A concert ticket can now come before the flight. A sporting fixture can decide the city. For a growing part of the travel market, the question is no longer simply where to go, but what is worth travelling for. That shift is changing the business of selling holidays, and the organisations a travel platform needs to work with. Speaking to Breaking Travel News at the WTTC Global Summit 2026 in Malta, Edison Chen, Vice President, Global Destination Marketing at Trip.com Group, describes an industry having to rethink both how it attracts travellers and what it offers them once they arrive.
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The bank inadequately flagged transactions linked to potential Chinese money laundering networks, the Treasury said.
Florals don’t have to mean full bloom. For spring/summer 2027, Shiatzy Chen takes the orchid but looks beyond its purely decorative appeal to the proportions, movement and resilience of the plant. Presented at Paris Fashion Week on October 5, the new collection translates that botanical inspiration into a thoughtful line-up where fluidity and structure come together. The season forms part of the house’s year-long exploration of the Four Gentlemen of Eastern culture. Following on from the Resort...
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A bipartisan group of 12 senators called on the president to drop his decision to ease sanctions on Russia’s exports of diesel fuel, saying the deal would help Moscow continue the war in Ukraine.
A lawyer for Lisa Cook raised “significant concerns” over the “objectivity and fitness of the committee” assembled by President Trump as a way to remove her as a governor at the Federal Reserve.
One of Hong Kong’s most prominent architects and interior designers, Steve Leung has been in the business for four decades and counting. In 1997, Leung restructured his architecture business and established two firms: Steve Leung Architects and Steve Leung Designers. Leung’s business has since grown to include brands like Steve Leung Hospitality, and he is now best known for both interior design and being an avid restaurateur. Ask any Hong Kong resident and they’ve probably, perhaps unknowingly,...
Helen Branswell, a journalist celebrated for her years of coverage on public health and infectious diseases, has died at the age of 69.
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London-based private members’ wine club 67 Pall Mall is scheduled to open its first mainland China outpost in December, in Shanghai’s former French Concession. Founder Grant Ashton says the move reflects a global shift away from spirits – which can reach 40 per cent alcohol by volume (ABV) – towards wine, typically 12 to 14 per cent ABV. “Wine is halfway down to zero,” he says, mapping out the spectrum from spirits to non-alcoholic drinks. “If you’re starting from spirits, wine is your sweet...
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The police identified the 42-year-old man who died at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday. The company said it was temporarily closing multiple rides in the U.S. and Canada as a precaution.