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Tackling litter with grabbers and buckets: Various initiatives along the North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts invite visitors to help keep beaches and shorelines clean and have come up with creative ideas to do so.
The Manta Resort in Tanzania announced the launch of its newly reimagined Underwater Room near Pemba Island. The revenue from the adventure overnight stay will benefit the protection of the sea.
In the past, hotel construction was driven by passion. Today, it is about cushioning the yield mismatch... The hospitality industry has become a real estate industry... These are two quotes from the Alpine Hospitality Summit in Kitzbuehel, Austria which is seeking transitional ways into the future. For the first time, colleagues from Switzerland attended the dialogue.
Travelling by train from Germany to Spain – and the train is late for your connection? That can prove costly for travellers. The EU wants to strengthen their rights and make rail travel more attractive.
In recent years, the filming locations for the popular series The White Lotus have become real tourist magnets. Following Four Seasons Hotels in Hawaii, Sicily and Thailand, other hotels are now taking center stage.
From 20 May 2026, a new regulation on short-term rentals via online platforms such as Airbnb, Booking.com and FeWo-direkt will come into force in the European Union. Among other things, it concerns the exchange of data between platforms and public authorities.
Greece intends to impose stricter limits on mass tourism whilst better protecting nature and the landscape. At a press conference in Athens, the government unveiled new rules governing tourism and hotel construction.
After two decades of rampant corruption, a new young and ambitious government is attempting to move Nepal, including its tourism industry, finally into the 21st century. However, the disruption of international air routes and the spectres of inflation and energy shortage are dampening hopes for a better future.
The travel experience should be authentic and personal, and it's always nice to learn something new along the way. The savvy traveller thinks about both the future and the past.
Korean K-pop group BTS sells out the Stade de France in minutes. Nine million people enter a lottery for 16 Céline Dion nights. Together, the two events could inject up to 1.2 billion euros into Paris' economy. Yet most hotels have not adjusted their rates. Marriott secured the partnership with Céline Dion, not Accor.