According to an analysis by STR Global, hotels in Milan, Italy, reported record-breaking performance in October and significant performance increases across the six months of Expo Milano 2015. Aggregated data for Milan from May through October showed a 51.1 per cent lift in revenue per available room when compared with the same six months from 2014.

The Expo Milan entry system has registered around 6.1 million entrances during the first two months of which 15 per cent with the evening entrance ticket, with many more expected before the end of October.

The UK is participating at the World Expo 2015 in Milan, with ‘Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life’ the core theme. It aims to highlight one of the most pressing challenges of our time – how to feed and sustain an expected rise in the world’s population to nine billion by 2050. Breaking Travel News takes a tour.

Oman has unveiled details of its pavilion at Expo Milano 2015, which runs in the Italian city until October. The pavilion extends over 2,790 square meters and three floors, and is located just at the East Entrance Roserio, quickly recognisable from the architecture of Arab-Islamic medieval forts. The theme of the Pavilion is ‘Heritage in Harvest: Harnessing the sea, sun and sand’ and the exhibition area is divided in four thematic spaces representing water, oasis, sea and domestic traditions.

Expo Milano 2015 steps into the spotlight in this morning with the third phase of its communication campaign. Organisers at the event have released a short video entitled ‘Your journey around the world’, which will being airing from today. The TV commercial makes a visit to the Exhibition Site to become a real voyage of discovery of the planet’s myriad cultures. 

MSC Cruises has been named Official Cruise Carrier of Expo 2015, the universal exposition that since 1851 has celebrated human achievement and debated the big questions facing humanity. Under the partnership, MSC Cruises, the market leader in the Mediterranean, South Africa and Brazil, will proudly display the Expo Milano 2015 logo on the hull of MSC Fantasia, which will sail in the Med throughout 2015.