National Company «UZBEKTOURISM»

The travel business activities of Touring Club Schweiz (TCS) are to be taken over and continued by Kuoni Switzerland with effect from 1 December 2009. The business extends to ten travel offices and the provision of travel products that are marketed under the "Reisen TCS" brand.

The 35th session of the General Conference of UNESCO on 15 October elected Irina Bokova as Director-General of the Organization. Ms Bokova was designated by UNESCO’s Executive Board on 22 September.

Around 700 delegates representing 140 countries meet this week in Astana, Kazakhstan, on the occasion of the XVIII session of the UNWTO General Assembly. The gathering convened by the UN specialized agency for tourism will set the ground for how the travel and tourism sector can face the current economic downturn while staying on track with the twin challenges of climate change response and poverty alleviation. This Assembly will also initiate a far-reaching internal reform, starting with the election of a new Secretary-General.

At the talks of the President Islam Karimov and the Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said, the sides considered issues of development of bilateral cooperation and expansion of trade and economic relations.

China Southern Airlines, the newest member of SkyTeam and the largest airline in The People's Republic of China is pleased to bring the future of automated customer service into reality as it launches airline ticket purchasing via mobile SMS...