Inspiring, iconic, innovative and influential, the W Residences at W Doha Hotel & Residences offer the ultimate insider access, from the brand’s passion for fashion, music and design happenings to all of the hotel’s services and amenities that trend-setters have come to love. In 2013, the team, led by director Rony Sahyouni, reports strong success, owing to a raft of tempting new guest experiences designed to energise the day and inspire the night.

Gerry Obrecht, and his son and travel partner Phil Bouchard, of British Columbia, Canada (aka The Ogopogos), were crowned The World’s Greatest Travelers™ in Toronto, Canada on Saturday May 4th after winning the 9th edition of the 23-day around-the-world travel adventure competition known as The Global Scavenger Hunt™.

Flight price comparison website flights.idealo.co.uk, has recently launched a free flight finder widget for businesses to add to their website. The tool was created for integration within the ‘how to find us’ or ‘contact us’ page of websites, offering potential visitors the opportunity, should they be travelling by air, to find the nearest airports to the client’s location and information about the airlines they are served by.

Popular cruise provider Cruise1st is launching a new television campaign next month in a direct response to audience demand. The company has canvassed its database and discovered that two out of every three of its customers watch travel shows regularly and a surprising 68 per cent view their cruise TV shop as a staple form of entertainment.

SafariBookings.com is an online marketplace where over 200 specialized safari operators offer their tours. The result is an easy-to-compare mash-up of safari tours which makes the process of finding the right safari much easier and less time consuming. The site also features 2,200 user reviews and over 750 expert reviews from renown safari veterans and an unmatched collection of expert info on the 8 major safari countries and their 140 parks.

Over the past decade Bench events has launched the gold standard in hotel investment events across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Events in Berlin, Moscow, Dubai, Istanbul and Nairobi are now the definitive meeting places for the hotel investment community to learn, network, and most importantly to do deals. Here Breaking Travel News sits down with Bench chairman Jonathan Worsley to discuss the industry leading Arabian Hotel Investment Conference.