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Hospitality’s largest global guest technology managed services provider, SONIFI, is unveiling its latest innovations at the annual Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC) next week.
Located in booth #1230 at the event, SONIFI will be showing how they help hotels transform basic must-have amenities like Wi-Fi, TV and telephony into a higher standard for their guests and their property.

Hard Rock International today unveiled its “All Teams. One Place.” campaign in celebration of this summer’s biggest global soccer tournament, powered by a partnership with record-breaking athlete and Hard Rock brand ambassador, Leo Messi. Spanning Hard Rock properties around the world, the campaign brings fans together through: a global sweepstakes that features a special Messi meet-and-greet grand prize and more than 300 additional prizes including Hard Rock Hotel stays and Un

Aero, the private jet airline, today announced new summer flights between Los Angeles and East Hampton on a single ticket, debuting June 22, 2026. The new route features a flight on a Gulfstream IV-SP from Van Nuys (VNY) into the closest airport to New York city, then a jetside transfer with BLADE for the short final leg to East Hampton (HTO). Flights run Fridays out and Sundays back through August 30, 2026. Seats are $7,570 (VNY–HTO), available at Aero.com.

ECT Travel’s Autumn Train Journey Through the Canadian Rockies to Vancouver is a 12-day journey of discovery created for those who love to explore the world’s wilder places without compromising on comfort or accessibility. Meticulously planned and accompanied by one of our experienced Tour Managers, it is proving particularly popular with the over 50s and solo female travellers, demographics which are leading the booming demand for soft adventures.

As the summer solstice approaches, bringing the longest day of the year on June 21st, travellers are increasingly looking for destinations that make the most of Europe’s extended daylight hours.Riviera Travel’s latest booking data reveals that demand is heavily concentrated around scenic European escapes, with just 15 top-performing European itineraries accounting for 50% of all recent website bookings. Growing appetite for picturesque landscapes heroes’ destinations such as La

Rhoda Magbitang, Executive Chef of Mauna Lani, Auberge Collection’s iconic oceanfront restaurant CanoeHouse in Hawai’i, has been announced the season 23 winner of Bravo’s Top Chef, cementing her place as one of the country’s most extraordinary culinary talents. To celebrate the milestone, Chef Magbitang will host a series of exclusive culinary collaborations across select Auberge Collection destinations, bringing her award-winning cuisine to life with guest chefs and coll

Opening in June 2026, Marriott International and Another Star – the hotel management company that owns and operates citizenM’s current portfolio of 37 hotels in the US and Europe – will debut its third Washington, D.C. property: citizenM Washington, D.C. Georgetown. The opening marks the first property opening for citizenM as part of Marriott Bonvoy, Marriott International’s global portfolio of over 30 extraordinary hotel brands. All citizenM guests can now earn and redee

The U.K. travel market reached a record £56.6 billion in gross bookings in 2025, driven by strong demand and Europe’s highest online penetration rate at 90%, according to a new report from Phocuswright.
The findings come ahead of Phocuswright Europe, taking place June 15 to 17 in Barcelona, where global travel leaders will address the major forces shaping travel to and from Europe.  Despite the growth, Phocuswright’s new U.K. Travel Market Essentials 2026 report finds that

Visit Maldives Corporation (VMC) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 9 June 2026 at Meeruma Hall, reporting its strongest financial performance in eight years and highlighting a year marked by tourism growth, strengthened governance, and expanded international destination marketing activities.During the meeting, shareholders reviewed and approved the Corporation’s Annual Report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Cape Town is blessed with no shortage of exceptional hotels. From the grandeur of the V&A Waterfront to the boutique properties tucked beneath Table Mountain, visitors are spoilt for choice. Yet every so often you come across a property that understands exactly what it is and delivers it consistently. The President Hotel is one of those places.Perched along the Atlantic Seaboard in Bantry Bay, the hotel enjoys one of the most enviable positions in the city. While Cape Town’s natural be

FLYR, the Offer & Order platform for airlines, today announced a strategic partnership with Res2, the company behind iPort, a modern airport delivery management system deployed at more than 500 airports worldwide. Together, the two companies are investing to accelerate the deployment of Order-based Delivery, providing a strong, independent Departure Control System (DCS) option that eases the transition to a modular, Order-based technology stack.

Beyond Green, a global community of bold leaders advancing sustainable travel, marked its five‑year anniversary on Earth Day with the launch of a year‑long celebration designed to celebrate five years of impact while setting the stage for the next chapter of leadership in sustainable travel. The brand is launching a year‑long program of initiatives celebrating the brand’s evolution, impact, and continued commitment to shaping a more responsible future for travel.

As football’s governing bodies prepare for the largest FIFA World Cup in history, aviation executives gathering in Rio de Janeiro for the IATA Annual General Meeting find themselves confronting a similar question.The Americas have been handed home advantage. The United States, Mexico and Canada will host a tournament expected to attract millions of international visitors, while airlines across the hemisphere are adding capacity, opening routes and positioning themselves for a decade of gro

Africa and the Middle East occupy a peculiar place in global aviation. One is home to some of the world’s most powerful connecting hubs, the other remains one of the least connected regions on earth. Yet at this year’s IATA Annual General Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, the two were presented less as separate stories than as adjoining chapters in the same strategic question: where will aviation’s next phase of growth come from, and what will it take to unlock it?

For an industry often accused of moving too slowly on climate change, aviation has spent the better part of a decade doing something remarkable. It has aligned around a single destination.Net zero by 2050 is no longer seriously contested within commercial aviation. Airlines, airports, manufacturers, fuel producers, regulators and governments broadly agree on the objective. The challenge is no longer ambition. The challenge is execution.

When the airline industry’s leaders last gathered in Rio de Janeiro for an IATA Annual General Meeting in 1999, Latin American aviation occupied a very different place in the global system.At the time, the region accounted for just 4% of global air traffic and carried around 68 million passengers annually. Its airlines were largely domestic champions, operating fragmented networks with limited international reach. LAN and TAM, the two carriers that would eventually merge to create LATAM Ai

As couples increasingly set sail for sunnier celebrations, finding the perfect place to say ‘I do’ and celebrate into the night is never left to chance. 
7Pines Resort Ibiza is the perfect canvas for a dream destination, designed for couples seeking privacy, exceptional design, and a strong sense of place rooted in local culture. Located on Ibiza’s sought-after west coast, nestled within a pine-tree lined forest, framed by crystal-clear waters, and with unparalleled views

Viking® (www.viking.com) today announced a range of new European river voyage experiences that are now open for booking. Highlights include scenic Zeppelin airship excursions in Germany, offering guests on select Rhine River itineraries aerial views of Cologne and the Ruhr Valley, along with new culinary and cultural shore excursions, small group shore excursions and expanded options for land extensions across Europe.“Europe remains a favourite destination for our guests—particul

For decades, aviation executives have spoken about the “Asian Century.”At this year’s IATA Annual General Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, the numbers suggest that century has arrived.Over the next two decades, Asia-Pacific is expected to add 2.4 billion passengers, growing from 1.7 billion travellers in 2024 to 4.1 billion by 2044. That represents 41% of all global passenger growth and a compound annual growth rate of 3.8%.

For years, the aviation industry’s centre of gravity has been slowly moving east.At this year’s IATA Annual General Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, that shift felt less like a prediction and more like a reality.While much of the discussion around Europe focused on regulation, taxation and competitiveness, the conversation around North Asia centred on growth, digital transformation and the emergence of China as a force that is increasingly shaping the future direction of global aviation. A

The mood around European aviation at the IATA Annual General Meeting in Rio de Janeiro is one of cautious optimism tempered by growing frustration.Airlines are preparing for another busy summer. Passenger demand remains strong. Aircraft are full. Airports are crowded. Yet beneath the surface, many of the industry’s biggest challenges are becoming more acute rather than disappearing.Speaking at the AGM, IATA’s Regional Vice President for Europe, Rafael Schvartzman, painted a picture o

New Phocuswright research confirms Spain as Europe’s strongest travel market, with 96.8 million visitors and 7% revenue growth in 2025.  The findings arrive as senior travel executives prepare to gather in Barcelona for Phocuswright Europe 2026, where research presentations, executive interviews and market analysis will examine the forces driving Europe’s travel economy.Spain welcomed 96.8 million international visitors in 2025, a 3.2 percent increase over 2024.  Tourism re

Curated Spaces - the world’s first travel booking platform powered by tastemakers - expands internationally into Europe. The next phase of growth will see the platform introduce a curated portfolio of independent stays across countries such as, France, Italy, Germany, Portugal and Greece, including storybook châteaux, seaside hideaways, romantic rural retreats, and characterful countryside escapes, each selected with the same focus on soul, design, and community.

Most airline passengers interact with an alliance before they realise one exists.The lounge access waiting at the other end of a long-haul flight. The frequent-flyer miles earned on a carrier they have never flown before. The ability to check baggage in London and collect it in Sydney despite travelling on multiple airlines with different owners, different liveries and different national identities.Today these experiences feel routine. In the late 1990s they represented one of the most ambitious

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that leaders of the global aviation industry are gathering in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 82nd IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit (WATS) on 6-8 June 2026.The last AGM to be held in South America was in 1999, also in Rio de Janeiro. This marked the formal introduction of the World Air Transport Summit format, recognizing the IATA AGM as the leading industry platform for high-level debate on critical issu

Raven, the aviation growth specialists, today launched the Customer Growth Index (CGI) at the 82nd IATA Annual General Meeting in Rio de Janeiro: a single, comparable rating of the digital experience that wins or loses airline bookings. The CGI scores carriers on four measures of airlines’ digital estates - speed, accessibility, booking flow and AI findability - and ranks each one against a bespoke competitive set matched by both business model and geography. In practice, this means a low-

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) celebrated leading storytellers, broadcasters and digital creators from the U.S. and Caribbean during the annual Caribbean Media Awards Luncheon, a signature event of Caribbean Week in New York. Sponsored by The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, the luncheon honored outstanding journalism and content creation that showcase the Caribbean’s people, culture, environment and evolving tourism landscape.

My first Caribbean Week in New York came with a degree of curiosity. Over the past year, I have covered many of the defining gatherings in global travel, from the WTTC Global Summit in Rome, the UN Tourism General Assembly and TOURISE in Riyadh, FITUR in Madrid and ITB Berlin, to ILTM Africa and WTM Africa in Cape Town, ITB China in Shanghai, Caribbean Travel Marketplace in Antigua & Barbuda and the IATA Annual General Meeting in Rio de Janeiro. Against that backdrop, I arrived wanting to un

Cape Verde’s growing visibility on the international football stage, including recent success and qualification for the FIFA World Cup, is driving fresh interest in the Atlantic nation as a year-round holiday choice, according to UK specialist operator Cape Verde Experience.With increased global attention on the islands the operator says more travellers are looking beyond Cape Verde’s well-known beach offering and discover its wider appeal, including volcanic landscapes, Creole cultu

On 2 June, Atout France was pleased to unveil the 2026 collection of France’s Palace hotels, an exclusive selection of properties that embody the excellence of French expertise in hospitality. This prestigious distinction, above five star, was re-awarded for the first time in seven years. Recognized for the unique experiences they offer their guests, these flagship establishments of French hospitality now total 33, including six new additions for 2026.

Rio de Janeiro is preparing to welcome the global aviation industry as the countdown begins to the 82nd IATA Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit, taking place from 6 to 8 June 2026.Hosted by LATAM Airlines Group, the event will bring airline chiefs, aviation policymakers, manufacturers, airports, technology leaders, investors and media to Brazil at a decisive moment for global air transport.The decision to stage the AGM in Rio places South America firmly at the centre of the av

JW Marriott, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s global portfolio of more than 30 brands, today announces its collaboration with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as a Global Brand Ambassador. Through this, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will elevate and bring renewed expression to the brand’s global “Stay in the Moment” platform, bringing a thoughtful, globally resonant perspective that deepens its relevance across key international markets.