Egypt Seeks Longer Stays, Higher Spending
Egypt is shifting its tourism strategy towards attracting higher-spending visitors and encouraging longer holidays, targeting annual tourism revenue of up to $40 billion by 2030. The Egyptian Tourism Authority wants receipts to reach between $36 billion and $40 billion, compared with an estimated $18.6 billion in 2026. The strategy follows...
Jamaica Tourism Rebounds Despite Unresolved Recovery
Jamaica's tourism industry is recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, but hotel operators warn that unresolved insurance claims...
Vrbo Introduces Deferred Holiday Rental Payments
Holiday rental platform Vrbo has introduced a payment option allowing travellers to reserve eligible properties without an immediate charge,...
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A Private Kingdom on the River Bann
Some of the most expensive things in hospitality are things that are not there. No queue at reception. No stranger at the next table. No second...
Ofland Escalante: A Different Way to Stay Close to the Wild
The road into Escalante does not announce itself in any dramatic way. It unfolds slowly, through long stretches of desert that feel at once exposed...
A Better Way to Go Far, with Far and Wild Travel
There was a time when luxury travel could rely on a simple promise: access. Access to remote landscapes, exclusive lodges, or carefully insulated...
Colombia, Understood Thoughtfully - With Metropolitan Touring
Some places resist being understood all at once. They reveal themselves gradually, through shifts in landscape, changes in rhythm, and moments that...
UnCruise Adventures and the Small-Ship Case for Going Further
The first thing you notice on an UnCruise Adventures voyage is how quickly the ship stops being the point. A small vessel sits quietly at anchor,...
Inside the Future of Heritage Hospitality at Down Hall
On the Hertfordshire and Essex border, where London’s outer rhythms begin to soften into woodland and open fields, the long approach to Down Hall...
Ballarat Wildlife Park and the Systems That Support Life
Wildlife encounters are often remembered for their immediacy: the closeness of a kangaroo, the weight of a koala resting in a tree, the quiet...
ALAGEV and the Conditions for a Shared Industry
Corporate travel and events rarely draw attention to the systems that hold them together. When they function well, they appear effortless: executives...
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Toronto Cruise Arrivals Boost Tourism Ambitions
Toronto welcomed more than 18,600 cruise passengers during its 2026 season, strengthening its position as a Great Lakes embarkation point as demand...
Airbnb Privacy Changes Concern Property Managers
Airbnb will introduce temporary telephone numbers for certain hosts and guests in the United States and Canada, a privacy measure that has prompted...
Kenya Uganda Agreements Target Regional Tourism
Kenyan and Ugandan tourism organisations have signed four cooperation agreements aimed at developing cross-border travel products, using digital...
Abu Dhabi Secures European Basketball Finals
Abu Dhabi will host European club basketball's EuroLeague Final Four in 2027 and 2029, extending a partnership that positions major sporting events...
Saudi Hotel Expansion Outpaces Megaproject Spending
Saudi Arabia's vast tourism and entertainment developments are receiving fewer construction contracts even as hotel companies continue planning new...
Norwegian Air Profits Defy Rising Costs
Norwegian Air Shuttle has reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings as robust summer travel demand offset rising fuel costs, although the...
Philippine Travel Tax Repeal Threatens Infrastructure
Plans to abolish the Philippines' outbound travel tax are raising concerns about how the country will fund tourism infrastructure, even as lawmakers...
Thailand's Tourism Recovery Faces Uneven Demand
Thailand has received almost 25 million international visitors this year, but the latest tourism figures reveal a recovery divided between...
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South America Gains European Holiday Travellers
European holidaymakers are increasingly choosing South America as disrupted routes through the Middle East make some journeys to Asia less...
French Tourism Faces Confidence Test
A Paris holiday promises days spent beyond the hotel: galleries, restaurants, boutiques and streets worth exploring. France’s latest unrest is...
Azerbaijan Looks Beyond Baku for Tourism
Beyond Baku’s international events, Azerbaijan is looking to the silk workshops, mountain settlements and historic trading towns that give visitors...
Bulgaria’s Rose Valley Eyes Tourism Spotlight
A rose harvest offers Bulgaria an evocative setting for international tourism diplomacy. The country is preparing to host a UN Tourism forum on...
Bahrain’s Tourism Ambitions Run Beyond Pearls
In Muharraq, the houses of pearl merchants recall a time when Bahrain’s coveted treasures came from the seabed. Their courtyards and storehouses...
Maldives Gives Winter Escapes Breathing Room
An overwater villa, a seaplane arrival and days measured by the tide: a Maldivian escape promises distance from everyday complications. Behind that...
Autumn and Winter Trends: When the Season Becomes the Destination
There are journeys whose timing is decided by something more persuasive than a school calendar or a favourable forecast. A white truffle coming into...
Cargo Voyages Lose Their Open Door
Cargo-ship travel, once one of the world’s quietest forms of long-distance adventure, has become far harder to find. For centuries, working vessels...