What is changing in a place, from access and rules to openings and seasons, and how to sell it now.
U.S. readers named Victoria the world's best small city for a fourth straight year. Four local hotels placed too, a ready-made shortlist for advisors.
Alicia Loveday · Oct 11, 2026 · 2 minContactless eGates started at East Midlands on 6 October and reach all UK airports by early 2027. British clients still need passports in hand.
Alicia Loveday · Oct 10, 2026India's new National Digital Tourism Stack aims to put 23,000 homestays and experiences on one open, AI-ready network by 2028. For DMCs and advisors, sourcing could get easier.
Oman Hassan · Oct 9, 2026Dubai's latest 'what's next' list mixes open hotels with undated ones. What clients can book this winter, what's still unconfirmed, and the event dates for November.
Oman Hassan · Oct 8, 2026Below Saint Lucia, an underwater sculpture park off Canaries, is due to open this winter. It gives advisors a cultural dive product beyond the Pitons.
Jessie Isberg · Oct 8, 2026A monument near the B.C. Legislature lists some 25,000 uprooted Japanese Canadians and their children. It reopens to visitors in November, adding a heritage stop to Victoria itineraries.
Jessie Isberg · Oct 7, 2026Flair's weekly Vancouver–Guanajuato flight, launched 3 October, is Canada's first nonstop to Mexico's Bajío, putting San Miguel de Allende within one flight of the West Coast.
Switzerland Tourism is pushing architecture as a reason to travel, and the buildings work as a self-guided rail route if clients plan around seasonal closing dates.
Since 1 October every visitor to mainland Tanzania needs a US$44 state insurance policy as well as their own cover. Build it into every safari confirmation now.
Oman Hassan · Oct 6, 2026UK arrivals lead Canada's overseas growth while US inbound slips. A cheaper permit, steady sterling and a new Heathrow day flight make Canada the long-haul pitch for 2027.
Andrew Lovesey · Oct 6, 2026The Art Gallery of Ontario opens a new modern wing and a full exhibition slate in 2027, giving advisors dated reasons to build Toronto culture trips from January to December.
Jessie Isberg · Oct 2, 2026Ottawa and the Northwest Territories have accepted the Mackenzie River’s nomination as a Canadian Heritage River. Each of…
Sonesta's new Young Royals programme brings crowns, quests and castle set-ups for kids to five Royal Sonesta hotels,…
Paradiso, the El Born bar behind a pastrami shop's fridge door, has won the Rémy Martin Legend of…
The government has ruled out charging overseas visitors at England's national museums. Inbound leaders now want the 28…
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