A Star is Born! MICHELIN honours La Maison 1888 in Danang with two prestigious awards

Becoming the top tourism boss for Anaheim ought to be a fairy tale dream, given that Disney plans to invest $2 billion in enhancing the city’s flagship attraction there. But Mike Waterman, who was named CEO ofVisit Anaheim in April, has some tough issues to tackle.

In the heart of the Caribbean, anticipation is building for the prestigious World Travel Awards Caribbean & The Americas Ceremony, scheduled for July 1st at the luxurious Sandals St Vincent and the Grenadines resort. This eagerly awaited event promises to be a dazzling celebration of excellence in the tourism and hospitality industries, set against the backdrop of one of the region’s newest and most stunning destinations.

In the early 1870s, an émigré painter watched from a railway footbridge as a steam engine left a station on London’s suburban fringe. His name was Camille Pissarro and he was developing a style of plein-air painting that would soon be called “Impressionism.”

It's been only a few weeks since The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection shared images of Ilma, the second ship in its fleet. Now, the luxury sailing arm of Marriott Bonvoy is back with news on the collection's third ship: the Luminara.

India’s leading financial services company Paytm has partnered with travel aggregators Skyscanner, Google Flights, and Wego to enhance its travel segment offerings. 

World Ski Awards – the only global initiative programme to recognise, reward and celebrate excellence in ski tourism – has opened the race for votes for its 2024 programme. A wealth of new entries feature this year, the 12th annual edition, reflecting the momentum of the global ski industry. Voting is now open and runs for 16 weeks, ending on 11 October. Ski industry professionals, the media, and ski consumers from around the world are invited to cast their votes to decide which ski organisations are this year’s leaders in their respective fields.

WHY IT RATES: World of Hyatt members will soon be able to have more choices when they book accommodations in New Orleans, both part of the Independent Collection of brands. — Lacey Pfalz, Associate Writer, TravelPulse

As the daily homepage for travel, our team is continuously reporting and seeking out the individuals, teams and organizations who are shaping the industry’s future. These innovators were the inspiration for creating Skift IDEA Awards all the way back in 2019, as we committed to providing a platform to celebrate the impactful and inspiring projects from brands, agencies and tech companies that solve traveler challenges, inspire change and contribute to the future of the travel industry.

Early in the COVID pandemic and at a time when travel cancellations were on the rise, Google said it wanted to “help Hotel ads partners minimize risk while driving future bookings in a responsible manner.” To do that, it expanded an advertising option known as Commissions (per stay) that let hotel partners only pay a commission on their ads after the guest stay had occurred.Now, nearly four years later and as international travel is approaching pre-pandemic levels, according to UN Tourism, Google has announced that on October 31, 2024 it will end Commissions (per stay) and another low-risk ad product, Commissions (per conversion), which launched in 2018.

In December 2023, the State Department said it had brought passport processing times to their pre-pandemic levels of six to eight weeks. Two moves in the past two weeks could help bring them down further.

Staying connected while off the grid is getting even easier.

Lighthouse, a startup best known for helping hotels and short-term rentals analyze their market demand, rates, and positioning, has bought HQ Revenue, the companies said on Thursday.