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• The last von Trapp is 86 - and still runs a hotel

  07-11-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  The story of how The Sound of Music found a new home in Vermont
  
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• RateGain Completes Acquisition of Sojern to Power the Next Phase of AI-Powered Growth

  07-11-2025 08:20 via breakingtravelnews.com
  RateGain Travel Technologies Limited, a global provider of AI-powered SaaS solutions for the hospitality and travel industry, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Sojern, the leading AI-powered marketing platform built for hospitality. The transaction brings together two complementary forces in travel technology, RateGain’s expertise in Martech, revenue optimization and distribution with Sojern’s demand generation and traveler engagement capabilities, to create one of
  
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• What Mamdani's win means for NYC's food scene

  06-11-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  The newly elected mayor is teaching people to become more adventurous eaters
  
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• WTM London’s tech audience agree that AI is good for travel (with caveats)

  06-11-2025 13:31 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Artificial intelligence is a net positive for travel, according to a show-of-hands after a lively debate which rounded off the Technology Summit at this year’s WTM London. The role of AI in travel was debated by two teams of three. Those agreeing with the proposition – AI is the enemy of travel – were led by Stephen Joyce from Protect Group, with the dissenters led by Christian Watts of Magpie Travel.
  
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• Exclusive Livestream of Media Roundtable With HH Princess Sara and Mr. AlHamdan, Riyadh Saudi Arabia

  06-11-2025 13:01 via breakingtravelnews.com
  In a pivotal discussion, H.H. Princess Sara bint Salman Al‑Saudi Al‑Saud and Mr. AlHamdan outlined how Saudi Arabia is stepping into the global tourism spotlight by hosting the 26th UN Tourism General Assembly in Riyadh (7-11 November 2025) — coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the UN tourism body. They emphasised Saudi’s intent to leverage this milestone to showcase its transformation under Vision 2030, and to set a new course for the industry under the theme “
  
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• Inclusion, AI and Sustainability take centre stage on day two of WTM London 2025

  06-11-2025 08:54 via breakingtravelnews.com
  The second day of World Travel Market London 2025 welcomed the main sessions of this year’s DEAI Summit. It also saw more discussions on AI, sustainability and marketing and touched on how humour can be used to sell travel.An early session in the DEAI Summit highlighted ‘inclusion fatigue’ and political resistance to diversity initiatives.“There is definitely a rollback that is making it more challenging,” said Joanna Reeve, of tour operator Intrepid Travel. But she
  
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• Charting a New Course for Aviation in Landmark Industry Report

  05-11-2025 19:15 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Released in the same week that International Airlines Group announces its latest results and the global travel community convened for World Travel Market London, a new report from Raven has set out a bold vision for the future of aviation.
  
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• Canada's adrenaline-fuelled heli-hiking adventure

  05-11-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  It's the summer counterpart to heli-skiing – and just as thrilling
  
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• Share a tip on an a winter UK rural break

  05-11-2025 13:16
  Tell us about your favourite winter holiday in the UK – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays stayLong winter hikes, cottages with roaring fires, lazy lunches in a cosy pub … the days might be shorter but that doesn’t need to dampen the holiday fun. We’d love to hear about your favourite places in the UK for a winter rural break. Perhaps it was a cabin stay in the Lakes, a west country hotel with walks on the doorstep, an off-season seaside weekend or a hiking
  
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• RMS announces Epos Now integration to streamline billing and unify guest spend

  05-11-2025 12:44 via breakingtravelnews.com
  RMS, a leading hospitality platform for hotels, motels, serviced apartments and campgrounds, has today announced a new integration with cloud-based point-of-sale provider Epos Now to enhance operational efficiency by connecting front-of-house transactions with RMS’s robust property management system.By syncing guest billing and POS transactions in real time, the integration reduces manual data entry and reconciliation errors while giving operators a unified view of guest spend across accom
  
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• NYU Jonathan Tisch Center of Hospitality, Stayntouch, and IDeaS release 2026 hotel tech outlook

  05-11-2025 12:06 via breakingtravelnews.com
  New research reveals key trends shaping hotel technology investment, satisfaction, and strategy, and a clear shift toward Best-in-Class integrated systems over All-in-One platforms.
  
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• Netflix and Embratur unveil Brazil tourism guide at WTM london

  05-11-2025 10:36 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Partnership reinforces Brazil’s role in Netflix’s global strategy to promote destinations and cultures through storytelling; the guide is available at cometobrasilwithnetflix.com.br
  
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• Autumn in Alentejo: ancient city sites and golden vineyards in Portugal

  05-11-2025 08:00
  Despite its world heritage site status and plethora of tourist attractions, Évora, the capital of the Alentejo region, retains a laidback charm and boasts wonderful food and drinkThe 16th-century monks of Évora knew life was short. As if to ram home the point, they decorated an entire chapel with bones dug up from the town’s overflowing cemeteries. The sign outside the Chapel of Bones roughly translates as “We bones in here wait for yours to join us”. Cheerful lot
  
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• Emirates invests in innovative facial recognition technology across Dubai International (DXB)

  05-11-2025 07:19 via breakingtravelnews.com
  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
  
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• Stay22 bolsters leadership with top tech and finance hires ahead of next growth phase

  05-11-2025 07:10 via breakingtravelnews.com
  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 transactionsFabien 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
  
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• WSTHA and Tourism Economics launch first Global Destination Resilience Index

  04-11-2025 15:10 via breakingtravelnews.com
  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.
  
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• Is this the world's wildest Airbnb?

  04-11-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  Stay in a floating cabin on the edge of Greenland's glaciers
  
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• ZentrumHub expands across Europe after reaching 30M+ daily API requests

  04-11-2025 12:59 via breakingtravelnews.com
  ZentrumHub, a travel technology platform that helps OTAs connect with suppliers globally through a universal API connection, announced at the World Travel Market London 2025 its strategic expansion into the European market, after reaching the milestone of over 30 million daily requests to its unified AI-powered API.
  
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• VOX Group unveils VOX AURA at WTM 2025: AI-Powered Multilingual Guiding That Speaks Your Language

  04-11-2025 11:00 via breakingtravelnews.com
  VOX Group unveils VOX AURA at WTM 2025: AI-Powered Multilingual Guiding That Speaks Your Language. Real-time multilingual audio translations to VOX radio devices - no phones, no apps, and over 50 languages.
  
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• Holafly’s Global eSIM & Travel Report Reveals the Rise of the ‘Deliberate Traveller’

  04-11-2025 09:59 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Holafly, one of the world’s fastest-growing travel internet abroad brands, today announced key insights from its upcoming Global eSIM & Travel Report, revealing a powerful shift in how people move, connect, and experience the world.
  According to the global report*, a new kind of traveller, the “Deliberate Traveller,” is reshaping global mobility. Digitally fluent, emotionally aware, and purposeful, these travellers move not to escape but to engage. Travel is evolving from r
  
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• Food technology startup Tazizi launches in the UAE

  04-11-2025 08:36 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Tazizi, a Dubai-born and based food technology startup, has officially launched its innovative workplace dining solution, transforming how employees access healthy, affordable meals at work.
  Built around the idea that nutritious food should be convenient and accessible, Tazizi provides offices with smart, automated fridges stocked daily with chef-crafted, wholesome meals. Each meal is prepared fresh every morning in Tazizi’s kitchen and restocked across office locations throughout Dubai, e
  
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• ‘The Irish landscape whispers tales of the past’: a trip beyond the blarney in far-flung Donegal

  04-11-2025 08:00
  Our writer explores the cliffs, beaches and villages of the Gaeltacht area of Donegal and sees the landscape afresh through the Irish languageEarlier this year, a trailer for a film called Dear Erin appeared in cinemas featuring bloody-knuckled, flat-capped “Paddy” penning a letter on a table strewn with empty porter and whiskey glasses to Erin, his long-lost American flame. Much online brouhaha and frustration ensued at yet another Hollywood misrepresentation of modern day Ireland.
  
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• Trip.com Group to Showcase new AI Booking Tool at WTM 2025

  04-11-2025 07:54 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Trip.com Group, a leading global travel service provider, returns to World Travel Market (WTM) in 2025 with a renewed focus on innovation, local relevance and collaborative growth. This year’s showcase will spotlight a major development; the UK roll-out of Trip.Planner, the company’s new AI-powered travel planning hub, alongside panel discussion insights from ‘Why Travel?’, a global consumer trends report produced in partnership with Google.
  
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• Share a travel tip on a lesser-known corner of Italy

  03-11-2025 15:05
  Tell us about your favourite under-the-radar spot in Italy – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays breakBeyond tourism hotspots such as Venice, Amalfi and Rome, Italy has no end of enticements – whether its historical sites, delicious food or impressive landscapes that you’re looking for. We want to hear about your discoveries in less well known parts of the country – perhaps it was a small mountain resort, an overlooked coastal town or a wild hiking trail.The
  
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• The Southern US county honouring its dark past

  03-11-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  Known as 'stumbling stones', these tiny markers reveal a hidden history
  
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• ‘The silence allows me to hear every flurry of falling snow’: walking in Switzerland’s hidden valley

  03-11-2025 08:00
  Laced with hiking trails, the remote valley of Lower Engadine is the perfect place to reconnect with natureIn the muffled silence all I can hear is the crunch and squeak of snow underfoot. The white path ahead of me meanders skyward through forests of larch and pine, their boughs glittering with snow. When I look back, I can see for miles – an icily beautiful panorama of crags and peaks.I’m in the Lower Engadine, in remote south-east Switzerland, thanks to a tip shared by my Swiss fr
  
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• Sleigh rides, spas and snowshoeing: 10 of the best winter holidays in Europe

  02-11-2025 08:00
  Ditch the skis– these winter breaks are all about stunning mountain scenery, cosy places to stay and fun activitiesSaddle up for sleigh rides, strap in for a 220-metre illuminated toboggan run, and prepare to get lost in an ice-carved maze at the Snowland theme park in Zakopane, as Poland’s winter capital sparkles up for the season. Pair a snowy walk through the Chochołowska valley with a visit to the Chochołowskie thermal baths, with outdoor pools, sauna, balneotherapy and
  
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• How failure shaped our quest for the Arctic

  01-11-2025 14:27 via bbc.com
  
  The brave, the doomed: The first attempts to reach the North Pole
  
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• I skied up to the highest mountain hut in the Swedish Arctic. My reward? A whiteout …

  01-11-2025 08:00
  An epic rail trip to Sweden’s Arctic north ends with a surreal skiing experience – and waffles for breakfast while sitting out a snowstormThe light coming through the sleeper train window wakes me. It’s nearly time. Climbing down the ladder past the other snoozing occupants, I head into the corridor. A few hours ago there were only trees, an endless unfurling ribbon of spruce and birch. Now there is snow, vast banks of it. And sometimes, when the train roars through a
  
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• WTM London 2025 unveils Technology Summit agenda with focus on AI, data and airlines

  01-11-2025 07:40 via breakingtravelnews.com
  WTM London, the world’s most influential travel event, organised by RX, is framing this year’s Technology Summit around the critical role that technology can play supporting sellers and suppliers during the current period of disruption and emerging new challenges.
  
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• Travel Tech Takes the Spotlight at World Travel Market 2025

  01-11-2025 07:22 via breakingtravelnews.com
  From November 4th to November 6th, World Travel Market (WTM) will bring together nearly 4,150 exhibitors from around the world and more than 46,000 attendees at the Excel in London. Additionally, the event will host 109 activities, including 79 conferences, focused on topics such as Sustainability, Technology, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility & Inclusion (DEAI), and Geo-economics, among others.
  
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• Why travellers should visit US universities

  31-10-2025 13:21 via bbc.com
  
  From tailgating to step shows, they offer a variety of US-only experiences
  
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• ‘You don’t have to hurtle down slopes or dance like crazy at après parties’: readers’ favourite winter mountain holidays in Europe

  31-10-2025 08:00
  The Alps, Spain’s Sierra Nevada and the national parks of Sweden and Albania feature among our readers’ treasured winter mountain breaks• Tell us about a stay in a historic building – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucherInnsbruck offers lots of options for a winter holiday. I found it’s a place where you don’t have to hurtle down ski slopes or dance like crazy at après-ski parties. In fact I was amazed when I took the 20-minute cable car from t
  
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• Where are they now? Phocuswright’s Hot 25 Travel startups continue to redefine the industry

  31-10-2025 06:03 via breakingtravelnews.com
  As the travel industry prepares for the Phocuswright Conference 2025, taking place November 18–20 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California, Phocuswright revisited the journeys of its Hot 25 Travel Startups 2023 alumni.  Three years on, these companies have not only survived but thrived, validating Phocuswright’s role as the leading authority in identifying the innovators set to disrupt the global travel ecosystem.
  
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• Dida Holdings Expands Global AI-First Strategy with New Group Identity and Brand Portfolio

  31-10-2025 06:02 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Dida Holdings, an intelligent distributor of global and travel content and one of the world’s fastest-growing AI-driven travel technology groups, today announced the formal launch of its new group structure, bringing together its portfolio of companies and brands under the Dida Holdings umbrella.The new structure reflects Dida’s evolution from a leading travel distribution platform into a diversified global travel tech ecosystem spanning three pillars - Travel, Technology, and New Ve
  
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• The island reached by walking on the ocean floor

  30-10-2025 13:00 via bbc.com
  
  The Bay of Fundy's dramatic tides hide a host of only-here travel experiences
  
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• ‘The world’s most haunted forest’: twisted trees, UFOs and spooky stories in Transylvania

  30-10-2025 08:00
  The native woodland of Hoia-Baciu in Romania is a place where the human imagination can run riot. A guided night tour is the perfect way to discover its otherworldly charms‘They call this place the Bermuda Triangle of Transylvania,” says tour guide Marius Lazin, his breath expelling a procession of cotton-wool ghosts into the sharp evening air. “So many people have disappeared here, some say it’s a portal to another dimension.” Marius is leading me on a night walk t
  
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• Sabre and All Nippon Airways mark milestone with the launch of global NDC content

  30-10-2025 06:23 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Sabre Corporation, a leading global travel technology company, and All Nippon Airways have reached a landmark moment together with the global launch of New Distribution Capability (NDC) content through SabreMosaic™ Travel Marketplace. With this collaboration, All Nippon Airways becomes the first carrier in Japan to activate NDC content.
  
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• New York City's hidden, haunted history

  29-10-2025 13:00 via bbc.com
  
  These spine-tingling experiences reveal a lot about the city's spooky past
  
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• Radiohead’s European Tour to Drive Over €12 Million in Tourism Spending

  29-10-2025 12:35 via breakingtravelnews.com
  As Radiohead prepares to embark on its highly anticipated 2025 European Tour, Mabrian and The Data Appeal Company – Almawave Group unveil new insights into the expected tourism economic impact surrounding the British band’s concerts. The analysis reveals how large-scale music events can reshape local spending patterns and generate meaningful opportunities for destinations across Europe.
  
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• Travelsoft appoints Axel Nazarian as Managing Director

  29-10-2025 08:50 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Travelsoft, a global reference Travel Tech group, whose technologies power more than €40 billion in bookings each year for travel players in over 90 countries, and which unites nine leading platforms - Atcore, Orchestra, Tigerbay, Traffics, Travel Compositor, Travel Connection Technology, Travelgate, Travelsoft Services, and Eventiz (including the recently acquired Travolution) - announces the appointment of Axel Nazarian as Managing Director, effective September 2025.
  
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• The young local talent breathing new life into the Isle of Skye’s food scene

  29-10-2025 08:00
  A new generation of chefs and distillers are showcasing the Hebridean island’s outstanding produce and creating jobs for fellow islandersWith its dramatic, rugged mountain skyline, winding roads and ever-changing weather, the Isle of Skye has long appealed to lovers of the wild. Over the last decade, however, the largest island in the Inner Hebrides has been drawing visitors for other reasons – its dynamic food and drink scene. Leading the way are young Sgitheanach (people from Skye)
  
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• The town that renamed itself for Halloween

  28-10-2025 13:00 via bbc.com
  
  How Sleepy Hollow went from factory town to Halloween haven
  
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• Cutting Waste, Boosting Value: New Report Reveals How Food Waste Drains Hotel Profits

  28-10-2025 12:08 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Hotels waste an average of 40% of the food they purchase, a staggering figure that directly impacts profitability — yet current Hotel Management Agreements (HMAs) between owners and operators provide no financial incentive to reduce it.
  
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• Introducing Elegia: The Independent AI Orchestrator for Hospitality

  28-10-2025 11:45 via breakingtravelnews.com
  A new chapter in hospitality technology begins with the launch of Elegia, a pioneering consultancy and integrator positioning itself as the independent AI orchestrator for modern hoteliers. In an era where artificial intelligence has evolved from a novelty to an operational necessity, Elegia’s mission is both pragmatic and visionary: to design and implement bespoke, high-performance technology ecosystems that deliver measurable growth, efficiency, and foresight.
  
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• Kicking back in Catalonia: a new eco-retreat in Spain with yoga, ebikes and volcano hikes

  28-10-2025 08:00
  Set within a volcanic nature reserve, this charmingly repurposed 17th-century farmhouse has all bases covered for a relaxing, rustic microadventureIt’s 10pm, and I’m chatting with new friends after dinner at a guesthouse in wilds of Catalonia. The candlelight flickers off stout terracotta jugs of wine and on to the faces of Thomas, a management consultant from New York, and Viktoras and Gabije, a charming Lithuanian couple I’ve been grilling about Baltic holiday spots. Ellen is
  
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• Tell us about a historic stay in Europe, including the UK

  27-10-2025 15:21
  Share a tip on accommodation that takes you back in time – the best wins £200 towards a Coolstays breakStepping into some hotels, old houses or historic buildings converted into a place to stay can feel like stepping back in time. Perhaps it was a Tudor manor house, a grand chateau or a 1970s-themed B&B with authentic decor and ambience. We’d love to hear about accommodation in Europe, including the UK, that really brought history alive and made your stay particularly speci
  
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• From Steel City to Cottonopolis: a new walking trail through a post-industrial Peak District

  27-10-2025 08:00
  The nostalgic Steel Cotton Rail Trail between Sheffield and Manchester has 14 day-length sections, with walks for urban explorers and summit-bagging hikers alikeThe Pride of Cumbria train carried me out of Piccadilly station and, eventually, beyond built-up Manchester. After Marple, everything turned green as the valleys narrowed. It was a classic northern autumn day: the clouds were low, the mizzle and mist were closing in and the world was grey-filtered but for the glow of dead leaves all arou
  
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• Colours of the world: Leaf-peeping beyond the US

  26-10-2025 15:00 via bbc.com
  
  From Japan to Germany these are the best places to appreciate autumn's show
  
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• The European train that travels by sea

  25-10-2025 16:00 via bbc.com
  
  Europe's last train-ferry passsenger route is a bridge between two worlds
  
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