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  1. Pinchain Tourism

    China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism Issues Mid-Autumn and National Day Holiday Travel Advisory

    Ahead of the 2026 Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a travel advisory urging tourists to prepare thoroughly, monitor weather and traffic conditions along routes and at destinations, and check scenic-area opening arrangements and ticket reservation requirements in advance. It advises against visiting undeveloped or unsafe areas and tells outbound travellers to monitor destination safety conditions and avoid high-risk regions. The advisory also calls for stronger safety precautions: checking vehicles before self-driving trips, avoiding fatigued or drunk driving, wearing seatbelts in vehicles and life jackets on boats, and observing fire-safet…

  2. TravelDaily China

    Century Cruises' Yangtze Flagship Century Vision Debuts with New Premium Experience

    Century Cruises' new Yangtze flagship, Century Vision, held its maiden voyage ceremony at Chongqing's Chaotianmen on 21 September 2026, joining the Century Premium fleet. The same day, Century Cruises launched its 'Century Premium Brand Experience' centred on dining and service, covering four-day/three-night Chongqing-Yichang and five-day/four-night Yichang-Chongqing itineraries. The Yangtze fleet will form three product tiers: Century Select, Century Premium and Century Luxury. Century Vision is 149.99 metres long, 15,000 gross tonnes, with seven decks, 236 cabins and a maximum capacity of 650 passengers.

  3. Pinchain Tourism

    Guangzhou Expects Nearly 60 Million Passenger Trips During Mid-Autumn and National Day Holidays

    The Guangzhou Municipal Transport Bureau estimated on 21 September that about 17.56 million passenger trips will leave or arrive in Guangzhou during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday and about 41.92 million during the National Day holiday. The Guangzhou People's Government Information Office held a 2026 Mid-Autumn and National Day press conference the same day. Deputy Director Zhang Zi said holiday passenger flows will feature a long holiday span, concentrated pre-holiday departures and converging return flows, and the city is deploying rail, civil aviation, road and waterway capacity. Railway hubs such as Guangzhou South and Baiyun stations will schedule more than 620 originating trains per…

  4. IHG Newsroom

    IHG Accelerates Malaysia Expansion with Garner Hotels and Franchise Model

    IHG signed a two-hotel portfolio agreement with King Park Hotel Sdn. Bhd, launching its franchise model and midscale conversion brand Garner in Malaysia for the first time. The 202-room Garner Hotel Kota Kinabalu will be rebranded from King Park Hotel Kota Kinabalu, with 106 rooms opening in 2027 and 96 more in a second phase in 2029; the 140-room Holiday Inn Express Tawau will open in 2028 after refurbishment, becoming IHG's first hotel in Tawau.

  5. China Tourism News

    'City of Heroes, Red Memory' Promotion Held in Chongqing's Shapingba

    To advance the Bashu Cultural Tourism Corridor and deepen Sichuan-Chongqing red-tourism coordination, the 2026 corridor premium route 'City of Heroes, Red Memory' special promotion was held in Shapingba District, Chongqing on September 22, organised by the Chongqing Culture and Tourism Development Commission, with more than 200 participants from Sichuan and Chongqing tourism authorities, district and county representatives and key tourism enterprises. Guang'an in Sichuan presented the song-and-dance piece 'Easy Guang'an' and a red-themed promotion; Jiulongpo District presented 'Red Rhyme Jiulong, Tracing the Flame', linking the Jianchuan Museum, the decorated ship 166, Liu Bocheng's Liudian…

  7. BCD Travel RSS

    Hotel RFP alone no longer defines corporate hotel program success

    Alicia Olson, Director of Hotel Program Strategy at Advito (BCD Travel), argues that corporate hotel program success is shifting from the volume of negotiated rates secured to whether travelers can access the right hotel content through approved channels. Citing discussion in Business Travel Executive, the piece notes persistent challenges including lengthy RFP cycles, the static-rate versus dynamic-discount debate, rate loading issues and traveler compliance, while the industry pushes toward shorter, technology-enabled sourcing models. A larger negotiated portfolio does not necessarily produce a stronger program; sourcing should focus on properties supported by traveler demand and visible…

  8. European Commission Press Corner

    European Commission Proposes Unlocking €4.2 Billion for Hungary and Restoring Erasmus+/Horizon Euro…

    The European Commission proposed to the Council to lift the protective measures adopted in 2022 concerning Hungary under the Conditionality Regulation, considering that Hungary has addressed the rule-of-law breaches affecting the EU budget. If adopted by the Council, the proposal would reinstate €4.2 billion in suspended cohesion policy commitments and restore access to Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe for students and researchers from universities maintained by Hungarian Public Interest Trusts. The Commission assessed the remedies notified by Hungary on September 9, 2026, and their implementation, concluding that Hungary has addressed previously identified weaknesses in areas such as public pro…

  9. European Commission Press Corner

    EU Commissioner Outlines Crisis Response and Early Recovery Investment Approach

    An EU Commissioner delivered opening remarks at a high-level ministerial policy dialogue in New York, setting out the EU's development investment approach amid multiple crises. The speech noted that Lebanon is advancing reforms while over one million people are displaced, Syria is trying to recover from more than a decade of civil war, and Gaza remains in limbo, with populations needing essential services such as schools, sanitation, housing, food and water. The EU aims to combine humanitarian support with early recovery and longer-term development, and announced an additional EUR 505 million adopted this summer for Lebanon's reforms, recovery and stability, on top of a previous EUR 500 mil…

  10. European Commission Press Corner

    EU Advances Gaza Peace Plan and Early Recovery Projects at UN General Assembly

    At a high-level briefing during the UN General Assembly, the European Commission said the EU is committed to implementing the Gaza Peace Plan under UN Security Council Resolution 2803. Through the Team Gaza Initiative with 16 international partners, the EU has gathered around $1 billion for early recovery in Gaza and signed its first two projects: a solid waste management project with UNDP and a water and sanitation project with UNICEF, totaling $50 million. The EU stressed the need to coordinate with Israel to ensure greater access to the Strip for projects, humanitarian aid, and the international Stabilisation Force.

  11. European Commission Press Corner

    EU Provides €10 Million Grant for Women's Employment in MENA

    At a high-level roundtable held during the UN General Assembly, the European Commission announced a €10 million grant to create 500,000 jobs for women in the Middle East and North Africa, focusing on sectors including clean energy, climate adaptation, science and technology, and the care economy. The EU also supports micro-businesses and households through the SANAD fund, which has supported 500,000 jobs, over a third held by women. The EU said it will work with governments and regulators across the Mediterranean to improve access to finance for women and women-led businesses.

  12. European Commission Press Corner

    European Commission Signs Two Gaza Early Recovery Contracts with UNICEF and UNDP

    The European Commission signed two flagship Gaza early recovery contracts in New York. The "Gaza Water and Wastewater Early Recovery" project with UNICEF will provide improved water and sanitation for approximately 1 million people in Gaza, while the project with UNDP focuses on waste collection, waste transfer and a recycling pilot. The Commissioner said these are a first step under the Team Gaza Initiative, which raised almost 1 billion dollars for the people of Gaza at the Palestine Donor Group meeting last July. The projects are aligned with the Board of Peace, NCAG and the Palestinian Authority, with clear commitments from Israel to facilitate them.

  13. Hospitality Technology

    Virdee and Salto Partner to Deliver NFC Mobile Wallet Room Keys

    Digital check-in provider Virdee announced an expanded integration with smart access vendor Salto that lets hotel guests receive room keys directly in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet. Using NFC, guests can tap phones or smartwatches against Salto door locks without unlocking the device or opening a native app. The integration connects key issuance with Virdee's automated check-in pipeline covering ID verification, credit card authorization, registration and room assignment, and wallet keys remain usable for hours after a phone battery dies via power-reserve features. Access permissions also sync across guest rooms, elevators, fitness centers and perimeter doors without physical keycard creat…

  14. Hospitality Technology

    Hotel Digital Keys Accelerate: Virdee-Salto and Multiple Integrations Roll Out

    Hospitality Technology rounded up developments in hotel mobile and digital keys. Virdee and Salto expanded their integration, connecting ID verification and check-in workflows directly to Salto smart locks to provision app-less NFC room keys into guest mobile wallets. PPHE Hotel Group deployed Hudini across 17 European properties, unifying mobile wallet keys, web apps, self-service kiosks and staff messaging. Canary Technologies acquired OpenKey to expand mobile key capabilities. easyHotel now lets guests use iPhone and Apple Watch as room keys at its London and Paris hotels. Separately, dormakaba will feature Resorts World's Google Wallet key rollout and a cloud security suite at HITEC 202…

  15. Hospitality Technology

    Koddi Integrates Sabre Sponsored Listings to Unify GDS Advertising into Centralized Commerce Media…

    Commerce media technology provider Koddi has integrated Sabre Sponsored Listings into its Koddi Demand platform, connecting GDS ad inventory into enterprise travel marketing workflows. Hotel marketing teams can programmatically manage sponsored placements inside the Sabre Mosaic Agency Workspace alongside consumer channels such as OTAs and metasearch, while Koddi's automated campaign delivery, budget pacing, forecasting and attribution tracking apply directly to Sabre GDS ad inventory. The integration delivers targeted property ads into booking workflows used by corporate travel management companies (TMCs) and travel advisors across 190+ countries, replacing manual, platform-specific GDS ad…

  16. Hospitality Technology

    SiteMinder Unveils 'Dynamic Commerce Engine' to Audit Distribution Health and Automate Revenue Tuni…

    Hotel commerce platform SiteMinder launched its AI-driven Dynamic Commerce Engine, designed to identify and execute optimizations across both pricing and foundational channel distribution health. The tool uses machine learning models to detect underlying distribution errors such as unmapped room types, broken channel connections and inventory sync failures that lead to abandoned bookings and revenue leakage. Its models train on roughly 4 billion availability, rates and inventory (ARI) signals processed annually across SiteMinder's global footprint of 56,000 properties and 2.6 million rooms. The system surfaces scored optimization recommendations that require explicit user approval before ex…

Sep 22Tue
  1. BCD Travel RSS

    BCD issues practical hotel safety guide for business travelers

    BCD Travel published a hotel safety guide for business travelers, drawing on insights from its Global Crisis Management team and BCD Marketplace partner Maiden Voyage. BCD research found travelers often feel confident in their hotel choices, yet safety risks still exist. The guide offers eight practical measures: setting safety-related preferences before arrival (such as a non-adjoining room, a room above the ground floor, or a location close to elevators or away from isolated areas); protecting the room number at check-in; assessing room location and securing doors, windows and adjoining-room entrances; using secondary locks while inside; verifying unexpected visitors before opening the do…

  2. European Commission Press Corner

    EU Commission President Unveils EU KIDS Act Social Media Age Limits

    European Commission President von der Leyen presented the EU KIDS Act at a high-level dialogue in New York, banning social media for under-13s and personal accounts for under-15s. Children aged 13 to 15 would only use parent-set and supervised mini accounts with limited features and a 60-minute daily cap that parents can reduce. The law would reverse the burden of proof, requiring platforms to demonstrate their services are safe for children or lose access to them. She cited a July Eurobarometer finding that 92% of Europeans want more action to protect children online.

  3. Hilton Stories RSS

    Conrad Expands 1/3/5 Cultural Experience Program Across Five Continents

    Hilton's Conrad Hotels & Resorts expanded its Conrad 1/3/5 program, organizing guest time into one-, three-, and five-hour windows with locally curated cultural experiences designed by each hotel's concierge team, spanning traditions, crafts, cuisine, wellness, and discovery. The program covers Conrad properties across five continents and is bookable at the concierge desk or each property's website. Conrad currently has 51 properties across five continents.

  4. Hotel Dive Feed

    Former Remington CEO launches AI Hospitality Group, an AI-native hotel operator

    Former Remington Hospitality CEO Sloan Dean launched AI Hospitality Group (AIHG) on Monday, describing it as the "first AI-native hotel operating company." Proprietary AI agents work across a hotel's existing PMS, POS, revenue, labor, finance and sales systems to run back-of-house functions autonomously, while a fully human team handles guest-facing operations. Rather than licensing software to existing operators, AIHG signs the hotel management agreement and takes responsibility for the P&L, charging a percentage of profit. It launched with design partnerships at The Ameswell Hotel in Mountain View, California, and two Parable Hospitality properties, backed by $7.5 million in seed funding.

  5. Hotel Dive Feed

    Hotel recovery isn't waiting on rate cuts

    In an opinion piece, AWH Partners co-founder Russ Flicker argues the 2026 first-half hotel recovery was driven by demand rather than monetary policy. CoStar and Tourism Economics upgraded their full-year 2026 U.S. RevPAR growth forecast to 2.8% after national RevPAR rose 4% year over year in the first four months and the first quarter set a record, while the Fed held its benchmark rate at 3.5% to 3.75% in the first half. The article distinguishes operating from transaction fundamentals: stabilized asset cap rates are around 8.0% to 8.5% and upscale/upper-midscale near 9.5%, both multiyear highs, and nearly 70% of the $18.7 billion in hotel CMBS loans maturing in 2026 carry floating rates.

  6. Brazil ANAC News

    Brazil ANAC publishes August average domestic airfare of BRL 776.87

    Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) published its August airfare panel data on 22 September 2026. The real average fare across all routes and all carriers was BRL 776.87 per segment, up 14.5% versus August 2025 and 15.1% versus August 2024, in August 2025 values adjusted by IPCA. Jet fuel (QAV) averaged BRL 4.98 per litre, up 31.8% year on year and 10.4% versus August 2024. The fare methodology covers only the air transport price paid, excluding ancillary services such as baggage and seat selection and boarding fees, and excludes tickets with discounts not available to the general public, including award tickets, corporate fares and airline employee tickets. By fare band, 34.8% o…

  7. Sabre Newsroom

    Kenya Airways Partners with Sabre to Upgrade to Modern Retailing Platform

    Kenya Airways has selected Sabre to implement a new retailing platform that will become the operational and commercial backbone of its business, supporting reservations, ticketing, inventory management and airport check-in, replacing a system that has served the airline for more than two decades. Built on Sabre Mosaic, the platform advances the carrier toward personalised, offer-and-order-based retailing, and Kenya Airways will adopt Sabre Mosaic Offer Optimisation for continuous learning and dynamic pricing. The move aligns the airline with industry standards including IATA's New Distribution Capability (NDC), with modernisation to proceed in stages.

  8. Hilton Stories RSS

    Hilton Launches Home2 Suites Clean Energy Prototype

    Hilton introduced the Home2 Suites by Hilton Clean Energy Prototype, an optional, scalable hotel design concept for new U.S. builds that combines all-electric systems, renewable energy and high-efficiency building technologies. Based on modeling across 13 U.S. cities, the design is expected to cut annual energy costs by 18% to 40%, improve energy efficiency by about 30% and reduce operational carbon emissions by roughly 440 metric tons. Hilton calls it its first zero-operational-emissions prototype made widely available to owners, supported by Hilton Supply Management's energy procurement program.

  9. EU Transport News

    Women in Rail Awards 2026 Celebrate Outstanding Contributions to Europe's Rail Sector

    The European Commission's Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport announced the 2026 Women in Rail Award winners, presented at the Women in Mobility Luncheon during InnoTrans in Berlin. The awards are a joint initiative of the Commission's Women in Transport Platform, EU-Rail, ERA, CER, UNIFE, EIM and ALE, recognizing individuals and organizations advancing gender equality, supporting the next generation of rail professionals, research and innovation, and operational excellence. DG MOVE Director-General Magda Kopczyńska stressed that rail needs everyone's skills, ideas and experience, and that a more diverse workforce is essential to a more innovative, competitive and future-ready se…

  10. GBTA News & Press

    GBTA Poll: Business Travel Confidence Rebounds to 2026 High

    GBTA polled 604 business travel professionals worldwide online from August 27 to September 9, 2026. 63% are optimistic about the industry outlook for the next 12 months, up from 41% in April and above 59% in January; pessimism fell from 24% to 7%. Optimism rose among both buyers and suppliers, and Europe's net optimism swung from -17 to +44. 56% of buyers expect travel spend to increase and 45% expect more trips, with spend expectations continuing to outpace volume. Costs and geopolitical uncertainty remain the main constraints.

  11. Meadin Research

    2026 Gansu County Tourism Report: Three-Tier Rankings Reveal Operating Chains

    Meadin Research released its 2026 Gansu county-level tourism development report, analysing the province through a three-tier framework of counties, cultural-tourism groups and scenic areas. In H1 2026 Gansu received 217 million visits and RMB 152 billion in tourism spending, up 10.1% and 15.2% year on year; inbound visitors reached 146,800, up 44.3%. The report argues the dividing line for county rankings is shifting from resource endowment to the completeness of the operating chain, with only Dunhuang leading across all three tiers.

  12. European Commission Press Corner

    Eurobarometer shows overwhelming public support for European agriculture

    The European Commission published the tenth Eurobarometer survey on Europeans, Agriculture and the CAP, interviewing 26,456 respondents across all 27 member states between May and June 2026. 95% consider agriculture and rural areas important for Europe's future, 93% see securing a stable EU food supply as crucial, and 70% believe the CAP benefits all Europeans. For the first time, respondents were asked about the importance of EU origin when buying food, with almost eight in ten calling it important or very important.

  13. European Commission Press Corner

    Commissioner's remarks at General Affairs Council on the MFF

    EU Commissioner Serafin delivered opening remarks at the General Affairs Council in Brussels, noting this is his fourth MFF negotiation. He cited four differences: Council calls to cut an already modernised budget proposal focused more on competitiveness, defence and security; stabilisation of national contributions based on 2027 figures; the need for a serious package of new own resources, with the October European Council set to clarify an updated basket; and the exceptional times in which EU sovereignty is at stake.

  14. European Commission Press Corner

    Eurobarometer: Europeans are doing more physical activity

    Ahead of the 2026 European Week of Sport, the European Commission published the sixth Eurobarometer on sport and physical activity. Compared with 2022, those exercising several times a week rose to 38% (up 6 points), almost daily to 9% (up 3 points), and those who never exercise fell from 45% to 39%. Main motivations are improving or maintaining physical health (44%) and relaxing (39%), with 26% citing mental health. Parks and outdoor spaces remain most popular (47%), fitness facilities rose from 33% to 39%, and active commuting rose from 24% to 37%, the largest increase.

  15. European Commission Press Corner

    EU and Philippines Reach Substantial Agreement on Free Trade Deal

    European Commissioner Šefčovič announced a substantial breakthrough in the EU-Philippines free trade agreement talks. Both sides agreed to liberalise over 94% of tariff lines, covering more than 97% of goods. The EU already exports over EUR 8 billion a year to the Philippines in machinery, transport equipment, medicines and agricultural goods; bilateral goods trade is nearly EUR 18 billion and services trade over EUR 10 billion. Negotiating teams are tasked with formally concluding the agreement in the coming months.

  16. Business Travel News

    Condor Adds American Airlines as Interline Partner

    Frankfurt-based Condor announced an interline agreement with American Airlines, effective immediately. Travelers from more than 150 cities served by American can connect to Condor's transatlantic gateways in Boston, New York JFK and Los Angeles; Chicago will be added in May 2027 when Condor launches Chicago-Frankfurt flights. Travelers can book the entire journey across both airlines on a single ticket with baggage checked through to final destinations. Condor also recently announced an interline partnership with Qantas.

  17. Business Travel News

    GBTA Poll: Business Travel Industry Confidence Rebounds to 2026 High

    A GBTA poll of 604 industry professionals found 63% optimistic about the next 12 months, a 22-point rebound from April and the strongest outlook since October 2024. Among roughly 300 buyers, 45% expect more business trips in 2026 and 56% expect higher travel spend. Europe's optimism rose to 55% but still trails North America, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Buyers cited rising travel costs (69%) and geopolitical uncertainty (45%) as top planning factors.

  18. Business Travel News

    Perk Partners with Hotel Platform Katanox

    Perk has formed a strategic partnership with lodging distribution and payments platform Katanox, giving Perk access to Katanox's platform to streamline how hotel bookings are made, paid for, reconciled and settled. The two companies will also collaborate to broaden Perk's hotel partner network through Katanox. Katanox uses account-to-account payment infrastructure that reduces the need for card-based payments for hotel bookings, and its platform connects hotels and travel agents to bring together payments, reconciliation, settlement and distribution. Katanox began pursuing TMC partnerships in 2022, positioning itself as a challenger to global distribution systems, with TMC partners includin…

  19. China Tourism News

    Ecotourism Receives 1.6 Billion Visits in First Eight Months

    On Sept 22, the State Council Information Office held a press conference in its "Starting the 15th Five-Year Plan" series, where representatives of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (National Park Administration) described efforts to promote safe, efficient and sustainable use of natural resources. In the first eight months of the 15th Five-Year Plan's opening year, national forestry and grassland industry output reached 6 trillion yuan, and ecotourism received 1.6 billion visits. The forestry administration has drafted a 15th Five-Year Plan for forestry and grassland protection and utilization, targeting 14 trillion yuan in industry ou…

  20. Accor News & Stories

    Accor's MGallery Signs New York's Ink 48 as U.S. Flagship for 2028

    Accor's boutique brand MGallery Collection announced the signing of Ink 48 in Manhattan, New York, as its U.S. flagship hotel. Located in Hell's Kitchen, the property has 222 guestrooms including 17 suites, a rooftop bar, a restaurant and about 6,000 square feet of meeting space. Following the signing, the hotel will undergo extensive renovation while continuing to operate independently, before officially joining MGallery in 2028 under Rebel Hotel Company management. MGallery currently has more than 125 hotels worldwide with over 60 projects in development.

  21. China Tourism News

    Qingdao Eden Project Launches Holiday Free-Ticket Offers and Night Shows

    On 18 September, Qingdao Eden Project in Shandong launched a series of themed performances under the banner 'National Trend Prosperity · Family Fun for the Double Festival'. During the Mid-Autumn Festival from 25 to 27 September, visitors aged 60 and above can enter free with their original ID card. During the National Day holiday from 1 to 7 October, a 'Home and Country' free-ticket policy applies to visitors whose ID names contain the characters Guoqing, Aiguo, Jianguo or Qingguo, or whose birthday falls on 1 October, on presentation of a valid original ID card. Over the two holidays the park stages the scenario performance 'Mid-Autumn Grand Ceremony', offers immersive NPC interaction poi…

  22. China Tourism News

    Jingbian Wave Valley Revamps Scenic Area with Technology and Culture

    The Wave Valley scenic area in Jingbian, Yulin, Shaanxi, has upgraded facilities and services under a technology, culture and service quality approach, launching smart guides, timed reservations and facial-recognition entry, a 340-metre 3D landscape bridge, and regular intangible-heritage performances and Danxia science study programmes. It also established 413 standard texts, 312 enterprise standards and a safety protection system.

  23. China Tourism News

    Beijing's Two Parks and One River Initiative Releases Ten Waterfront Vitality Scenarios

    On 21 September the fifth Western Beijing Development Forum and the Two Parks and One River coordinated development forum were held in Beijing, launching the regional enterprise alliance and the ticket-stub economy alliance and releasing ten waterfront vitality operating scenarios. Beijing Two Parks and One River Operation Development Co., jointly funded by Beijing Water Investment Group and the Fengtai, Shijingshan and Mentougou district governments, was unveiled. The enterprise alliance invited more than 60 companies in its first batch, while the ticket-stub economy alliance links nearly 600 cultural, commercial, tourism and sports businesses.

  24. China Tourism News

    2026 National National Day Culture and Tourism Consumption Month Main Event Opens in Mile

    The main event of the 2026 National Day Culture and Tourism Consumption Month, hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, officially opened in Mile City, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, under the theme of benefiting and delighting the people through culture and tourism. The event provides a national promotional platform for National Day holiday consumption and offers a reference for destination traffic and spending expectations.