The Lotus Institute’s High-Tech And Modern Clinic Opened Up In April 2016

West End and Broadway stars Alfie Boe and Lea Salonga will come together in South Africa for the first Spotlight event, a brand-new international series of destination experiences bringing together the world’s greatest musical theatre performers and some of the world’s most remarkable destinations.

Visit Orlando is strengthening its presence in the U.K., Orlando’s No. 1 overseas international market, through an integrated campaign that combines consumer advertising, an experiential activation, national holiday giveaway and dedicated travel trade events. The initiative includes Play Your Way to Orlando, a free Orlando-themed mini golf experience at Westfield Stratford City in London from 23 – 25 October, followed by Elevate Orlando Live events for travel advisors and industry partners in London and Dublin.

Forget the jam-packed travel itinerary. In 2027, travellers will be less interested in seeing and doing more – and far more interested in feeling better, going deeper and experiencing travel on their own terms. That is the headline finding from Lemongrass Marketing’s 2027 Travel Trend Report, which identifies 15 interconnected trends set to shape the global travel and hospitality industry over the next 12 months.

Forget passive fly-and-flop holidays: Modern travellers are using algorithms, clever stopovers, and multimodal transit to squeeze every last drop of adventure and experience out of their time away. The post Travel Trends: The Art of Travelmaxxing appeared first on Business Traveller.

From first-minute micro-details to auditing his company’s own inspectors, Gardinier tells Yi-Hwa Hanna what it takes to champion authentic individuality while curating soul-led luxury hospitality The post A Matter of Taste: An Interview With Relais & Châteaux’s Laurent Gardinier appeared first on Business Traveller.

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On Monday 23rd November, the Swiss capital’s UNESCO-listed Old Town will be transformed for the Zibelemärit, or Onion Market: a centuries-old folk festival that sees more than 200 stalls and thousands of visitors descend on the city for one of Switzerland’s quirkiest annual traditions. Farmers arrive in the early hours with elaborately braided plaits, colourful onion wreaths and market stalls piled high with local produce, while the streets fill with confetti battles, live music and festivities. Glühwein flows from before sunrise and the scent of onions fills the Old Town, with restaurants serving serving Zwiebelkuchen (traditional onion tart), onion soup and sausages, alongside Magenbrot and roasted almonds.

Riyadh Air's Jakarta service will start with three weekly flights on a four-cabin Dreamliner, with more frequencies promised once demand builds The post Jakarta to Riyadh Nonstop: Riyadh Air Opens Bookings Ahead of 16 November Launch appeared first on Business Traveller.

The African Travel and Tourism Association (ATTA®) has unveiled a new leadership structure as it brings its membership and events operations together under one unified ATTA® brand and not-for-profit organisation. The move will see ATTA® and ATTA® Group Events (AGE) operate as one organisation, bringing the association’s membership community and growing portfolio of trade events together as part of its renewed strategy for supporting and growing tourism across Africa.

Namibian desert homes filled with sand. Japanese islands overtaken by greenery. These may sound like fiction, but are just some of the abandoned places on earth consumed by nature.

From her early days at Dubai Deira Creek to her 20-year career in regional leadership, the veteran hotel marketer talks tech, travel, and trust The post “Good Hospitality Remains Personal”: Radisson’s Stephanie Aboujaoude On Why Local Teams Drive Authentic Brand Success appeared first on Business Traveller.

Martin Yan Man-tat first appeared on Canadian television in 1978 as a fresh, enthusiastic 29-year-old chef eager to teach people about Cantonese cooking. He has since become one of the culinary world’s most renowned figures, recognised for his cooking show Yan Can Cook and catchphrase, “If Yan can cook, so can you!” Nearly 50 years on, the celebrity chef – who was born in Guangzhou, moved to Hong Kong as a teenager and later left for Canada and the United States – remains as zealous as ever in...