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On Day 2 of IATO Convention, industry calls for stronger inbound tourism

Kent is having a champagne moment: ‘English wine has gone from a joke to world-class’

French champagne house Taittinger is helping produce a premium fizz in the Garden of England – and now visitors can visit the beautiful winery and sample it The grapes are turning purple on tall green vines, which stretch down towards the distant flint-and-limestone tower of Chilham church. These rows of Pinot Meunier, destined for English sparkling wine, are 51% owned by French champagne house Taittinger. “England is now the most exciting wine region,” says host and sales executive Hilary Sharp as she leads me around Domaine Evremond vineyard, which opened its visitor centre last year to coincide with the launch of its first wine. In his 2023 book Vines in a Cold Climate , drinks writer Henry Jeffreys charts the rise of English wine “from a joke to world-class in 30 years”. The book opens with an alcohol-fuelled scene of vine-planting at Domaine Evremond in May 2017: unseasonably cold, rainy, muddy, with rambling anecdotes from anglophile Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger about “English women encountered in his misspent youth”. The vineyard is named for the exiled French aristocrat Charles de Saint-Évremond , a symbol of hedonistic Anglo-French cooperation. The bon vivant introduced cha…

Tourism Department in Association with Industries Organises Special Facilitation Camp at Shaheed Dweep

Canadian Travel to the U.S. Grew for a 5th Month Despite Trade War — Still Down 27% From 2024

Many thought rising political tensions would mean fewer trips — the national data says otherwise. But not every state is seeing the same rebound.

Beyond the Road: How the New NH-44 is changing Travel in JK

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Tourism awareness & capacity building prog held in Chedema

‘I Don’t Want Cookie Cutter’: Dorchester Collection’s Stand Against the Flattening of Luxury

Dorchester has an interesting market opportunity stemming from its iconic properties and a dial service culture. The challenge is to tighten and refine the basics without taking judgment away from the people who make each property worth returning to.

‘I Don’t Want Cookie Cutter’: Dorchester’s Stand Against the Flattening of Luxury

Dorchester has an interesting market opportunity stemming from its iconic properties and a dial service culture. The challenge is to tighten and refine the basics without taking judgment away from the people who make each property worth returning to.

Middle East’s Recovery Stalled Again: Skift Travel Health Index

The Middle East’s recovery remains vulnerable. Renewed travel warnings make a rapid rebound less likely, leaving accommodation providers focused on both rebuilding demand and recovering pricing power.

See the Confirmed Speakers for Skift Creator Summit 2026

Creator-led demand moves across every seat in travel and sits fully inside none of them. The confirmed Creator Summit roster puts the operators who each own a piece of that path in one closed room on September 22.

Andhra operators to get free IATO membership; move aimed at boosting ties with state tourism industry, boost sector