by Traveler | May 14, 2025 | Travel
By Joan Torres 361 Comments Last updated on May 14, 2025 Wanna travel to Syria with Against the Compass? Join a group of like-minded travelers in our next scheduled tour in Syria on: Sept 23rd to 30th, 2025 This travel guide to Syria was originally written after my...
by Traveler | May 14, 2025 | Tourism
Cuba’s government is betting on renewed tourism, scrapping a $30 airport tax for travelers from the U.S. and elsewhere. This change, effective May 1st, 2025, seeks to boost the island’s appeal as a destination and, hopefully, get its economy humming again,...
by Traveler | May 14, 2025 | Hotel Industry
Radisson Hotel Group Chief Development Officer, Development, Asia Pacific, Ramzy Fenianos, discusses how the group is capitalising on demand for mixed-use and dual-branded hotel developments. Mixed-use and dual-branded hotel developments are transforming the...
by Traveler | May 14, 2025 | Tourism
FLY91 introduced UPI payments for inflight purchases, including hot meals and beverages, which can be pre-booked right until the time of boarding, becoming the first regional airline in India and very few in the world to offer this convenience. In most airlines, meals...
by Traveler | May 14, 2025 | Hotel Industry
It’s a magnificent seven for BWH Hotels as it welcomes a string of new independent hotels to the group. New activations include Best Western Sheffield City Hotel and The Kings Arms Hotel, World Hotels Distinctive in Dorset. BWH Hotels, which represents Great Britain’s...
by Traveler | May 14, 2025 | Hotel Industry
Aotearoa New Zealand’s most innovative food and beverage producers – it’s your time to shine by entering the 2025 New Zealand Food Awards. From artisan to enterprise, the Awards spotlight New Zealand’s boldest innovators in food and beverage—where sustainability,...
by Traveler | May 14, 2025 | Tourism
Sicily had a great year in 2024, hosting over 21.5 million tourists. That’s up 4% from the year before, and foreign arrivals jumped by a solid 11%. The first three months of 2025 are looking even better, showing a 23% increase in tourist traffic coming in. All...
by Traveler | May 14, 2025 | Tourism
Sharing his views about incorporating AI, Hari Ganapathy, Co-Founder, Pickyourtrail, says, “It is easy to get carried away with everyone doing something in AI. It’s important to flesh out the problems, form hypothesis, test it well and then go all in. Cutting the...
by Traveler | May 14, 2025 | Hotel Industry
The Star Gold Coast is supporting four local charities this May in what its calling Community Month. The month-long campaign feature four immersive interactive windows designed to hero the work of the hotel’s key charity partners, Surf Life Saving Queensland,...
by Traveler | May 14, 2025 | Hotel Industry
Winton Land Limited’s exciting new Ayrburn Film Hub is one step closer today following the New Zealand Government’s decision to fast-track the resource consent assessment of this $200 million-plus project. “This will be great for Queenstown jobs and it’s great for the...
