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One hotel in Singapore is offering a refund equivalent to one night's stay if it rains during your time there and, as a result, you cannot take part in a planned activity. It's not the first time that hotels have offered rain refunds but in the midst of a climate crisis, it begs the question whether we'll see an increasing amount of insurance products paying out for weather events.

A luxury "glamping" site in the UK that claimed to offer "utter peace and tranquillity" has been ordered to close following a series of noise complaints, The Guardian reported.

If you’re headed to Spain, there’s a chance there may be more trains—instead of planes—in your itinerary.

The Japanese city of Kyoto is banning tourists from some private alleys in its geisha district.

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Japan’s Mount Fuji is implementing a daily visitor cap and charging a fee in an effort to limit tourism to the popular site.

Some states are better than others when it comes to providing quality healthcare and protections for women.

Over 14 million Americans will witness North America's total solar eclipse on April 8 while staying in a recreational vehicle, according to the RV Industry Association, after a surge in bookings and rentals.

Two fatal crashes. Quality concerns and production slowdowns. A loose panel that blew out during a flight. Boeing is an American institution that has contributed to the country’s place on the global stage. But it is also weathering a particularly difficult period.

Earnings season came and went for the world's largest hotel companies, and it's that time of the year when each of the publicly traded entities shares its annual report.

What makes one passport more powerful than another? The best-known passport ranking, from London-based investment migration consultancy Henley & Partners, focuses solely on visa-free travel. Essentially, the more countries a citizen can visit without a visa, the better. In that ranking, six nations—France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain—tie for the top position, with 194 visa-free destinations apiece. (In 2024, the U.S. is tied for sixth, with 189.)

Delta has become the third major airline over the past two weeks to raise its checked-bag fees.

As we reported last week, Delta Air Lines has now made several options available for Delta SkyMiles members who were sitting on excess Medallion Qualification Miles.

In 2023, the Federal Trade Commission received 2.6 million fraud reports totaling $10 billion lost to scams, the highest annual loss ever reported. Of those reports, the overwhelming majority were imposter scams where a fraudster impersonates a bank's fraud department, the government, a business, a relative, a love interest or a technical support representative.

A Breeze Airways flight diverted after a passenger's laptop caught fire, the Aviation Herald first reported.

The Norwegian Dawn had been scheduled to dock in Port Louis on Sunday, but since it had not gone to Reunion Island, it arrived in Port Louis a day earlier, the Mauritius Ports Authority said.

Annual State of the Food & Beverage Tourism (SOTI) Industry report serves as a bellwether of food and beverage tourism industry trends, and is one of our industry’s most anticipated annual reports.

In January 2024, O‘ahu had the largest vacation rental supply at 209,200 available unit nights (+11.6% vs. 2023, -19.5% vs. 2019).

Internal promotions grow careers and talent pipeline.

For the first time, there were no hull losses or fatal accidents involving passenger jet aircraft in 2023.

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