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  • Women’s Wellness Pioneer Adds Reset to its Bali Retreat Collection (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-25 05:28:20)
    Goddess Retreats, one of the world’s original women-only wellness retreats, has launched Reset Goddess, a new program at its Seminyak sanctuary built around open days, daily spa care and no fixed itinerary. Guests arrive with no goal beyond listening to what their body wants, whether that is a sunrise yoga class, an afternoon by the pool, a coastal walk, or simply doing nothing at all.
  • Cloudbeds and Klook Expand Distribution Opportunities for Hotels Across Asia Pacific (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-25 05:26:02)
    Cloudbeds, the hospitality management system built for ambitious hoteliers who demand more, today announced an integration with Klook, a leading platform for experiences and travel services in Asia Pacific. By connecting hotels with travelers across a broader trip-planning ecosystem, the partnership creates new opportunities to drive bookings and revenue through streamlined, automated distribution.Klook differentiates itself by bringing accommodation together with experiences, attractions, activities, local transport and travel essentials in one travel ecosystem. With a strong presence across markets including Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines, the platform gives Cloudbeds customers an opportunity to put their properties in front of travelers as they plan and book more of their trip in one place.
  • Anguilla advances luxury yachting strategy at Monaco Yacht Show (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-25 05:23:29)
    Anguilla is advancing its luxury yachting strategy at the Monaco Yacht Show 2026 this week, engaging directly with yacht owners, operators, developers and industry leaders while gathering insights to strengthen the island’s destination and port-of-entry experience.
  • Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai Celebrates 10 Years of Evolving Excellence in Central Vietnam (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-25 05:20:08)
    This December, Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai, Hoi An, Vietnam marks 10 years of extraordinary experiences, celebrating a journey that has shaped its place among the most iconic destinations in the region.Through the past decade, Four Seasons has continued to expand and evolve the ways in which travellers experience Central Vietnam—from thoughtfully refurbished villas to innovative dining concepts and immersive wellness retreats—while staying true to its original vision of locally rooted luxury.
  • Luxury Train Hub Brings Five Luxury Rail Operators Together in One Trade-Only Platform (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-25 05:16:02)
    Luxury Train Hub (LTH) has set out the current operator network available to travel agencies through its trade-only platform, which launched on 14 July 2026.The network covers five luxury rail operators and 13 individual trains, with published journeys with journeys across Europe, Africa, Asia, Central Asia and South America.
  • Royal Caribbean–Sandals Investment Highlights Opportunities Across Cruise and Land-Based Tourism (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-25 05:08:50)
    The proposed investment by Royal Caribbean Group in Sandals Resorts is highlighting the potential for cruise and land-based tourism partners to work more closely together, creating broader opportunities for travelers, destinations, businesses and communities across the Caribbean.Under the agreement announced yesterday, Royal Caribbean Group plans to acquire a 50% equity interest in Sandals and Beaches Resorts for approximately $3 billion. The companies said the transaction is expected to close in early 2027, subject to customary approvals and closing conditions.
  • Saleh Al Geziry: the destination-builder shaping Abu Dhabi’s tourism future (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-24 17:05:50)
    Named among Forbes Middle East’s leading travel and tourism figures for 2026, DCT Abu Dhabi’s Director General for Tourism has spent more than two decades turning destinations into experiences, and experiences into economic growth.
  • CHTA MARKS WORLD TOURISM DAY BY ADVANCING PRACTICAL AI ADOPTION ACROSS CARIBBEAN HOSPITALITY (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-24 14:40:07)
    This year’s World Tourism Day on September 27 carries the theme “Digital Agenda and Artificial Intelligence to Redesign Tourism,” framing AI as the industry’s next major transformation and asking how it can support smarter decision-making, stronger skills, and better-managed destinations. For the Caribbean, the opportunity is not technology for technology’s sake, but using AI in ways that strengthen competitiveness, improve productivity, support the workforce and enhance the distinctive experiences at the heart of the Caribbean hospitality and tourism industry.
  • Launch of SunRay Social & Swim Club expansion to SAii Lagoon Maldives (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-24 13:31:11)
    BTN attends the launch of SunRay Social Day club at SAii Lagoon Maldives, Curio Collection by Hilton
  • easyJet announces fourth based aircraft at London Southend Airport and new route to Rhodes (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-24 11:04:54)
    easyJet has today announced it will add a fourth based aircraft at London Southend Airport, further expanding its presence at the airport and supporting continued growth and jobs.Alongside the additional aircraft, easyJet has announced a new route from London Southend to Rhodes, providing customers across Essex and the wider region with even more choice for their summer holidays.The new service to the popular Greek island will commence on 27 April and operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays, providing convenient options for customers looking for a summer getaway.
  • Vietnam Airlines Partners with Visa and AWS to Advance Digital Transformation and AI (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-24 10:41:05)
    During the visit to the United States by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee and President To Lam, accompanied by a high-level Vietnamese delegation, Vietnam Airlines exchanged signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with Visa and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to strengthen cooperation in payments, travel, technology and data.
  • Finnair strengthens its Japan network and will operate up to three daily flights to Tokyo next summe (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-24 10:39:01)
    Finnair is responding to growing demand for travel to Asia, and Japan in particular, by increasing flights to Tokyo for the 2027 summer season. The airline will add frequencies on its Tokyo Narita route during the peak summer travel period, operating up to two daily flights to the destination. In addition, Finnair will continue to serve Tokyo Haneda Airport daily.
  • Wyndham Garden Expands Across Türkiye with New Hotels in Antalya and Istanbul (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-24 10:34:05)
    Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s largest hotel franchising companies, announced the opening of Wyndham Garden Antalya Konyaaltı, marking the latest addition to its Wyndham Garden portfolio in Türkiye, as the company prepares for the brand’s debut in Istanbul with the upcoming opening of Wyndham Garden İstanbul Tuzla Marina. Expected to open in October 2026, the 93-room hotel will extend Wyndham Garden’s presence into Türkiye’s largest city and strengthen the brand’s position across the country’s key urban and leisure markets.
  • WTTC, JATA and Tourism Expo Japan Join Forces to Drive Japan’s Global Tourism Growth (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-24 10:30:53)
    The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) and the Tourism EXPO Japan (TEJ) Executive Committee have joined forces to strengthen Japan’s position at the heart of the global Travel & Tourism community, signing a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) focused on collaboration, innovation, knowledge exchange and international engagement.WTTC President & CEO Gloria Guevara has signed the agreement alongside JATA Chairman Yuji Hara and Tourism EXPO Japan Executive Committee Chairperson Eijiro Yamakita, bringing together three leading organisations with a shared ambition to strengthen connections between Japan’s Travel & Tourism sector and the global industry. The agreement will create new opportunities for knowledge exchange, international dialogue, industry engagement and collaboration across the sector.
  • Breaking Travel News Q&A, Karen Campbell, Chief Executive Officer of Jayasom (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-24 10:26:20)
    In this Breaking Travel News Q&A, Karen Campbell, Chief Executive Officer of Jayasom, discusses the evolving wellness landscape, the changing expectations of today’s wellness travellers and the importance of creating experiences that deliver lasting benefits beyond the traditional holiday. She also shares her perspective on the opportunities shaping the future of wellness hospitality and how Jayasom is continuing to develop its distinctive approach in an increasingly dynamic international market.
  • BTN Trends: Travel insurance enters the booking journey as disruption reshapes traveller protection (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-24 09:54:29)
    Following Arabian Travel Market 2026, Breaking Travel News speaks directly with insurance and travel technology leaders about how repeated disruption is changing the role of travel protection, from a largely overlooked booking add-on to a more dynamic part of the traveller journey.
  • ATM 2026 in trends: Travel technology moves from ‘smart’ to useful (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-24 08:07:20)
    Following Arabian Travel Market 2026, Breaking Travel News speaks directly with technology and travel industry leaders about how AI, data and digital infrastructure are changing the traveller journey, and why the next stage of travel technology will be judged by what it enables rather than the technology itself.
  • Qatar Airways Brings Chef Behind Two-Michelin-Starred Restaurant Onboard for New UK Inflight Menu (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-24 06:36:09)
    Qatar Airways has launched a new signature onboard menu created by British chef, James Knappett, chef-patron and co-founder of two-Michelin-starred restaurant, Kitchen Table, in London.
  • Discover Dominica launches new destination training course for UK travel advisers (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-24 06:34:55)
    The Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) has just launched a new destination training course, via Online Travel Training (OTT), designed to give UK travel advisers both the knowledge - and the all-important necessary confidence - to sell the Caribbean Nature Island of Dominica to their clients.Now available on the OTT UK and US platforms, the self-paced course covers Dominica’s seven tourism pillars: Adventure, Health & Wellness, Romance, Aqua, Culture - Events & Entertainment - plus Agro and Kalinago.
  • Bob W signs long-term lease for 160-unit flagship office conversion in central Rotterdam (Breaking Travel News 2026-09-24 06:31:52)
    Bob W, the tech-powered hospitality operator, has signed a long-term lease agreement with Dudok Real Estate to repurpose four floors of office space at Weena 147 into a new 160-unit flagship property in the heart of Rotterdam.Bob W Rotterdam Central is targeted to open in summer 2027 and will occupy 5,169 sqm across floors six to nine of the mixed-use building. The floors, currently used as offices, will be converted into design-led Bob W accommodation, with additional guest areas at street level.