No matter how experienced you are as a world traveler, changing political landscapes can alter your plans far more than changes in physical landscapes. The world as an object doesn’t change much day to day. But the people who govern it and create its laws change all the time. Lately, the new American Presidential administration headed by Donald J. Trump has changed the way people travel to and from the United States. If you have a plane to catch to some distant land during the next few months, you are likely wondering what new changes will be instituted between now and then.

Rapidly developing its position as an air bridge between Europe and Asia, Finnair recorded its ninth consecutive quarterly results improvement in late 2016. With the carrier in buoyant mood, chief commercial officer Juha Järvinen here chats with Breaking Travel News editor Chris O’Toole about the opportunities and challenges on the horizon for 2017.

A phone with dual SIM capabilities can be a real advantage for people that travel a lot. Even for business people in their own country, a dual SIM can be a great way of getting two separate phones under one hood. With a dual SIM phone, people can keep their business and private calls separate (if for example business calls get paid by the boss but personal ones don’t). The result is that people don’t need to carry around two phones with them: which halves the possibility of theft or loss.

Mango Tree, situated in the heart of Belgravia, close to Buckingham palace, is a part of London that will be forever Thailand. Using traditional Thai ingredients, herbs and spices Mango Tree serves dishes from each of the four main culinary regions of Thailand. Here Chris O’Toole finds out more for Breaking Travel News.

First there was a deliberately depressing theme park, now Banksy is opening a hotel with views of graffiti-strewn concrete from every room. The Walled off Hotel is a three-storey immersive piece of art and also a fully functioning hostelry.

Edmund Bartlett, minister of tourism, Jamaica, talks to Breaking Travel News about his ambitions for hospitality in the Caribbean, the development of Trench Town as a cultural centre, and the significance of the island’s people to the success of the local tourism sector.