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Tourists are looking for information on their smartphones and no longer in brochures: Paris is now closing the last remaining tourist office in the city. Those who need offline help can now find it elsewhere.
The UK hospitality sector stands at a crossroads, struggling with a challenging economic landscape shaped by the latest government budget and regulatory pressures. The hotelier's message is clear: the sector requires a holistic strategy, or it risks being permanently damaged. The air to breathe is getting thinner and thinner.
A travel search engine has published the What the Future (WTF) travel trend report for the first time. It provides an exciting outlook on the future of travelling - from vitamin R to virtual trips.
The ITB Berlin Convention is presenting its 2025 programme under the motto "The Power of Transition lives here". Over 400 international experts and speakers will provide the content in 200 sessions and 17 themed tracks.
Snow is not everything. That's why the Austrians are targeting non-skiing families as well as Chinese and American guests in the upcoming winter season. The classic skiing holiday is set to become a broader-based winter sports holiday.
Ellinikon is the most massive and costly urban development project currently underway in Europe. In some respects, its size and complexity evoke the mega-cities under construction in Saudi Arabia, but with some important differences. The site of the former airport close to Athens features a large park - residences, hotels, schools and more will follow.
In future, HotellerieSuisse will include hostels as a new basic category in its classification. There have been other fundamental changes, and the adapted European criteria have also been adjusted. And: the hotel's own resource consumption will be measured.
What a summer! Looking back, Austria's tourism experts are delighted with the highest number of guests since the beginning of recording. Visitors from abroad in particular ensured good capacity utilisation.
Despite the capricious weather, Switzerland had a record summer, and the upcoming winter season also bodes well for tourism. US guests, who are increasingly taking a liking to skiing holidays in Switzerland, are proving to be a growth driver.
International travel is developing positively, and domestic tourism is also showing continuous growth, according to trends from the London World Travel Market (WTM). Events dominate travel behaviour, and even the climate crisis is not stopping anyone from travelling.