U.S. hotel company Motel 6 announced last week the appointment of Sergio Padilla for the management of Region 3, the Rocky Mountain area, comprising a grand total of 73 properties in the area.

A project similar to Super Borovets will be the second major Development in the region of Borovets mountain resort. The tourism complex will be set up close to Maliovitsa, 24 Chassa daily reported. The zoning plan is currently drafted and will be finalized by May.

The summer tourism season should be expanded from six to eight or nine months, Labor and Social Policy Minister Emilia Maslarova said. Most of the resorts already feature spa centers and other facilities That could attract tourists out of the peak months, Maslarova said.

A legislative attempt to stop gambling cruise ships to stop dumping their sewage at sea is going down fast in the state of Florida.

Ninety percent of all tickets issued worldwide through the Sabre GDS are now electronic, up from 80 percent in June 2006. And 161 airlines have implemented e-ticketing in Sabre, up from 122 eight months ago.

The punctuality of scheduled airlines at UK airports fell in the fourth quarter of 2006 compared with the same period in 2005, according to figures released by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). During the same period the punctuality of charter carriers also fell. The average delay for both scheduled and charter carriers rose to 18 and 29 minutes respectively.