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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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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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SAF’s 0.8% Problem: Why Aviation’s Green Fuel Struggle Matters for TourismIATA expects global Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production to reach around 2.4 million tonnes (Mt) in 2026, up from 1.9 Mt in 2025 and 1 Mt in 2024. On its own, that looks like meaningful progress: production has more than doubled in two years.

SAF’s 0.8% Problem: Why Aviation’s Green Fuel Struggle Matters for Tourism

Published September 28, 2026 by Staff Writer

Global Sustainable Aviation Fuel production is expected to reach 2.4 million tonnes in 2026, just 0.8% of aviation fuel use, as IATA warns that policy sequencing, financing, infrastructure and economics…

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Helsinki Extends Its Sustainable Tourism Lead with Third Consecutive GDS Index WinAs many as 98% of Helsinki hotels with more than 50 rooms hold environmental certification, compared with a European average of just 10%, according to the GDS Index results.

Helsinki Extends Its Sustainable Tourism Lead with Third Consecutive GDS Index Win

Published September 24, 2026 by Staff Writer

The Finnish capital scores 92.94% in the 2026 Global Destination Sustainability Index, as 98% of its larger hotels hold environmental certification — but the more revealing story lies in the…

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