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It's normal for airlines to lose some of our bags in transit—about 7.6 pieces per every 1,000 travelers on average. One airport, though—Japan's Kansai airport—has not lost anyone's bags in the last 30 years, and the airport handled 10 million bags in 2023 alone.

In April, Cooper Wallace, a nine-year-old boy from the U.K., went viral after winning the final of the Gull Screeching Championship. Despite seeming niche, the event had a huge turnout of visitors from all over Europe and led to a peak in searches on Google for the tournament and its main vocal activity.

After several years of daunting challenges, the hotel industry has rebounded with a vigor and now is on a record run of new and refurbished hotels. The major groups have recorded a sizeable number of openings and rooms in 2023, and are forecasting equally dynamic expansion in 2024, according to the Hospitality ON website. For example:

Are you looking to take a cruise between now and the end of the year? We have some bad news: You might have a tough time finding a cabin — at least if you want a specific type of room on a specific ship.

Myth distorts any city’s musical history, and in Manchester myth looms as large as the new Co-op Live, a £365m, 23,500-capacity mega-venue that opens today and will soon be staging big-name acts, including Take That. So, for every occasion a music fan mentions the hit-making boy band or, for that matter, 10cc or the Hollies, a thousand more bark back: Joy Division, the Fall, Happy Mondays. Not that 10cc were a small Manc band, but they peaked before punk and a wall went up at the end of the 1970s that relegated all that had passed prior to 4 June 1976 – the night the Sex Pistols performed at the Lesser Free Trade Hall – to prehistory, as in dinosaurs, fossils, folk musicians. New hagiographies about music impresario Tony Wilson (1950-2007) are no doubt at the printers as I write. But how about we spend half an hour mooching round the Rainy City aboard the free buses and trams in search of the underplayed, surprising and tangential – with a few Gen X/6 Music standards for when we’re stuck at the lights.

The World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2024 Economic Impact Research (EIR) has revealed a record-breaking year for Travel & Tourism in the UAE, with new records achieved across key metrics including the sector’s GDP contribution, jobs and visitor spend.

Qatar’s Hamad International Airport has, for the second consecutive year, been voted the world’s best airport for shopping at the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2024 which took place last week. The accolade is an affirmation of a determination at the Qatar Airways hub to create a world-class retail destination ever since its inception in April 2014.

As a born-and-raised Canadian, I’m often surprised by how little people know about my country.

On Location is a column that lifts the curtain on the destinations behind the season’s most exciting new releases, from film and television to music.

Uber is offering more peace of mind to riders with an update to its safety features.

Despite being hit with a 7.4 magnitude earthquake Wednesday morning, travel is largely operating normally throughout Taiwan at the time of publication.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has partnered to bring extended-stay brand WaterWalk's 11 properties into its portfolio.

Airline had record operating revenue, advanced strategic initiatives.

All three new hires have deep experience in the PR, technology, property and hospitality industries.

The Hungarian gateway continues efforts to culminate an extensive network which now encompasses 122 cities and 130 airports, served by 39 airline partners.

Your ultimate course of action, whether you get a lawyer or not, should be guided by your injuries and the circumstances of the accident.

The hotel industry's growing embrace of extended-stay travel isn't slowing down.

Royal Caribbean has a secret to its smashing success.

Clockwise from top left: Christina Jelski of Travel Weekly, Rauni Kew of the Inn by the Sea in Maine, Joel Morales of Castlerock Asset Management and host Rebecca Tobin talk about their programs to incorporate dogs into the lobby scene of their hotels.

This spring break, travelers may want to pack sunscreen, sunglasses, and lots of patience. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently shared guidance that they predict a six percent increase in passenger screenings for this spring break season, versus the same time in 2023. If those estimates hold true, this would be one of the busiest spring break ever.  “TSA screened a record number of passengers in 2023, and we expect that trend to continue this year,” the TSA’s Administrator David Pekoske said in a news release. For travelers navigating airports, the TSA says the busiest travel days will be between March 7 and March 25.

Aena exceeds pre-pandemic EBITDA levels one year earlier than scheduled in the Strategic Plan 2022-2026.