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And now, Take 2: the new Met Gala exhibition will celebrate everyday garments and materials such as jeans and puffer jackets, paper and plastic – and how fashion designers transform them. The new theme sounds about as far as can be imagined from the glittering, elaborate designs of John Galliano, the British designer who was originally the subject of the Met’s fashion exhibition next spring – before that idea was scuttled amid an outcry over his past antisemitic statements. The replacement show...

Following the opening of Brasserie Europe at Le Plaza in June, the cultural destination is now gearing up to open Cinéma-Hôtel Le Plaza on 04 December 2026, marking a major milestone for the project. This will then be followed by the opening of the reimagined historic Plaza Centre Cinéma on 22 April 2027, completing the transformation of this iconic architectural landmark.

Portugal has been high on the wish list of Rail Europe’s travel trade partners for some time. Now, with Comboios de Portugal (CP) integrated into its B2B platform, agents can book Portuguese rail services through the same channels they already use for other European train journeys.

TUI is adding five hotels to its TUI BLUE portfolio for UK customers in Croatia, Madeira and Egypt, across summer 2027 and summer 2028. TUI BLUE Diane in Croatia and TUI BLUE Calheta Beach in Madeira join for summer 2027. In Egypt, TUI BLUE Vistamar and TUI BLUE Makadi Oasis also join in summer 2027, with TUI BLUE Palace Sharm following in summer 2028.

This festive season, Orient Express unveils “A Journey, Written to Last”, a cinematic celebration of the journeys, encounters and gestures that become lasting memories. At the heart of the campaign, a film unfolds like a story told through letters, following a guest on an evocative journey across three extraordinary worlds: Orient Express La Minerva in Rome, Orient Express Venezia and La Dolce Vita Orient Express.

Breakfree Holidays, the family-owned British travel business offering affordable holidays across the UK and Europe, has unveiled a bold new brand identity and website as the next generation of the Sakal family sets out to challenge outdated perceptions of holiday parks and introduce the business to a wider, younger audience. Having helped more than 20 million people enjoy a holiday, and with roots dating back to 1989, Breakfree Holidays is embarking on a new chapter, combining its longstanding commitment to affordability with a bold new identity, an enhanced digital booking experience and an extensive portfolio spanning British coastal escapes, European holiday parks, cottages, lodges, hotels and boating holidays.

Hanoi recorded the fastest growth in accommodation searches among solo travelers in 2026, with searches rising 22% in the second half of the year, according to digital travel platform Agoda. The finding arrives as 11.11 Singles Day celebrates the joy of doing things independently, from treating yourself to a trip to setting your own itinerary. Agoda’s accommodation search data shows that Tokyo, Bangkok and Seoul were the most popular destinations for solo travelers according to searches made between July and October 2026, followed by Osaka and Kuala Lumpur rounding out the top five.

Nigel Ng Kin-ju is in Los Angeles, adjusting a coffee grinder and apologising for the noise, when he tries to account for the past seven years over the phone. The voice on the line is his own – not the exaggerated Cantonese-inflected pidgin English of Uncle Roger, his orange-polo-wearing alter ego who famously roasted a BBC egg-fried rice tutorial in 2020 – but the measured, faintly amused tone of a 35-year-old Malaysian who still seems to be watching his own plot unfold from a slight...

Internationally acclaimed pianist Yuja Wang has denied making a last-minute change to a recent performance in Hong Kong that led to full refunds to concertgoers, saying the organiser was told weeks in advance about the revision and that she refused to be a “scapegoat” over the controversy. But Premiere Performances of Hong Kong said it was first told in the last week of October that Wang would withdraw one of the two concertos, and that its team had continued negotiating for alternative...

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The ‌FAA issued a nationwide ground stop on Friday that halted nearly all departing flights for almost five hours. It was the longest nationwide halt to air travel since the attacks of September 11, 2001 and one of the single worst US travel days ever.

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