Global air demand fell 0.8% in August, dragged by a 14.6% drop at Middle East carriers. Gulf-hub routings and US domestic demand both need watching this winter.
Canadian drive trips to the US are recovering but still about a quarter below 2024, and New York State is offering incentives to win clients back this fall.
Jessie Isberg · Oct 1, 2026Dubai is reopening its outdoor season and touring Canada next week. Canadian advisors pitching it must also present an elevated travel advisory and a recovery still under way.
Oman Hassan · Oct 1, 2026Antarctic visitor totals dipped in 2025–26, but landings rose 6 percent and cluster at a few sites, so the scarce product is the small ship with good landings.
Virtuoso's advisors say luxury clients now open with a budget, not a place. Vietnam, Egypt and Turkey win the swap, but the currency maths needs checking first.
Jeff Cameron · Oct 1, 2026Multigenerational travel is Virtuoso's No. 1 trend and expedition cruising No. 3; where they meet, the sale becomes a whole ship or lodge, not a cabin.
Virtuoso advisors rank Japan No. 1 for 2027, ahead of Italy for the first time. Price Kyoto's new hotel tax into quotes and book spring now.
U.S. readers named Victoria the world's best small city for a fourth straight year. Four local hotels placed…
Ottawa 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…
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