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India climbs nine places in WEF travel and tourism index; Japan tops list, US second

India moves up on global travel & tourism index to 31st place, Japan on top

‘Everything is golden’: readers’ tips for a great autumn day out in the UK

With autumn officially here, our readers savour days of fruitful mellowness, from Cornwall to Loch Lomond • Tell us about a great wellness experience – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucher I love Loch Lomond in autumn. I’d start with a walk around Balmaha village and a stretch of the West Highland Way , pretending I’m there for the scenery rather than earning the right to eat something massive afterwards. Autumn is when it looks best: orange hills, cold air, dramatic clouds and the constant Scottish gamble of whether you’ll get sunshine, sideways rain, or both within 10 minutes. I finish, if I’m not driving, with a wee dram to properly round things off. Pete Continue reading...

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Travel’s next big battle may be for the AI agent, not the traveler

Creating Value for Travelers and Investing in the Future

Every travel company with a direct channel faces the same question when a new platform gains traction quickly: join it and risk losing control, or stay off it and risk being left out.

Decoding the New Premium Traveler

Every travel company with a premium product is deciding whether the next generation of high-value customers looks like the last one.

Virgin Atlantic CEO: Don’t Make Customers Pay More for SAF Without the Environmental Benefit

Virgin Atlantic CEO Corneel Koster said more progress needs to be made on scaling SAF, which has faced severe supply chain bottlenecks.

Building Integrated Systems Before the Next Disruption

When something goes wrong, every travel company learns what's within and out of its control. Most travel companies can't replicate Qatar Airways’ ownership structure, so the question is how to pinpoint handoff points in their own operation where a failure cascades.

Revolution’s Steve Case and Certares’ Greg O’Hara Are Betting on Scarce Travel Assets

The man who taught America to log on to the internet is going long on the offline world. And the man who is selling Amex GBT in a $6.3 billion deal talks about where he sees his next opportunities.