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British Virgin Islands Aquatic Experience Receives Prestigious 2026 International Telly Award
The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board & Film Commission is proud to announce that the British Virgin Islands Virtual Reality Aquatics Experience has been honoured with a 2026 International Telly Award, recognizing excellence in immersive and mixed-reality storytelling.
Eurowings flies away from the record 40-degree heat
Whilst the thermometer in Germany is breaking historic records with maximum temperatures of over 40 degrees, visible changes are emerging in the travel market. As a result, more and more people are being drawn to the cooler north in summer. This trend, known in the travel industry as a ‘Coolcation’, is spreading rapidly as new temperature records continue to be set. As Germany’s largest holiday airline, Eurowings is leading the way in this trend – with an extensive route network to Northern Europe and many attractive destinations that not only promise but guarantee a cool escape.
Visit California names Julie Coker President & CEO
Visit California last week announced Julie Coker has been named the organisation’s next – and only second ever – president & CEO, succeeding longtime leader Caroline Beteta, who announced her retirement earlier this year. In this role, Coker will lead Visit California, the private industry-led nonprofit organisation marketing California as a premier travel destination, and will simultaneously serve as a strategic advisor for the Governor's Office of Business & Economic Development (GO-Biz).
Santorini Experience 2026 – Where the Race Begins Inside a Volcano
Few sporting events in the world begin quite literally from a volcano. Santorini Experience does exactly that for the 12th year. From October 16–18, 2026, athletes from around the globe will swim through the deep waters of the Caldera and run across Santorini’s volcanic slopes, in one of the world's most iconic travel destinations.
The Graduate's Guide to the Maldives
Graduation season lands differently when you've spent three or four years surviving deadline season, exam halls and budget pasta. The urge to go somewhere to treat yourself is entirely real. For university and postgraduates mapping out a summer before recruitment season kicks in, Eri Maldives delivers the Maldives in its purest form, with a price point that makes a spontaneous booking feel less like a gamble and more like a very sensible decision.
A third of holidaymakers report increase in social media travel scams over the last year
A third (34%) of holidaymakers have seen an increase in potentially fraudulent travel content on social media over the last 12 months, according to new research from global payment service provider, emerchantpay. With fraudsters embracing new technologies, such as AI, scams are becoming more convincing – during the peak travel season, Brits could see themselves increasing targeting by fraud attempts.
Sustainable Tourism Academy Celebrates 3,000-User Milestone in First Year
Digital travel platform Agoda and the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) celebrate the first anniversary of the Sustainable Tourism Academy, a joint effort to drive more sustainable practices across Asia. Marking its first full year since inception, the Academy continues to support hospitality professionals across the region in building practical knowledge on sustainable tourism, based on the GSTC Hotel Standard.
What's Shaping Global Summer Travel in 2026
RateGain Travel Technologies Limited, a global leader in AI-powered SaaS solutions for the travel and hospitality industry, today announced the latest summer travel insights from its subsidiary, Sojern, the AI-powered travel platform built on the world's largest source of travel intent data.
Business Travel Show Europe: Reducing uncertainty is becoming business travel's biggest opportunity
Artificial intelligence dominated the agenda at Business Travel Show Europe, but it wasn't the conference's defining message. Across three days of discussions covering technology, travel management, procurement, supplier relationships, traveller safety and geopolitical uncertainty, a more fundamental theme consistently emerged. Reducing uncertainty is becoming business travel's next competitive advantage. Whether speakers were discussing AI, travel policy, supplier partnerships or duty of care, they repeatedly returned to the same challenge: how do we help travellers make better decisions, give organisations greater confidence and remove unnecessary friction from increasingly complex journeys?
10 ways to experience Brazil through football
Travelling through Brazil means immersing yourself in a rich, diverse, and welcoming culture—and football reveals all of this in a uniquely authentic way. Across the country's cities, the sport opens doors to beaches, museums, bars, historic neighbourhoods, and social encounters that help visitors understand the local rhythm and the way Brazilians live, celebrate, and share their emotions.
Trip.com Group Reveals What Travellers Want This Summer: Shorter Trips and Cooler Escapes
2026 is fast shaping to be another record year of travel, as jetsetters seek to tick off their holiday checklists and fulfil their wanderlust. Looking back at the first half of 2026, Trip.com Group found that users from Mainland China, the United Kingdom and Malaysia were the most avid about clocking their miles, travelling up to 2,800km on average, which is equivalent to the distance between Beijing and Manila, or London and Tenerife.
One Love, Global Impact: Why Reggae Rules July 1st
Every July 1st, the world tunes in to celebrate International Reggae Day, and this year, Jamaica is inviting you to feel it firsthand. Born in the hardships of Trench Town and carried across the globe by Bob Marley, reggae isn't just music, it's a movement. Raw, honest, and unstoppable, it gave Jamaica's story a soundtrack the world couldn't ignore. And right now, there's no better time to explore where it all began.