The Data Appeal Company, part of Almawave / Almaviva Group, today unveiled its new brand framework that brings together their combined capabilities into a cohesive family of solutions, with Mabrian as its Tourism Destinations division. This step reflects the shared vision of building the world’s largest travel intelligence ecosystem for data-driven destination management.

This development will mark an important milestone for Grovy's growth. It will be our first entry into the branded residences sector and thus represents a significant strategic evolution for the company. BTN puts the questions to their CEO

Palma de Mallorca continues to strengthen its position as a leading year-round city break destination, with the latest tourism data highlighting the success of its long term deseasonalisation strategy driven by a rich and evolving cultural offering. The Balearic capital is increasingly establishing itself as a premier cosmopolitan city break within the Mediterranean, attracting culturally minded travellers beyond the traditional summer season. New figures reveal a clear shift in visitor behaviour, with significant growth recorded outside of the traditional peak summer months. In the early shoulder season, overnight stays by British visitors in Palma increased year on year by 13.64% in April 2025 and 11.48% in May 2025, demonstrating that the destination is successfully attracting visitors earlier in the year.

AROYA Cruises, the first Arabian cruise line, will return to the Mediterranean this summer for its second season in the region, building on the success of its 2025 debut and reinforcing its presence across regional and international markets. Galataport Istanbul will once again serve as AROYA’s Mediterranean homeport, with seven-night sailings across Türkiye, Greece and Egypt departing from one of the region’s most connected cities and offering guests a seamless gateway to the Eastern Mediterranean.

Forget flagships. Forget concept stores. Forget polite rails of neatly folded jackets under warm lighting. Vollebak has built a 1,000kg aluminium spacecraft-shop and sent it on tour.

Japan is speeding up its transition to smarter, faster border control by extending the availability of automated e-gates to foreign visitors. This initiative, known as Japan e-gate access for foreign visitors, is designed to cut down on long queues at airports, speed up immigration processing and offer a more seamless arrival and departure experience for international travelers.