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Earlier this year Sabre released their predictions for the travel trends which they believed would appear and gain traction through 2019 and beyond. Dubbed ‘Avoid all Humans’ the report outlined how technology can and will be used in the travel industry, and the world as a whole.

RAKTDA and Zip Now London unveil the world’s first augmented reality zipline in London.

Singha Estates’ announcement of new Marina collaboration with Jalboot at Crossroads Maldives displays company’s keen interest in the Middle East market.

TravelgateX receives IATA Level 3 accreditation.

Back in February of 2017 low cost carrier Wizz Air announced it had begun operations of a new direct from London Luton Airport to Eilat, in Israel. Now the Hungarian airline has increased service frequency on the route with a new direct flight – boosting ops from four to five flights a week.

Cathay Pacific has welcomed the newest member to its fleet, the first of its twenty Airbus A350-1000 aircraft. Take a look at what it takes to build one of the world’s newest long-range widebody airliner.

There are few greater pleasures in life than “simply messing about in boats” as Ratty said to Mole in Kenneth Grahame’s children’s classic, The Wind in the Willows. Ocean Group, Singapore based water sports specialists, has taken this concept and run with it by taking guests from Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru under the waves in their James Bond-esque mini-submarines.

As a veteran of the industry – with over 25 year’s experience working for Starwood, Accor and Onyx across Asia and Australia – Brendan Daly is a hospitality man through and through.  

Well ensconced as the GM of YOTEL Singapore, the first YOTEL in Asia, Daly has seen travel trends come and go and is canny enough to know which will last and which are just fads, so when he got in contact to discuss ‘bleisure’ – a combo concept matching business and leisure travel— I was more than a little curious to find out more.

Following news that the Ras Al Khaimah Development Authority (RAKTDA), had opened its latest Nordic office in Stockholm, the Middle Eastern tourism association has revealed has made great headway promoting Ras Al Khaimah as attractive holiday destinations for Europeans.

As Hilton’s first regional manager for Malaysia, Jamie Mead has carved out an enviable reputation in the relatively short time he has been in the country. Described by Hilton as a “visionary leader” Mead instigated the extensive renovations of Hilton Kuala Lumpur repositioning it as one of the city’s top five-star hotels in the process.

Air Canada subsidiary Air Canada Vacations has teamed up with Funway Holidays to get its product out to the people of Britain via the UK travel agency. This is the first deal of its kind for the carrier’s holiday division. The strategic sales and marketing agreement already saw the joint forces roll out a departures list […]

Coming in the wake of our story detailing the order of DFDS’ record breaking new ship, the Danish ferry company has announced it has acquired the Turkish shipping company U.N. Ro-Ro.

Even though we are at the peak of summer – heck the summer solstice is still two weeks away, travel agents need to be a few steps ahead. And even though the sun is still high the sky, the colder months are looming on the horizon. With that being said,  luxury cruise line Ponant has opened up shop for Winter 2019-2020.

In an effort to speed up the boarding process, British Airways has been busy updating its system of boarding e-gates at a selection of American airports – including Orlando International, Miami International, New York JFK and Los Angeles LAX.

Amadeus has announced that the Dutch OTA Travix is now part of Amadeus’ NDC-X programme. NDC-X was unleashed upon the industry during February 2018, with the aim to bring all the Amadeus projects and activities under one umbrella concept. It is, as described by the company, “the evolution of Amadeus’ travel platform which will bring together all […]

With the huge success of last year’s tenth anniversary event, which witnessed over 940 exhibitors from 113 countries setting up shop at the Sands convention centre, ITB Asia 2017 looked like it was going to be hard to follow – but preliminary figures show ITB Asia 2018 is on target to smash that record.

Airbnb has released details concerning the first recipients of its €5 million Community Tourism Programme. More than €1.25 million has been awarded to 24 community projects from London to Lisbon, Barcelona to Bologna, that use innovation to help promote local customs, preserve unique landmarks, and encourage healthy tourism that makes communities stronger.

InterContinental Hotels Group has announced it has signed up with Thai real estate company Ratanakorn Asset, to develop eight new sites in Thailand, totalling 2000 rooms, slated to open between now and 2027, part of the developer’s strategy to reap success from the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project.

Way back in 2015 Travel Daily reported that Laguna, along with its managing partner Banyan Tree, had submitted a Request for Concepts (RFC) document to the Vietnamese government in order to develop and run a casino at Laguna Lăng Cô.

Hundred years after women gained the right of suffrage, there is still a lot of work needed to be done to achieve gender balance in all aspects of society like the travel tech sector.