Emirates has invested AED 85 million to install more than 200 biometrics-enabled cameras across Terminal 3, Dubai International (DXB) – allowing more customers to pass through Check-In, Immigration, Boarding Gates, Lounges and board the aircraft, simply by facial recognition, with a quick and easy registration on Emirates app. Eliminating the need to take out a passport and boarding pass at various points in the airport, the new biometrics initiative is a collaboration between Emirates and the General Directorate of Identity and Foreigner Affairs Dubai (GDRFAD), that reduces processing time significantly for all registered customers. The powerful cameras can recognise the biometric profile of a customer from one metre away, allowing customers to walk swiftly through areas where they used to have to pause and show documents.

Montréal-based affiliate commerce platform Stay22 has strengthened its executive team with two key hires, Fabien Loupy as CTO & Louis-Charles Genest as CFO. The appointments mark a new chapter for Stay22 as it approaches its tenth anniversary and surpasses $1 billion in annual transactions Fabien Loupy and Louis-Charles Genest are joining the travel tech company based in Montreal (Canada) as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively. After successfully leading technology at Stay22, Hamad Al-Khabbaz will be from now on Chief Innovation Officer of the firm that he co-founded in 2016, a newly created role to support the further development of the company.

The World Sustainable Travel & Hospitality Awards (WSTHA) and Tourism Economics have released the inaugural Global Destination Resilience Index 2025—a landmark study designed to measure how well destinations are prepared to balance growth with sustainability in an era of rapid global travel expansion.

As part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, Indus Experiences has unveiled an exciting new addition to its Thailand portfolio — The Blue Jasmine Experience, a unique luxury train journey set to make its maiden voyage on 16 November 2025. Alongside this milestone, the company has introduced four new tailor-made itineraries designed to showcase the beauty, heritage, and culinary soul of Thailand.

The highest recorded concentration of visitors at the Blue Lagoon at any one time in July and August was registered on the afternoon of Friday, 22nd August, at an estimated 3,830, down by 68% when compared to the peaks of summer 2024. The average number of visitors at the Blue Lagoon at each of the three daily time slots of the new booking system introduced this summer is 1,979. Only 34 out of 189 available time slots (morning/afternoon/evening) in July and August registered more than 3,000 visitors.

Civitel Hotels & Resorts, one of Greece’s most well-established hospitality groups, is pleased to announce its participation in the prestigious World Travel Market (WTM) exhibition, which will take place at ExCeL London from 4 to 6 November 2025. This premier global event brings together travel and tourism industry professionals from around the world, providing an exceptional opportunity for Civitel to present its distinctive properties and exceptional services to an international audience.