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• 11 of the UK’s best winter walks – all ending at a cosy pub

  27-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Too much turkey and Baileys? Blow away the Christmas cobwebs on one of our rambles. And if that doesn’t work, they all end at a pub for a hair of the dogDistance 7 miles
  Duration 5 hours
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• A local's guide to visiting Paris

  26-12-2025 15:00 via bbc.com
  
  The ideal way to eat, bike and see art throughout the city
  
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• ‘Emerge from misty woods above a sea of clouds’: readers’ favourite UK winter walks

  26-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Readers revel in winter light, wildlife spectacles and cosy pubs from Norfolk to Northumberland
  • Tell us about your favourite European beach – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucherWho needs the Swiss Alps when you have Macclesfield Forest on your doorstep? Walking from Trentabank car park, the 506-metre peak of Shutlingsloe is the gift that keeps on giving. The panoramic views from its summit, dubbed Cheshire’s mini Matterhorn, are breathtaking at any time of year. But
  
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• The travel images that transported us in 2025

  25-12-2025 15:00 via bbc.com
  
  Our photo editors share the shots that brought their favourite stories to life
  
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• Around the world in 50 countries: the globe-trotting Christmas travel quiz

  25-12-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  From the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World to Donald Trump’s territorial wishlist, test your travel knowledge. Every answer is the name of a countryName the six countries or territories Donald Trump has said or suggested he would like to annex, acquire or take control of. Continue reading...
  
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• The Mexican beer you can only buy at Christmas

  24-12-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  It's historically only been available in the nation for a few weeks each year
  
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• Festive occupancy holds steady worldwide while room rates rise year-on-year

  24-12-2025 11:26 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Hoteliers are gearing up for a flurry of travellers on the hunt for snowy escapes this holiday season, though beach retreats remain on the itinerary for some
  
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• ‘It’s a social hub more than a pub’: Scottish community reopens its local inn just in time for Christmas

  24-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  As pubs nationwide buckle under soaring costs, one Argyll village spent three years buying and restoring theirs – and has ambitious plans for the futureIt’s opening night at Scotland’s newest community pub, Oakbank Inn, which sits on the Holy Loch in the village of Sandbank, Argyll. It’s a clear, cold night, and the inn couldn’t look more welcoming: a cosy glow from within the historic building, the Cowal hills beyond. The Christmas lights are twinkling, the glasses
  
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• Season’s Greetings from Breaking Travel News

  24-12-2025 07:48 via breakingtravelnews.com
  As the festive season unfolds, everyone at Breaking Travel News would like to extend our warmest wishes to all our readers, viewers, and followers across our affiliated social media platforms.Christmas is a time for reflection, celebration, and connection—moments shared with loved ones, whether close to home or across the globe. It is also a season that highlights the true spirit of travel: bringing people together, fostering understanding, and creating memories that last a lifetime.
  
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• Dida recognized as a leading Globalisation Investment Brand by Forbes China

  23-12-2025 12:09 via breakingtravelnews.com
  As a leading enterprise in the global travel distribution eco-system, Dida has been ranked in the “High-Value Globalisation Investment Brands 2025” list, part of the Forbes China 30&30 Go-International Series, co-published with the LinkedIn Economic Graph.The Forbes China 30&30 Go-International Series shines a spotlight on Chinese-origin brands that have achieved robust growth paths and championed cutting-edge innovation on the global stage. The series recognises enterprises
  
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• ‘An unsung alternative to the Cotswolds‘: exploring Leicestershire’s Welland valley

  23-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  This hidden gem has country inns, canalside walks, a stunning viaduct, the historic town of Market Harborough – and not a tour bus in sightIt was a chilly Sunday in November 2000 when the gods chose to smile on Ken Wallace. The retired teacher was sweeping his metal detector across a hillside in Leicestershire’s Welland valley when a series of beeps brought him up short. Digging down, he found a cache of buried coins almost two millennia old. He had chanced upon one of the UK’s
  
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• Global Travel in 2025: A Year of Reawakening and Reinvention

  22-12-2025 15:25 via breakingtravelnews.com
  As we near the end of this year, 2025, we look back at what was a defining moment for the global travel industry. After years of upheaval and transformation, travel returned with renewed energy, driven by shifting consumer expectations, technological innovation, and a deeper focus on sustainability. Across continents and sectors—from aviation to hospitality, and from digital platforms to local communities—the industry underwent meaningful change.
  
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• BBC Travel's favourite stories of 2025

  22-12-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  These are the 10 stories we couldn't stop talking about this year
  
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• Travel industry shifts from conversational to operational AI in 2025

  22-12-2025 08:42 via breakingtravelnews.com
  The year 2025 marked a turning point for artificial intelligence in the travel industry. AI solutions moved beyond demos and pilots to deliver real impact across every customer touchpoint, from initial interaction to final booking. Platforms such as Maya have shown that a well-integrated AI agent can turn interactions into measurable opportunities, enhance the customer experience, and free human teams from repetitive tasks. In 2025, it became clear that AI does more than support the customer jou
  
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• Civitatis Founder Alberto Gutiérrez Passes CEO Baton to CPTO Andrés Spitzer

  22-12-2025 08:41 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Civitatis, the leading curated online marketplace for guided tours and activities for Spanish and Portuguese speaking consumers, today announces a planned leadership transition. Founder and CEO Alberto Gutiérrez will step down from his executive role and name Andrés Spitzer, currently Chief Product and Technology Officer, as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1st.Alberto will remain on the Board of Directors, lending his extensive technology experience, industry kno
  
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• Stargazing in the Lake District: a new forest observatory opens in Grizedale

  22-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  There’s no shortage of stunning scenery and daytime activities in the Lakes. Now, an observatory is offering stellar nocturnal events tooA tawny owl screeches nearby in the dark and her mate replies, hooting eerily from the forest below. A white dome floats in the gloaming above a plain black doorway outlined with red light, like a portal to another dimension. I’m in Grizedale Forest, far from any light-polluting cities, to visit the Lake District’s first public observator
  
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• Why passport stamps may be a thing of the past

  21-12-2025 15:00 via bbc.com
  
  New digital entry systems may soon replace collecting passport stamps
  
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• Come on in, all ye faithful: 18 of the UK’s best mass swims for Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day

  21-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Festive sea swims are pure joy – and also blow away the cobwebs, unite communities and raise money for charity. Here are some old (and new) favouritesFelixstowe, Suffolk
  A proper community affair, with hundreds of participants resplendent in festive finery racing into the North Sea at 10am sharp while much of the town gathers along the promenade to watch. The event raises funds for St Elizabeth Hospice, and every year brings new tales of heroics and even romance (there’s been the odd
  
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• SpiceJet Partners with Natilus - The Airplane of the Future

  21-12-2025 05:42 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Natilus, a U.S. aerospace manufacturer of blended-wing-body (BWB) aircraft founded in 2016, today announced that it has entered the Indian market in partnership with SpiceJet. In keeping with its ethos of encouraging sustainability and innovation in the aviation space, SpiceJet has committed to work with Natilus in helping it to get certified for India. Once certified, SpiceJet plans to purchase 100 aircraft. Natilus’s newly established subsidiary - Natilus India - will be headquartered in
  
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• The six best places to ski in 2026

  20-12-2025 15:00 via bbc.com
  
  Our experts round up this season's trending ski areas
  
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• Ireckonu- 2025 year in review: What had happenend in the hospitality technology industry?

  20-12-2025 06:01 via breakingtravelnews.com
  In 2025, the hotel technology industry continued to see profound change, marked by a big uplift in the use of artificial intelligence and the growing importance of centralized data to improve the guest experience. Ireckonu, a provider of middleware solutions and customer data platforms (CDPs) for hotels, analyzes the trends that are redefining loyalty and revenue management in the sector. From real-time personalization and guest recognition to the emergence of AI agents capable of booking trips
  
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• Turkey's ornate Ottoman-era 'bird palaces'

  19-12-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  They largely go unnoticed but are some of the city's most dazzling relics
  
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• How a single meme can jeopardise your trip

  18-12-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  Here's what global travellers need to know
  
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• Riyadh Air and Huawei Sign an MoU to Advance Digital Capabilities for a New Future of Air Travel

  18-12-2025 07:41 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Riyadh Air and Huawei have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which brings together the former’s global growth vision and the latter’s technological expertise to elevate how guests discover, book and experience travel with the Kingdom’s new national carrier.
  The partners have already explored new opportunities in smart aviation and digital innovation, and this MoU marks the next significant step in the airline’s ambition to become one of the world’s most dig
  
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• The Silent Revolution: How Every Hotel Website is Becoming an Actionable Endpoint for AI

  18-12-2025 07:21 via breakingtravelnews.com
  For decades, the web has been held together by a chaotic and brittle system of custom APIs. This fragmented landscape of bespoke integrations is more than just a developer headache; it is the primary bottleneck preventing the next generation of AI from reaching its potential.How can an intelligent agent act on our behalf when it must first learn a unique, proprietary language for every business on the internet?
  
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• How a Rockette spends Christmas in New York City

  17-12-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  Her picks, from the city's top hot cocoas to its most beautiful Christmas tree
  
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• UK government unveils £750,000 funding boost to inspire the next generation of aviation talent

  17-12-2025 12:08 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Young people across the UK are being encouraged to reach for the sky following a new £750,000 government funding announcement designed to inspire the next generation of aviation professionals and open up access to highly skilled careers across the sector.
  
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• hostAI reaches 5,000 properties as it scales AI-Powered direct distribution

  17-12-2025 12:05 via breakingtravelnews.com
  hostAI, an artificial intelligence–based software company specializing in direct distribution for vacation rental managers, today announced that it has surpassed 5,000 active properties on its platform, a major milestone driven by the expansion of its integrations with property management systems (PMS).
  
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• GoNexus Group and Peregrino redefine customer journey efficiency

  17-12-2025 12:04 via breakingtravelnews.com
  GoNexus Group, a leading experiences and mobility travel group, and Peregrino, a digital transformation consultancy that helps companies adopt and scale technology with measurable business impact, have announced breakthrough results after deploying their next-generation omnichannel and automation-driven service platform for six months.The performance metrics released today correspond to a 90-day continuous measurement period (August–October 2025) in which the solution operated at full scal
  
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• Experience-lead and agentic destination management emerge as key trends for 2026

  17-12-2025 12:01 via breakingtravelnews.com
  The Data Appeal Company and Mabrian, both part of Almawave Group, unveil Travel Megatrends 2026, a comprehensive look at the behaviours, motivations and spending patterns transforming tourism across Europe and beyond. The report highlights 7 major megatrends, led by the rise of experiential tourism, directly shaping destination management strategies for 2026.
  
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• United Adds New Features to Award-Winning Mobile App Like Virtual Gate, Club Recommendation Tool

  17-12-2025 07:59 via breakingtravelnews.com
  United today launched new features to its award-winning mobile app to save customers even more time and further improve the overall travel experience on the world’s largest airline*:
  
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• Tazizi announces partnership initiative supporting local UAE F&B start-ups

  17-12-2025 07:48 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Tazizi, Dubai’s innovative smart food and beverage platform has announced a new initiative focused on collaborating with local, UAE-based F&B start-up brands.This move reinforces Tazizi’s commitment to supporting homegrown businesses while expanding access to healthier, high-quality food options across the city.
  
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• Lafayette Hotels transforms operations with RMS and boosts direct bookings by 70%

  17-12-2025 07:36 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Lafayette Hotels, an independent hotel group with 26 properties across New England, has boosted efficiency and more than doubled direct online bookings since adopting RMS, a long-established property management platform built to streamline hospitality operations and elevate the guest experience.Before partnering with RMS, the group relied on six separate property management systems, three channel managers, and even paper trails, with no integration across platforms. This created inefficiencies,
  
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• The Swiss ski resort reinventing winter

  16-12-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  The revolutionary "Uber of the Alps" is just one of many ambitious projects
  
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• His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Launches “Al Khail Square”

  16-12-2025 08:39 via breakingtravelnews.com
  His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President of the UAE, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Presidential Court, and Supreme Chairman of Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club, has launched Al Khail Square, an integrated development project at Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club designed to elevate the equestrian sector and celebrate its deep-rooted heritage within a contemporary urban setting.
  
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• BTN Exclusive interview with Alex Mifsud, co-founder and CEO of embedded finance platform Weavr

  16-12-2025 08:11 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Alex Mifsud, co-founder and CEO of embedded finance platform Weavr, discusses the state of the industry, some of 2025’s key themes and predictions for 2026.Prior to founding Weavr, Alex co-founded Entropay, launching Europe’s first consumer virtual prepaid card.
  Later, Alex co-founded Ixaris, a B2B payments technology company that pioneered the use of virtual cards in the Insurance and Travel value chains.
  Some of Alex’s biggest achievements as Weavr CEO have included raising a
  
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• The store that sells your lost luggage

  15-12-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  It receives more than 7,000 "new" items each day
  
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• How your lost bag ended up for sale in Alabama

  15-12-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  From wedding dresses to flip-flops, it gets more than 7,000 "new" items daily
  
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• All I want for Christmas … is to escape and go travelling

  15-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Going away for the festive season has left me with unforgettable memories, from a boat trip with Bangladeshi fishermen to exploring Castro’s Cuban hideoutI have made a point of escaping Christmas for as long as I can remember. Not escaping for Christmas, but avoiding it altogether – the stressful buildup, consumer chaos, panic buying, the enforced jollity and parties. When the first festive gifts start appearing in the shops in September, it’s time to confirm my travel plans, i
  
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• Brazil's astonishing, lagoon-filled desert

  14-12-2025 15:00 via bbc.com
  
  A barefoot journey through one of Brazil's most extraordinary landscapes
  
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• Where are all the Canadians going?

  13-12-2025 15:00 via bbc.com
  
  As many Canadians continue to boycott US travel, they're heading here instead
  
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• Our 25 favourite European travel discoveries of 2025

  13-12-2025 11:41 via theguardian.com
  The most exciting places our writers came across this year, from untouched islands in Finland to an affordable ski resort in Bulgaria and the perfect Parisian bistroOn a midsummer trip to Ireland, I saw dolphins in the Irish Sea, sunset by the Liffey, and misty views of the Galtee Mountains. The half-hour train journey to Cobh (“cove”), through Cork’s island-studded harbour, was especially lovely. As the railway crossed Lough Mahon, home to thousands of seabirds, there was wate
  
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• South African Tourism and GuideGeek launch new AI travel genius, ‘Siyanda’

  13-12-2025 06:39 via breakingtravelnews.com
  North American travelers considering a trip to South Africa can now get expert advice from “Siyanda,” a cutting-edge AI travel assistant that provides instant answers to any travel or tourism-related questions about the country. Siyanda is built on Matador Network’s industry-leading GuideGeek chat platform and is tailored to support travelers seeking authentic, vibrant, and joy-filled journeys across South Africa.
  
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• Pop art, folk festivals and grape crushing: Australian summer events worth travelling for

  12-12-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  From contemporary art exhibitions to eccentric festivals, regional Australia has no shortage of big events over the summer of 2025-2026Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIcons of Pop Art: Warhol and Lichtenstein, Mudgee
  Two of the 20th century’s most influential artists, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein have works on display at Mudgee Arts Precinct. Visitors can take a look at Warhol’s iconic Campbell’s soup cans up close, or get comically existential with Lichtenstein&
  
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• Can we save travel's most beloved tradition?

  12-12-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  Meet the travellers who are preserving the treasured custom of postcard-sending
  
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• Phocuswright releases ‘Travel Forward: Data, Insights & Trends for 2026’, sponsored by Travel Guard

  12-12-2025 08:56 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Phocuswright today released Travel Forward: Data, Insights & Trends for 2026, sponsored by Travel Guard, its annual year-end and year-ahead report that provides a clear, data-driven view of the $1.67 trillion global travel market. The free report brings together the company’s most insightful analysis and presents it through interactive charts and visuals that reveal the forces shaping the year ahead.The global travel industry enters 2026 with steady momentum. Total gross bookings are p
  
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• ‘We walked in awe, gazing across the sea’: readers’ favourite travel discoveries of 2025

  12-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  From Essex to Istanbul, and from a soul music bar to a dramatic mountain pass, our tipsters share their personal travel highlights of the yearMoments after stepping off the bus, I wanted to text my friend: “What have I done to you, why did you tell me to come here?” As I weaved my way through coach-party day trippers, my initial suspicions dissipated. I came to swim, but Piran offered so much more. Venetian squares provided a delicately ornate backdrop, while cobbled passageways hous
  
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• The 20 best places to travel in 2026

  11-12-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC journalists' top destinations this year
  
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• Ferrari World Abu Dhabi Celebrates 15 Years with Star-Studded Anniversary

  11-12-2025 11:44 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Ferrari World Yas Island, Abu Dhabi celebrated its 15th anniversary on December 3, 2025, in the presence of Charles Leclerc, Scuderia Ferrari HP Formula 1 Driver, Ferrari executives including Maria Carla Liuni, Ferrari’s Chief Brand Officer, Julien Kauffmann, CEO of Miral Experiences, tier 1 media outlets, and the park’s dedicated annual pass holders and VIP guests. The milestone event brought together partners, fans and long-time supporters to honor 15 years of record-breaking rides
  
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• WorldTicket by GO7 expands IATA BSP network to Armenia, completing its Caucasus coverage

  11-12-2025 08:29 via breakingtravelnews.com
  WorldTicket by GO7, which gives travel agents access to 150+ airline partners through its W2 ticket stock, has today gone live in IATA’s Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) in Armenia.This enables IATA-accredited travel agents in the country to sell, issue, and settle W2 tickets in Armenian dram through their existing BSP setup – with instant ticketing and no additional configuration.
  
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