Eight host cities, four regions and one certainty: in Brazil, a passion for football is the starting point for a journey where accents, aromas and landscapes change at every stop. To introduce this diversity to audiences attending the first Women’s World Cup in South America in 2027, Visit Brasil launched “Brazil Beyond the Game”, its new international campaign, on 4 November at the World Travel Market (WTM) London.

European tourism demand held firm over the summer despite ongoing global uncertainty, according to the European Travel Commission’s (ETC) latest European Tourism: Trends & Prospects quarterly report (Q3/2026). International tourist arrivals increased by 3% compared with the same period in 2025, and the vast majority of destinations (80%) recorded more foreign visits than last year. The outlook, however, is increasingly shaped by forces beyond the sector’s control. Geopolitical and climate instability is pushing up prices and weakening travel confidence, while higher energy costs are set to squeeze household budgets and change how people travel in the months ahead.

AI- and tech-powered hospitality operator Bob W is making a major push into Portugal, unveiling a four-property, 190-unit expansion across Lisbon and Porto as it accelerates its growth into new European markets. The move marks a significant milestone in Bob W’s European expansion, with the operator committing to multiple properties across Lisbon and Porto as it enters the Portuguese market. Its first Portuguese location is scheduled to open in Q1 2027, with three further properties planned by the end of 2028.

Choosing a beach for a vacation involves much more than looking for crystal-clear waters and white sand. The distance from the airport, transfer time, and available transportation options also influence the traveler’s experience. In Jamaica, the comparison between Montego Bay and Negril illustrates how ground accessibility can vary between tourist destinations within the same country.

When clips of one natural disaster after another flood our social media feeds, it can feel impossible to know what to do. But Hong Kong climate activist Eugenia Chow Cheuk-yin says that rather than surrendering to climate anxiety, one can channel their fears into doing something productive for the earth. “One really grounded way of doing this is by getting into the community and volunteering on a farm,” says Chow as she stands among crops at a farm on the outskirts of Fanling, in Hong Kong’s New...

Who needs white tablecloths and four-course menus? From Filipino sandwiches in Melbourne to Cambodian cooking in New York, a new wave of Asian restaurants is giving executives fresh ways to sit down and talk shop The post Let’s Do Lunch, but Make it Pandesal, Padang and Prawns appeared first on Business Traveller.

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Hong Kong will continue to promote mega events and upgrade supporting facilities to bolster high-value tourism and the convention and exhibition industry, Paul Chan, financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said on Sunday.

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The first step in most beauty routines is no longer the first step. Shampoo has a prep step, and so do mascara, eye shadow, lipstick, nail polish and – as of fairly recently – perfume, turning prep products into their own aisle, all built on the idea that what you put on first changes what happens to everything after it. Primer got there before anything else. Silicone-based film formers were a make-up artist’s answer to a make-up artist’s problem: skin that had to hold up under lights, through a...