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Thailand is on its way to legalizing casinos, a move seen as crucial to revitalize the country’s tourism sector and attract substantial foreign investment.

If you want solid value from your Amex points, transferring them to partner hotel or airline loyalty programs is often your best bet.

Indian carrier IndiGo announced on Monday it would be launching business class service for the high-demand Delhi-Mumbai route. The new top-tier cabin is due to start in mid-November.

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Aug 3, 2024 • 10 min read

CrowdStrike said Delta did not accept its offer of onsite help during the carrier’s meltdown that led to thousands of flight cancellations and delays. 

Twenty years after the founding of Kayak, the travel price comparison site plugged a major hole in its offering, and has started showing Southwest Airlines fares to leisure travelers.

At the urging of labor activists in the late 19th century, Congress declared a national holiday on the first Monday in September to celebrate the hard workers of the United States. Now, 130 years later, Labor Day has become more widely known as a three-day weekend celebration that officially ends summer. And it's often seen as travelers' last chance to hit the open road, hop on a plane or book a staycation at a nearby hotel to grab one last dose of sunny R&R before the kids go back to school, the days grow shorter and pumpkin spice season begins.

The days of fumbling around for your driver's license at the security checkpoint are slowly coming to an end.

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British Airways released its newest in-flight safety video in late July, styled as a classic British period drama, along the lines of "Bridgerton" and "Pride and Prejudice."

Wife carrying championships, wine marathon and lake leaping contest top alternative summer sports Brits want to travel to Mud Olympics in Germany, Hobby Horse Championships in Finland and famous British Cheese rolling also feature on the list

Hiking and kayaking in the daytime? Fun and invigorating. But under a full moon, those activities can be transcendent. Gazing at blue skies is pleasant — but rather ordinary. Looking up at the night sky, on the other hand, feels as though deep mysteries may be revealed.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tim Winkler, a recent graduate from Germany taking a gap year to travel. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

Singapore’s Changi Airport – the world’s most awarded airport with 680 awards to its name – has today released new figures for the first half of 2024, showcasing sustained post-Covid recovery. Changi Airport registered 33 million passenger movements from January to June 2024, representing 99.4% recovery in passenger numbers compared to the same period in 2019, and exceeding 2023 figures at 120%.

The immersive audiovisual exhibition Pilsner Urquell: The Original Beer Experience, where the story of the famous Pilsner beer comes to life in a completely unique way, celebrates one year since its opening in the historic building on Wenceslas Square. The exhibition was visited by hundreds of thousands of visitors and it became one of the top 5 most visited tourist attractions in Prague.

UN Tourism and TUI Care Foundation have solidified their ongoing partnership by signing an agreement at the UN Tourism headquarters in Madrid. The agreement focuses on empowering artists and artisans, particularly women and youth, in rural tourism destinations in Africa. With this new agreement, TUI Care Foundation becomes the first partner to support the pilot phase of the Tourism for Rural Development Small Grants Programme by UN Tourism.

A year after a wildfire ripped through Maui and devastated parts of Lahaina Town, tourism has yet to recover — even though right now might be a great time to visit, according to the general manager of the resort where season one of HBO's "The White Lotus" was filmed.

Although certain parts of Spain can be overcrowded with tourists, I've found some lesser-visited spots that shouldn't be overlooked.

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