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• Tia Carrere's family guide to visiting Hawaii

  25-01-2025 15:00 via bbc.com
  
  How the Lilo & Stitch actress channels 'ohana' in her home state
  
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• Technology, Sustainability, and Innovation Define the Future of Tourism at FITURTECHY 2025

  25-01-2025 09:10 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Tourism sector experts and technology leaders established guidelines for the technological evolution of tourism.The power of Artificial Intelligence and social media marked the conclusion of FITURTECHY 2025.
  
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• The man who volunteered for Auschwitz

  24-01-2025 14:40 via bbc.com
  
  Little was known about the death camp until one man risked his life to find out
  
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• The nation that wants you to come and sleep

  23-01-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  Forget pillow menus: Sweden has a different approach to sleep tourism
  
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• Coolstays App Unlocks Easy Access to Unique Stays

  23-01-2025 07:33 via breakingtravelnews.com
  January 2025 marks the official launch of the Coolstays App, bringing all their unique stays to your mobile device. Whether you’re after a cool cottage in the countryside, a luxury treehouse, or a stylish boutique hotel, Coolstays offers a curated selection of the most extraordinary and unusual places to stay across the globe.
  
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• Huda Kattan's guide to self-care in Dubai

  22-01-2025 18:00 via bbc.com
  
  The face of beloved brand Huda Beauty shares her luxury hometown faves
  
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• A new life for the US's abandoned railway stations

  22-01-2025 14:30 via bbc.com
  
  Many cities are reclaiming these once-grand palaces for new, creative purposes
  
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• Safestay selects tech leader Cloudbeds as part of its “Platform for Growth” strategy

  21-01-2025 10:15 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Safestay PLC, one of Europe’s largest hostel groups, is pleased to announce its partnership with Cloudbeds, the industry’s premier hospitality management platform.As part of the multi-year partnership starting in January 2025, Safestay will move its 20-strong Europe-wide hostel portfolio onto the Cloudbeds Enterprise Platform, building its technology stack on Cloudbeds’ award-winning PMS. The move is part of Safestay’s ‘Platform for Growth’ strategy through wh
  
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• Mabrian Launches AILA: The First Gen AI-Based Assistant

  21-01-2025 08:59 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Mabrian, the global travel intelligence platform, announces the launch of AILA (acronym for Artificial Intelligence Live Assistant), a Generative AI-based virtual analyst designed to optimise tourism planning and management. AILA, the first Gen AI tool in travel & tourism designed with a business-to-business perspective, is able to respond, in real time, to questions and requests (prompts) related to tourism trends, using as source Mabrian’s world-class, exhaustive, verified, and updat
  
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• FITUR Know-How & Export 2025 is to promote the digitalisation of tourism

  21-01-2025 08:48 via breakingtravelnews.com
  The 13th edition of the section will be focused on data spaces, the smart destination platform and technological solutions for tourism. For the second consecutive year the AI for Tourism Awards 2025 will be held, recognising the best solution based on Artificial Intelligence applied to the industry.
  
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• The West African nation welcoming the world

  20-01-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  This off-the-beaten-path destination is home to stunningly diverse landscapes
  
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• The US's ancient (and underrated) culinary capital

  19-01-2025 15:00 via bbc.com
  
  Its agricultural roots go back more than 4,000 years
  
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• Dancing horses and a dodgy Venus: why Derbyshire’s Bolsover Castle is my wonder of the world | Lucy Worsley

  19-01-2025 15:00
  
  This is a very English wonder, fusing the arcane symbolism of northern England with then modern ideas from Renaissance ItalyBolsover Castle, topped with turrets, sits at the crest of a hill with the best view in Derbyshire. You could be forgiven for thinking it must be the home of a medieval knight, if not a wizard. But really it’s a gothic, chivalric, romantic recreation of a medieval castle, constructed by a 17th-century aristocrat. He was so pleased with his “new castle” tha
  
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• My culinary adventure on the Lisbon coast

  19-01-2025 09:00
  
  The elegant towns of Cascais, Estoril and Sintra have plenty to offer, from romantic royal palaces to the best of Portuguese cuisineOn a blue-sky Saturday morning, I joined a foraging hike in Sintra-Cascais nature park, a former municipal wasteland and now thriving ecosystem on the outskirts of Cascais in Portugal. Progress was deliciously slow, thanks to our passionate guide – ecologist Fernanda Botelho, Portugal’s foremost herbalist and wild forager. We’d barely made it out o
  
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• Why Turkey’s Temple of Artemis is my wonder of the world

  18-01-2025 15:00
  We asked seven leading historians and travel experts to nominate their personal wonder of the world, starting with Bettany Hughes, author of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Sitting on the Giza plateau, in the butter-light of sunset, I was asked by Mahmoud (owner of a camel called Michael Jordan) which was my second favourite of all of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.Of course, the Great Pyramid of Giza (a renewed Insta hit now that a family of dogs has made it their skyscraper home
  
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• How to celebrate Jane Austen on her 250th birthday

  17-01-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  A slew of festivals, reenactments and balls are scheduled to honour the writer
  
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• Kiwitaxi Unveils a Journey Beyond Expectations with Its Bold New Brand

  17-01-2025 10:39 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Kiwitaxi is excited to introduce its fresh new look at kiwitaxi.com and expanded services that reflect its evolving vision and commitment to their clients. Want to know more? Then dive into the talk with Kiwitaxi’s CEO Maria Borisova and Brand Designer Toro Manafov.
  
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• ‘The river that runs in the sky’: readers choose their wonders of the world

  17-01-2025 08:00
  
  From Margate to Uzbekistan our tipsters reveal the special sites that made a lasting impression on themThomas Telford’s Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is the centrepiece of a world heritage site that crosses three counties and two countries. They call it “the river that runs in the sky”, and there is a rough magic to standing halfway across, looking down on the tumbling River Dee, source of the slow-moving flow at your heels, water Telford drew from Horseshoe Falls for his impossible pr
  
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• Trava surpasses 25 million reservations processed via post-booking automation platform

  17-01-2025 07:06 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Trava, the leading travel technology company revolutionising post-booking processes for travel agencies, today announced that its GDS-agnostic, ‘no-code’ automation solutions have handled over 25 million bookings since the company’s inception in 2013.The achievement underscores Trava’s rapid growth and reflects the surging global demand for advanced post-booking solutions that elevate the customer experience and boost profitability for travel resellers
  
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• Nuvei joins Xchnage Payment Platform from Outpayce from Amadeus

  16-01-2025 16:44 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Nuvei Corporation has partnered with Outpayce from Amadeus. The Canadian fintech company becomes the latest payments service provider to be integrated into Outpayce’s Xchange Payment Platform
  
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• The 25 best places to travel in 2025

  16-01-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC journalists' top destinations this year
  
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• Poor hotel tech is affecting employee retention, Cloudbeds finds

  16-01-2025 08:49 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Cloudbeds, the premier hospitality management software platform, has revealed 38% of hotel employees say their experience with property management systems (PMS) influenced their decision to leave a job.Cloudbeds’ newly unveiled user experience research found that while hotel employees generally rate their PMS highly for usability and productivity, issues such as system complexity, slow learning curves, and poor integrations create daily frustrations that can directly impact staff retention
  
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• An arty stay in cider land: a brush with the Somerset countryside

  16-01-2025 08:00
  
  A cosy cabin offers not just a place to stay but a chance to learn from local artists and discover the gentle, rolling landscape and its farm produceFrost tints the landscape silver as we set up our easels in the watery morning sunlight. On the horizon is Burrow Hill, a gentle surge in the pancake-flat Somerset scene. Local artist Frances Watts talks me through how to mix colour palettes and then, with her help, I attempt to capture some of the wintry magic in oils.I’d come to Kingsbury Ep
  
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• Cirium Ascend Consultancy lands ‘Appraiser of the Year’ title for the 10th time

  15-01-2025 08:47 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Cirium Ascend Consultancy, part of the world’s most trusted source of aviation analytics, Cirium, has once again landed Airline Economics’ prestigious title of‘Appraiser of the Year’ at an award ceremony last night.This marks the tenth win for Cirium Ascend Consultancy, demonstrating its unparalleled expertise within aviation consultancy and underlining its unwavering commitment to excellence, transparency and accuracy.
  
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• A break from the accommodation mega-sites: the best alternative booking platforms

  15-01-2025 08:00
  
  Airbnb and Booking.com are the market leaders, but a new wave of smaller accommodation platforms are offering an alternative – and trying to give something back to local communitiesAccounts of tenants illegally subletting rental properties by listing them on Airbnb and Booking.com, without the permission of their landlords, have hit the headlines in recent months. While there’s no denying that the convenience of these accommodation booking platforms has transformed holidays – m
  
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• Is this the end of Berlin's famous club scene?

  14-01-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  Rapid gentrification is threatening the city's fabled club culture
  
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• Beyond the commuter belt: why the stunning Surrey Hills are worth a short break

  14-01-2025 08:00
  
  Come for wonderful walks on Box Hill and the Happy Valley trail, stay for cosy inns, great food and a sense of discoveryIf Surrey were a restaurant, it would be a drive-thru. Sandwiched between London and England’s south coast, famous for its wealthy commuter-belt towns and the great thick scar of the M25, it’s a place people whip through on their way to somewhere else. I’ve spent several decades doing it; back and forth between Sussex and London, occasionally meeting friends i
  
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• Four British wonders to experience this winter

  13-01-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  From ghostly optical illusions to flocks of dancing birds
  
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• Share a tip on a restorative break or retreat

  13-01-2025 13:18
  From mindfulness retreats to monastery stays, tell us about a getaway where you were able to switch off completely – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays breakIn an age of constant distraction, silence and stillness are increasingly rare commodities, so it’s hardly surprising that more of us are turning to retreats as a way to get some much-needed breathing space. Whether it’s a meditation retreat, a yoga holiday, a digital detox or a stay in a monastery, we’d
  
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• Revolutionizing Electric Travel: The Updated Tesla Model Y is Here

  13-01-2025 11:42 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Tesla’s Model Y, the world’s best-selling electric car, has received a major upgrade, raising the bar for electric vehicles once again. Currently, the new Model Y is only available in China and Australia, but it’s expected to make waves globally soon. As a leader in EV innovation and efficiency, this updated Model Y is a glimpse into the future of sustainable travel.
  
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• No lifts? No problem: a low-impact ski touring trip in the Italian Alps

  13-01-2025 08:00
  At Homeland, a lift-free ski experience in Lombardy, you have to hike up to ski down. Our writer wonders if this is the future for winter resortsThe first sign we’re heading into the wild, having left the cosy confines of our resort for a ski touring taster, comes when three mountain goats jump in front of the car, eyeball us skittishly, then launch themselves off a vertiginous drop to our left.My 14-year-old son, in the passenger seat beside me, curses loudly, and I take a deep breath. We
  
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• France's most macabre recipe is back on the menu

  12-01-2025 15:00 via bbc.com
  
  France has many flamboyant dishes – but the is the most elaborate of all
  
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• Dream journey: a nostalgic trip aboard the sleeper train from Amsterdam to Berlin

  12-01-2025 12:00
  Taking the overnight train between the capital cities and on to Dresden is all about slow travel and the romance of life on the trackOn the evening of our overnight train journey from Amsterdam to Berlin and on to Dresden aboard the European Sleeper, we enjoy a restorative plate of oysters and steak tartare on the decks of Amsterdam’s BrasserieMarie overlooking the Amstel. Then, after a nightcap in the adjoining Freddy’s Bar, a legendary spot in the Hotel De L’Europe, we make t
  
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• Blue sky thinking: six sun-drenched seaside getaways in southern Europe

  12-01-2025 08:00
  
  From a secret harbour in Crete to the wild beaches of Portugal, our writers share the summer haunts they can’t wait to return toDepending on how you look at it, Loutro is either deeply inhospitable or a rare slice of seaside perfection. Backed by Crete’s hulking White Mountains, this tiny harbour – a curve of whitewash-and-blue, lapped by the Libyan Sea – is only reachable by boat or on foot. Getting here takes effort. Once you’ve settled in to its rhythms, tho
  
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• A prime minister's guide to Greenland

  11-01-2025 18:00 via bbc.com
  
  Aleqa Hammond takes you on a tour of her home nation
  
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• A chef's guide to Boston's best clam chowder

  11-01-2025 15:00 via bbc.com
  
  Just in time for soup season, a local seafood chef's top bowls of "chowdah"
  
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• A love letter to Patmos: the most serene of all the Greek islands

  11-01-2025 08:00
  
  Saint John lived in a cave here and wrote about the Apocalypse, but these days the quiet shores of beautiful Patmos nurture happier thoughtsOf all the Greek islands, Patmos is easily the most serene to me. Although a little smaller in area than, say, Cambridge (at about 13 square miles), it’s richly sprinkled with monasteries, and is known as the “Jerusalem of the Aegean”. The main town, Chora, has more than 40 chapels, and not a single cornershop or grocery. Mea
  
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• A purification ceremony to cleanse body and soul

  10-01-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  An ancient water practice is trending on TikTok – and some locals are concerned
  
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• Dreaming of the sun: readers look ahead to summer holidays in Europe and beyond

  10-01-2025 08:00
  
  From Turkey’s turquoise waters to a Corsican beach village, our tipsters’ thoughts turn to warmer climes in the months aheadSanta Lucia, on Sardinia’s north-east coast and part of the Siniscola municipality, has lovely beach bars, restaurants and coffee shops, yet doesn’t seem to be overrun by visitors. The village was founded centuries ago as a fishing community. No cruise ships stop here and its beaches are backed by pine and juniper. Across the bay is a wonderful view
  
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• The new trend helping us reclaim our attention

  09-01-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  Could a museum help you see things differently?
  
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• Data Security When Travelling

  09-01-2025 10:25 via breakingtravelnews.com
  People rely on mobile devices and public Wi-Fi networks to stay connected whenever they travel. This reliance leaves them vulnerable to breaches. Criminals understand that and use various methods to try to steal their gadgets, data, and identity.
  
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• Where tourists seldom tread, part 14: three English towns form the unlikely end of the Silk Road

  09-01-2025 08:00
  
  If you can’t make it to Samarkand or Xian, visit Jarrow, Lichfield or Southend at the other end of the historic trading routeWhere tourists seldom tread, parts 1-13Religion and mammon connect these three towns, linked as they are to Britain’s Christian heritage and to the ancient trade network that we now call the Silk Road. The British Museum’s Silk Roads exhibition (running until 23 February) concludes with the British Isles – the western extremity of the transport rout
  
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• The Revolution of Travel Technology Defined at FITUR 2025

  09-01-2025 07:58 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Organized by IFEMA MADRID, the International Tourism Trade Fair brings together over 100 pioneering companies in booking management technology from around the world, from January 22 to 26.
  
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• BAE Systems and Airbus collaborate on sustainable aircraft technology

  09-01-2025 07:40 via breakingtravelnews.com
  BAE Systems (LON: BA) has signed an agreement with Airbus to provide the energy storage system for Airbus’ microhybridization demonstration project for commercial aircraft. The two companies will advance sustainable aviation by maturing and integrating electrification technologies that can reduce aviation’s carbon footprint.
  
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• Sabre Corporation earns perfect score on Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index

  09-01-2025 07:05 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Sabre Corporation a leading software and technology provider powering the global travel industry, is proud to announce it has earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the first time. This prestigious recognition designates Sabre as one of the “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality.”
  
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• Championing SMEs with Travel4Impact

  08-01-2025 20:34 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Audrey Mourguiart is Head of Social Innovation at Amadeus and Project Lead of Travel4Impact, an initiative run by Amadeus and IE University, dedicated to supporting small and medium-sized sustainable enterprises (SMEs) in the travel and tourism industry. With a global scope, the programme reinforces its commitment to building a more sustainable, inclusive, and responsible travel ecosystem.
  
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• Study shows IT solutions can drive more sustainable operations by reducing CO2 emissions

  08-01-2025 17:42 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Estimates suggest that aviation accounts for two-to-three per cent of total global carbon emissions, a relatively small but still significant proportion.
  
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• An ironwoman's guide to Finland's best icy plunges

  08-01-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  Ice swimmer Elina Mäkinen has the lowdown on Finland's best ice bathing
  
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• Pembrokeshire’s wild north by train, bus and bike

  08-01-2025 08:00
  
  Overshadowed by St Davids and Tenby, the Welsh seaside town of Fishguard makes a great off-season base for coastal and country explorationIn Welsh mythology, Llŷr is the god of the sea. In his latest incarnation – a shimmering five-metre seahorse, keeping watch from Fishguard’s Marine Walk – he’s king of the Pembrokeshire coast.“I’m calling him Llŷr before anyone else names him,” local artist Gideon Petersen said as we gazed at his magnificent
  
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• Mews Acquires Clarity to Expand Operations in APAC and the UK

  08-01-2025 07:01 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Mews, the industry-leading hospitality cloud, today announces the acquisition of Clarity Hospitality Software Solutions.Clarity Hospitality Software Solutions (Clarity) was founded in New Zealand in 1992 to provide property and event management systems to upmarket properties and hotels. In 2016, Clarity opened its UK office and now provides its solutions and services to hundreds of hotel groups, event venues and independent hotels across APAC and the UK, managing thousands of rooms and maintaini
  
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