Dubai move to improve UK trade relations
Linsey McNeill - Feb 11, 2026
Dubai is aiming to strengthen its relationship with the UK travel trade via the appointment of a new trade…
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Singapore tourism chief calls for improved customer service
Ian Jarrett - Feb 11, 2026
Spending by tourists in Singapore jumped by almost half last year as the opening of the city-state's first two casino…
Bali: No hard feelings over minister’s comment
Ian Jarrett - Feb 11, 2026
The Bali Hotels’ Association (BHA) says it has no hard feelings about a call from Australia’s federal tourism minister Martin…
Encouraging view for Queensland recovery
Ian Jarrett - Feb 11, 2026
Queensland’s tourism industry may recover faster than expected, says a tourism academic. Associate Professor Noel Scott, from the University of…
It’s official: snow stopped play
Dinah - Feb 10, 2026
Heavy snow caused a sharp decline in travel in and out of the UK in December, capping off a…
Axe falls on VisitBritain staff
Dinah - Feb 10, 2026
VisitBritain is to make 70 redundancies in response to last October’s government announcement that its funding was to be…
Manila police accused of tourist scam
Ian Jarrett - Feb 09, 2026
Five Philippine policemen who forced a German tourist to buy them laptop computers by threatening him with false drug and…
Be a cowboy king in…Florida
David - Feb 09, 2026
You probably haven’t considered Florida as a “wild west” destination but there are thousands of acres of ranch land and…
Surprise: When US government says don’t go
David - Feb 09, 2026
Three days after the first demonstrations in Egypt, the US State Department issued a “travel alert.” That soon became a…
Tunisia: at last, a silver lining
Dinah - Feb 09, 2026
There was a 19% uplift in interest in Tunisia on review site Tripadvisor in the four days after the…
Agent study shows impact of APD on sales
Bev - Feb 09, 2026
Bookings to the Caribbean are down 20%, according to The Co-operative Travel. The agency chain studied 30,000 bookings made since…
Ryanair hits the headlines after ‘mutiny’ on board
Bev - Feb 09, 2026
Ryanair has hit the international headlines again this week after a ‘mutiny’ on board one of its flights. According to…
