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German vacation rental marketplace HomeToGo recorded profits on an adjusted basis for the first time in a second quarter, and the company claims that it got there by improving its marketing spend, growing its subscriptions business for partners, and attracting repeat business.

Good morning, readers. I hope you’re having an easy Thursday so far. I don’t know about you, but I am loving the new look of this newsletter, so much so that I sent myself multiple test emails this morning.

Welcome to a brand new week, folks! I would say I hope you’re keeping warm, except I find myself wiping droplets of sweat off my keyboard on this 89 degree day in Mumbai. 

SATA Air Açores registered a significant increase of approximately 37% in the number of passengers carried during the third quarter, in comparison to the pre-pandemic year of 2019.

In 2022, MIA was the world’s 8th busiest airport in total flights and ranked 10th among the world’s busiest airports in on-time performance at 74%, according to the Official Airline Guide.

With just over two weeks for winter travellers to start their vacations, in anticipation of a record winter tourist season,Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism says: “This surge in airlift represents an increase of 13 percent over winter 2022/2023, where we recorded a whopping 923,000 airline seats.”

Alexandre Chapellier, 42, likes to say that he created his Parisian clothing and accessories brand, Cinabre — which sells velvet-trimmed dressing gowns and patterned silk neckties — in 2011 as an antidote to old-school luxury houses that take themselves too seriously. That lighthearted spirit is on display at the label’s new flagship, a combination boutique, office, atelier and two-suite minihotel now open for booking. One enters the four-story spot, located in a neo-Classical Ninth Arrondissement building, through a tent made from the same blue striped Pierre Frey fabric that adorns the walls of Napoleon’s Château de Malmaison. Inside, a vintage Denon DP-3000 turntable and Continental Edison speakers blast 1970s funk.

Holland America Line has seen record-breaking Black Friday bookings for the second year in a row in the United States. The cruise line saw a reported 20% more Black Friday bookings than last year and 23% higher for the period from Black Friday through to Cyber Monday.

A highly anticipated Scottish outpost for W Hotels is officially open in Edinburgh.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) estimated that this Thanksgiving holiday would be a whopper.

Traveling during the holidays is stressful enough and every little obstacle along the way can feel amplified. While many factors can play a part in flight interruptions and delays, a new study by Upgraded Points takes a look back at nearly a decade of historical data spanning 2014 to 2022 to find out which airports tend to have the best and worst track records for punctuality during the holiday season.

More than 2.9 million travelers passed through airports across the United States on Sunday, breaking the Transportation Security Administration’s record for the most travelers in a single day. 

Chase has a partnership with Gopuff, a delivery service that can bring you groceries, home essentials and more to your door. Eligible Chase credit cardholders can receive up to $10 in statement credits on Gopuff purchases each month.

It's official: There's a new record-setting giant in the cruise world.

You don’t need to put on a tuxedo to try Fraser & Thompson whiskey but it wouldn’t be out of place either. Grammy-award winning singer Michael Bublé teamed up with Master Distiller and Blender Paul Cirka to create this ‘North America’ whiskey named in tribute to two rivers in Canada where Bublé spent time with his beloved grandfather growing up. I spoke with Bublé about this special relationship, the challenge of selling whiskey after selling 75 millions albums and how he almost became a snack for some polar bears.

After almost 30 years together, 24 million records sold and one billion song streams, frontman Gavin Rossdale and his band Bush have released ‘ Loaded: The Greatest Hits 1994-2023 .’ In addition to a passion for cooking and his own clothing line , Rossdale has taken on the issue of gun violence in America by playing a series of shows to benefit Artists For Action — including a combined concert with Sheryl Crow, Billie Eilish and Peter Gabriel. I met with Rossdale at Double Chicken Please in New York where we discussed what drew him to this issue, his favorite drinks and why you may want him on your jury if you’re in serious trouble.

Taylor Swift has set pretty much every record in the book this year, thanks to her unprecedented Eras Tour. The three and a half hour extravaganza covers 17 years of her music and fans are traveling around the world to experience it in person.

St. Pete/Clearwater closed out the year with a strong September, generating a 2.4% increase in hotel bed tax funds  compared to September 2022, despite Hurricane Idalia’s impact on the destination during Labor Day weekend.  

The European cities with the largest pipelines at the close of the quarter are led by London with 79 projects/14,078 rooms and Istanbul, up 20% by projects YOY with a record 48 projects, accounting for 7,936 rooms. Next is Lisbon, with 37 projects/4,070 rooms, then Dublin with 34 projects and a record 6,492 rooms, and Dusseldorf with 30 projects/5,465 rooms.

The city of Dubai has reinforced its position as a major global tourism with its impressive H1 visitor results recently announced from Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) and Crown Prince and Chairman of The Executive Council Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Among the provinces and territories, Nova Scotia recorded the highest October occupancy level (75.0%), which was 6.3% below 2022.