All-inclusive ski holidays and Arctic adventures are among the fastest-growing travel trends for UAE residents this winter, according to the latest booking data from dnata Travel. The company is seeing growing demand for snow-based holidays and cooler-climate escapes across Europe and Asia. Japan has entered dnata Travel’s top five most-booked international destinations for winter 2026/27 to date, while Finland, France, Switzerland, and Georgia are recording some of the strongest year-on-year increases in bookings and climbing the company’s top 20 winter destinations ranking.

Aethos invites travellers to rediscover autumn in Italy — from a final stretch of alpine summer and Sardinia’s coast before it closes for the year, to Milan’s autumn programming and the harvest season in Umbria’s hills.

FCM Travel has launched Meetings & Events services in Hong Kong as part of its Greater China expansion. The move comes as Hong Kong’s MICE sector recorded 2.51 million visitors in 2025, while FCM’s M&E business across Greater China nearly doubled year on year in FY26. Peter Chau has been appointed Meetings & Events Manager, Hong Kong.

London, Paris and Amsterdam are among the most popular European city breaks for customers travelling this autumn and winter, while New York and Boston top the list of transatlantic destinations, according to new Aer Lingus booking data. Aer Lingus recently launched of one of its biggest sales of the year, offering savings across its global network. The airline is offering discounts on millions of seats across over 100 routes, giving customers the opportunity to plan their next getaway for less.

With approximately six in ten international visitors reaching its shores through Dubai, Doha or Abu Dhabi, Seychelles Tourism Board is placing the GCC at the centre of its strategy for high-value, sustainable tourism at Arabian Travel Market 2026. The destination’s participation is anchored by plans to sign an MoU with Emirates, stronger engagement with the regional travel trade and a renewed ambition to introduce Middle Eastern travellers to a Seychelles experience that extends far beyond its world-famous beaches.

On September 12, Guojiawan Village in Yuping Dong Autonomous County, southwest China's Guizhou Province hosted its ninth annual rice harvest opening ceremony.

Despite a title that sounds like a barked order, “You Must Change Your Life” may be one of the most sensitive, nuanced and fulfilling biennale shows in recent memory. And no, this is not just the relief of a smaller, less foot-blistering marathon of a show than usual, though that too is very much part of the curatorial philosophy. The strong selection of artworks in the main exhibition of the 16th Gwangju Biennale is blessedly free of the moralising, clichéd tone that taints so many recent...

Baojing Dong Village in Guizhou is witnessing one of the most poetic moments of the year.

A blazing bonfire, Mongolian singing and dancing, and dazzling fireworks... a bonfire party on the Hulunbuir Grasslands in Inner Mongolia is filled with joy and excitement.

Over six years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the federal government is still trying to track down billions of dollars sent to Canadians who were later found to be ineligible for benefits. According to a new report, much of that burden still rests on low-income Canadians.