempt UK nationals from requiring a visa to travel to continental Europe after Brexit, Spain has insisted that the legislation being drawn up to allow this to happen should include a footnote describing Gibraltar as a &#8216;British colony&#8217;. However, this was rejected by the European parliament, which denounced the description as &#8216;colonial language which has no place in the world&#8217;. If the member states are unable to reach an agreement on the wording in the next few weeks, there will be no visa exemption for UK travellers to the EU after March 29. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelmole.com\/news_feature.php?news_id=2036259&amp;c=setreg&amp;region=2\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buying Business Travel, 20 February 2019: Buyers urged to \u2018keep calm\u2019 in run-up to Brexit<\/strong><br \/>\nTravel buyers have been advised to \u201cremain flexible and agile\u201d to deal with the potential disruption caused by a no-deal Brexit. With the UK set to leave the EU on 29 March and no sign of an end to the political impasse over a potential deal, the subject was top of the agenda during a conference session on Brexit and the Global Risk Outlook at the Business Travel Show in London. <a href=\"https:\/\/buyingbusinesstravel.com\/news\/2029926-buyers-urged-%E2%80%98keep-calm%E2%80%99-run-brexit\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Airlines<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Travel Mole, 21 February 2019: Ryanair to open Toulouse base<\/strong><br \/>\nRyanair will open a new base at Toulouse in October as part of its winter 2019 schedule.\u00a0It will base two aircraft at the airport with 20 routes, 11 of which are new.\u00a0The new routes are Alicante, Brest, Budapest, Lille, Luxembourg, Marseille, Oujda, Palermo, Porto, Tangier and Valencia. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelmole.com\/news_feature.php?news_id=2036247&amp;c=setreg&amp;region=2\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TTG, 22 February 2019: EasyJet unveils baggage app<\/strong><br \/>\nEasyJet passengers can now scan their cabin bag to check its size before they leave for the airport using a new option on the airline\u2019s app. The new app feature, which uses Apple\u2019s ARKit 2 technology, works by using augmented reality combined with customers\u2019 smartphone cameras. The scan itself provides an on-screen 3D box which, when combined with the phone\u2019s camera, measures the cabin bag and indicates whether it fits within the maximum dimensions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttgmedia.com\/news\/easyjet-unveils-baggage-app-17054\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TTG, 18 February 2019: British Airways launches new London-Munich route<\/strong><br \/>\nThe year-round, three-times daily service to the Bavarian beer capital \u2013 home to Oktoberfest \u2013 leads in from \u00a364 each way (hand baggage only) based on a return journey. It expands BA\u2019s German network from London City to four routes. BA has also increased frequency to Berlin from London City to 18 return flights a week. In total, BA now operates 82 return flights a week to Germany (Munich, Berlin, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt) and 34 routes from London City airport. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttgmedia.com\/news\/news\/british-airways-launches-new-london-munich-route-17011\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Travellers and travel agents<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Travel Weekly, 20 February 2019: Travel counsellors model \u2018changing\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nAn increasing number of Travel Counsellors agents are employing their own staff or partnering with fellow agents to \u201cliberate talents\u201d and grow their business. Travel Counsellors claims to have developed five types of home\u2011based models to meet the differing needs of its agents. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelweekly.co.uk\/articles\/324501\/travel-counsellors-model-changing\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Competitors<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Travel Bulletin, 22 February 2019: Maldives witnesses record increase in UK arrivals<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Maldives has announced an impressive 10.2% year-on-year increase in the total number of UK visitor arrivals in 2018, when compared with 2017.In total, 114,602 UK tourists arrived in the Indian Ocean destination from January \u2013 December 2018, compared to 103,977 in 2017. December alone saw 10,784 UK tourist arrivals in the Maldives, representing an increase of 11% when compared to the same month in 2017 when 9,717 UK travellers arrived in the Maldives. The UK represents the second largest European inbound market for tourism to the Maldives and the third largest globally, with holidaymakers from the UK counting for 7.7% of total arrivals to the Maldives in 2018. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelbulletin.co.uk\/news-mainmenu\/maldives-witnesses-record-increase-in-uk-arrivals\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Bulletin, 22 February 2019: Ras Al Khaimah attracts more than one million visitors in 2018<\/strong><br \/>\nRas Al Khaimah has attracted a record 1,072,066 visitors from domestic and key international markets in 2018, with the UK as the third international source market. The emirate&#8217;s Tourism Development Authority, in the consolidated results it announced, reported a 10% growth in visitors compared to 2017, led by the UAE domestic market which continues to generate 38% of overall visitors. The third largest international source market was the UK, with 63,054 visitors, up 11.5%.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelbulletin.co.uk\/news-mainmenu\/ras-al-khaimah-attracts-more-than-one-million-visitors-in-2018\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Informe semanal noticias Reino Unido elaborado por la oficina de Turismo de Tenerife en Londres &nbsp; Tourism industry Travel Bulletin, 22 February 2019: ABTA opens registrations for Travel Convention 2019 Registration for The Travel Convention is now open, with this year\u2019s event taking place in Tokyo, Japan from October 7-9. 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