Booking travel last minute is often considered a great way to bag the best deal but the ‘Best Time to Book’ report, released today by the travel planning and booking site TripAdvisor, reveals that this isn’t always the case. In fact, the best time to book is completely dependent on where you’re heading and can vary dramatically from destination to destination.

TripAdvisor has announced the launch of a new Windows 10 app across desktop, tablet and mobile. The TripAdvisor app for Windows 10 will be available in 47 markets and will be pre-loaded on millions of Windows 10 compatible devices in 2016. The new app features TripAdvisor’s comprehensive booking tools, including the TripAdvisor instant booking platform, which allows travellers to easily compare hotel options, check prices and availability and book their accommodation on TripAdvisor.

Buenos Aires is the best value destination in the world for Brits for an overnight stay at a four star hotel including breakfast, according to the inaugural TripIndex Breakfast, a TripAdvisor cost comparison study. TripIndex Breakfast compares the cost of an overnight stay in selected hotels with breakfast included, versus an overnight stay at the same hotel with breakfast eaten at a local restaurant, during the months of October and November in 37 key tourist cities around the world.

TripAdvisor and Priceline Group have announced a strategic partnership whereby some Priceline’s online travel brands will participate in TripAdvisor’s instant booking platform. Within Priceline Group, Booking.com will be the first brand to implement the partnership through its global network of accommodations, and in time, Priceline Group brands priceline.com and Agoda.com are likely to list inventory on the platform.

TripAdvisor has signed a partnership with Langham Hospitality Group to add its hotel inventory to the TripAdvisor instant booking platform. Travellers shopping for hotels on the site will soon be able to conveniently book Langham hotels without leaving the TripAdvisor site experience. “We are excited to join TripAdvisor’s new instant booking distribution channel,” said Nick Cohen, global director of e-commerce for Langham Hospitality Group.

Singapore Tourism Board and TripAdvisor have launched the ‘Live Like A Local’ hub, supported by leading media agency, MEC. The hub is a customised microsite hosted on TripAdvisor that takes travellers off the beaten path with things to see and do, eat and drink in Singapore.