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Southwest Wants Travelers to Enter Airplane Mode, But Other Airlines Went Further

US, Oct. 5 -- Southwest Airlines is offering more than 185 million Rapid Rewards points in a campaign encouraging burned-out Americans to travel. But "Enter Airplane Mode" is hardly aviation's first a... Read More


Choice Hotels Hits 600 Extended Stay Hotels as Competition Heats Up

US, Oct. 5 -- Choice Hotels has opened its 600th extended-stay hotel, but the bigger story is a rapidly expanding hospitality sector attracting Marriott, Hilton, IHG, Hyatt, Wyndham, and independent o... Read More


Saudi Arabia Tourism Remains Open: What Travelers Should Know About Riyadh, Jeddah and Airline Suspensions

US, Oct. 4 -- Saudi Arabia is NOT closed That distinction is becoming increasingly important. Following reports of fire and smoke near a Saudi Aramco facility in Riyadh on October 3, Yemen's Houthis ... Read More


Global Aviation This Week: New Airline Routes, New CEOs and New Challenges

US, Oct. 3 -- New flights to India and Colombia, Alaska Airlines pushing Seattle onto the global aviation map, leadership changes from Bangkok to Oman and Scotland, and serious operational and geopoli... Read More


WTTC and ICC Could Give Tourism's Small Businesses Something They Rarely Have: A Global Voice

US, Oct. 2 -- The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) have signed a global partnership to strengthen small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Trav... Read More


Guam Brings the Fun to Tourism EXPO Japan as Show Goes Global with WTTC

US, Oct. 1 -- The Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) and its tourism partners used the September 24-27 event at Tokyo Big Sight to reach Japanese travelers, meet travel industry partners and promote Guam in o... Read More


Small Arizona Tour Company Takes Trump Administration to Court Over Foreign Visitor Fees

US, Sept. 30 -- Some of America's largest travel and tourism organizations have spent months warning Washington that new national park fees for international visitors could discourage travel to the Un... Read More


AI and Other Digital Technology Being Used to Transform Tourism Sector - Bartlett

US, Sept. 29 -- Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has stressed that artificial intelligence and other digital technology are being used to strategically transform Jamaica's tourism sector. Th... Read More


How Louise Birritteri Turned a Short-Term Rental Host's Insurance Problem into Pikl

US, Sept. 28 -- Pikl founder and CEO Louise Birritteri has grown a UK insurance business focused on the risks behind short-term rentals. In an eTurboNews executive interview, she explained how a conve... Read More


World Tourism Day 2026: AI Is Changing Travel, but Tourism Must Remain Human

US, Sept. 27 -- SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, September 27, 2026 - World Tourism Day 2026 is being officially celebrated today in El Salvador under the theme "Digital Agenda and Artificial Intelligence t... Read More