Tourism stories
Travellers will gain local bank transfers and wallets in eight Asia Pacific markets from 2026 as airlines chase faster-growing digital payments.
Brands and agencies can now track footfall trends with cleansed, fraud-checked data across more than 940,000 venues in North America.
Visitors to Baku's UNESCO-listed Old City may soon use one app for navigation, tickets and payments under a new digital services pact.
Travellers could now book more of a trip in one app as the platform adds hotels, car hires and World Cup activities.
More travellers are avoiding roaming fees by activating eSIMs before departure, with half now using them for overseas trips, Ubigi said.
DataIQ says six women feature in its North America top 10 for 2026 as data and AI chiefs shift from analytics to business decisions.
The overhaul aims to cut manual workarounds and give the Northern Territory group a clearer view across airports, hotels and property.
Cost-of-living pressure is pushing households towards cheaper indulgences, with personal care, digital goods and travel holding up best.
Travellers increasingly using conversational search could redirect hotel bookings away from metasearch and OTAs as AI tools surface live rates.
Festivalgoers will play across eight zones in Adelaide as the Canadian format makes its Australian debut with tickets from USD $15 to USD $30.
Hidden fees and loose budgeting left New Zealanders more than NZD $700 million out of pocket on overseas trips last year.
Avoided flood losses in Manhattan's Rockaway Peninsula could hit USD $800 million, strengthening the case for resilience spending.
Travellers face costly border delays when chatbot visa advice is wrong, as one solo backpacker learned at the Vietnam-Cambodia crossing.
The interactive route gives schools and the public access to archive material, helping them trace the Grand Canal's history from Dublin to Shannon Harbour.
Disruptions to key sea lanes are increasingly shaping freight costs, energy markets and supply chains, students at Galgotias University were told.
Britons are favouring live events and other real-world outings, with Mastercard research showing many will cut back on gadgets and streaming.
Improving demand and higher interest-rate relief helped New Zealand small businesses post 3.9% sales growth in the March quarter.
Passengers at Phu Quoc International Airport will soon use self-service processing as a new terminal lifts annual capacity to 24 million.
Diners in New Zealand can now skip several booking sites as Search surfaces tables with live availability and links straight to reservations.
The installation should meet about a fifth of the airport’s power needs and cut annual carbon emissions by 355,056kg.
