An explosion has seen the evacuation of Terminal 3 at Beijing International Airport, with a man in a wheelchair reportedly detonating a device. Photos posted on Weibo show a dark haired man waving a white package above his head before the explosion. He is said to have been injured in the blast, which filled the terminal with smoke. Chinese news agency Xinha reported it was a protest against the Chinese authorities, with the man handing out leaflets complaining he had been beaten up by security guards in an earlier incident in southern China.

The Malta Tourism Authority has announced it will host a seminar entitled ‘Malta: A Better Destination for Superyachts!’ on Wednesday September 11th at the Grand Hotel Excelsior in Valletta. It will be the third in the biannual Malta Superyacht seminar series, dedicated to the yachting industry. The event is organised by the publishers of ‘Yachting in Malta’ Wilfred Sultana & Associates.

Mexico, Peru and Ecuador were among the big names to emerge victorious during the World Travel Awards South & Central America Gala Ceremony, held at the Huacca Pucllana Temple, Lima this evening. The industry’s elite, including chief executives of leading tourism organisations, government ministers and tourist board chiefs from across the continent attended the magnificent gala event hailed as ‘the Oscars of the travel industry’.

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1) Identify key markets and the types of hotel products that would complement our current product offerings and revenue growth
2) Grow net revenue in the market by producing business plans to achieve revenue goals, ensuring inventory levels exceed demand throughout the market, ensuring rate competitiveness, participating in weekly market review meetings, maintaining 9 month running inventory and rates, following up on all expiring contracts, analyzing weekly reports, negotiating and securing market deals and merchandising all deals on our sites
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Functional Area:Sales, Retail, Business Development
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Role:Key Account Manager
Keyskills:hotel sales, contracting, hotel revenue

In a bid to promote Buddhist Tourism in the state, Chhatisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) has proposed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the tourism boards of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Andhra Pradesh (AP). CTB plans to promote Buddhist Tourism in the current and coming quarters of this year, and its focus destinations will be Sirpur, Champaran, Girodhpuri, Pragyagiri and Shivrinarayan. Santosh K Misra, Managing Director, Chhattisgarh Tourism Board, said, “AP, Bihar and UP are home to famous Buddhist sites like Sarnath,

Pratibha Singh, Member of Parliament (MP), Himachal Pradesh (HP) has sought a financial assistance of Rs 100 crore from the Central government to develop tourism infrastructure in the state, an official statement said this week, reported the IANS. Singh raised these issues during a recent meeting with Dr K Chiranjeevi, Minister of State with Independent Charge for Tourism in New Delhi. Singh also urged the Ministry of Tourism (MoT), Government of India to run a special campaign under ‘Incredible India’ to promote all Himalayan states, even in foreign countries.