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AI Is Becoming Tourism Infrastructure: Who Controls the New Path to Travel Demand?. The event, running from 6 to 8 October at FIBES, is expected to draw more than 8,000 travel professionals and over 200 travel technology companies, with more than 400 international speakers across five auditoriums, four vertical forums and six C-level agendas.

AI Is Becoming Tourism Infrastructure: Who Controls the New Path to Travel Demand?

Published October 7, 2026 by Staff Writer

As Seville’s Tourism Innovation Summit puts AI, digital infrastructure and tourism intelligence at the centre of its 2026 agenda, while India builds a National Digital Tourism Stack to make its…

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India Bets Big on Digital Public Infrastructure to Rewire Its Tourism SectorUnion Minister for Tourism and Culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat unveiled the platform on 27 September 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, alongside the National Mission for Alternative Destinations — Dekho Apna Desh Campaign 2.0, as part of India’s central World Tourism Day celebrations.

India Bets Big on Digital Public Infrastructure to Rewire Its Tourism Sector

Published October 5, 2026 by Staff Writer

Launched on World Tourism Day at Bharat Mandapam, the National Digital Tourism Stack brings India’s digital public infrastructure playbook to tourism, creating open digital rails designed to make thousands of…

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China’s Golden Week Takes to the Skies: 31 Million Passenger Trips on the MoveInternational flight bookings for the holiday period were up 22.5 per cent year-on-year as of 24 September, according to the CAAC — more than six times the 3.6 per cent increase forecast for total air passenger trips.

China’s Golden Week Takes to the Skies: 31 Million Passenger Trips on the Move

Published October 4, 2026 by Staff Writer

China’s extended holiday is driving a huge travel surge, with international bookings up 22.5% and airlines adding thousands of flights. But spending data raises a bigger question: does rising tourism…

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Tourism Emerges as Major Investment and Job Creation Opportunity for South AfricaThe Tourism Growth Partnership Plan (TGPP) sits at the centre of South Africa’s current tourism strategy. Covering the 2025–2030 period, the five-year plan was developed jointly by De Lille’s ministry and private-sector partners, led on the industry side by the South African Tourism Business Council, and formally endorsed by Cabinet.

Tourism Emerges as Major Investment and Job Creation Opportunity for South Africa

Published October 1, 2026 by Staff Writer

At the 2026 South African Tourism Investment Summit in Sandton, Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille positioned tourism as a major engine of investment and job creation, as the country looks…

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Five Industry Giants Tell Brussels: Don’t Let Red Tape Stall Biometric Travel Before It ScalesThe coalition’s senior representatives are Olivier Jankovec, Director General of ACI EUROPE; Fernando Cuesta, Senior Vice President, Industry Affairs Global Development at Amadeus; Thomas Reynaert, Senior Vice President, External Affairs at IATA; Lisa Shoemaker, Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations at IDEMIA Public Security; and Pedro Alves, Senior Vice President, Borders at SITA.

Five Industry Giants Tell Brussels: Don’t Let Red Tape Stall Biometric Travel Before It Scales

Published October 1, 2026 by Staff Writer

ACI EUROPE, Amadeus, IATA, IDEMIA Public Security and SITA have formed a new coalition urging the EU to ensure its Digital Omnibus does not inadvertently restrict the voluntary biometric systems…

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