All eyes were on Batumi, Georgia for Friday night’s centrepiece World Travel Awards

Tourism royalty convened in this year’s most talked about European destination for a spectacular three-day event to celebrate World Travel Awards 30th anniversary. All eyes were on Batumi, Georgia for Friday night’s centrepiece World Travel Awards (WTA) Europe Gala Ceremony 2023 as the world discovered the continent’s hottest brands and travel products.

KLM Unveils Renovated Crown Lounges in Toronto and Houston Airports

KLM recently opened two renovated Lounges at the airports of Toronto (Canada) and Houston (United States). Together with the lounges at Schiphol Airport Amsterdam, these are KLM’s only Crown Lounges worldwide. Rejuvenation of these lounges forms part of KLM’s broader strategy: “Run a great airline for our customers and our people”.

Four ways that technology is facilitating the growth of experiential travel

Global leisure travel in 2023 continues to gain momentum with figures indicating an impressive 25% year-over-year-to-date growth from 2022 to 2023. In addition, a study by Mabrian of over 400 million tourism-related interactions on social media revealed that demand for experiential travel activities is taking over from conventional travel motivations for the first time.