Saudi Arabia is seeing growing interest in domestic travel ahead of the Kingdom’s National Day, with domestic flight searches rising 42% and hotel searches across the country increasing 62% compared with the same period last year. According to data from Wego, the number one travel app and the largest online travel marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Jeddah ranked as the most-searched destination for domestic flights during the holiday period, followed by Madinah, Riyadh, Dammam and Abha.
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People rarely buy a holiday for the journey alone. They are buying time together, a change of scene, a reunion or an experience they have imagined for years. Understanding what sits behind that decision has been central to Dr Dave Andrew Chin Tung’s working life. Now joining Breaking Travel News as Special Correspondent, the Jamaican travel entrepreneur brings a perspective shaped by decades of dealing with the expectations, ambitions and occasional disappointments that make tourism such a profoundly human business.
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.
New research from premium travel brand Kuoni reveals the world’s best golden hour spots. Working with Jim Dale, Founder and Senior Meteorologist at British Weather Services, Kuoni’s research identifies the scientific metrics that make up the perfect golden hour and assesses 165 global destinations on six factors (cloud cover, light pollution, artificial brightness, rainfall, wind speed and average sunset duration), combining them into a weighted index to rank the world’s top spots.
Anguilla has captured two top Caribbean honors at the 2026 World Travel Awards, winning the titles of Caribbean’s Leading Culinary Destination and Caribbean’s Leading Luxury Island Destination.
The ruling will allow the outlets to enter the White House grounds while they sue to overturn the ban. But it doesn’t resolve all of their access problems.
It comes as ministers say they will tighten up rules on heating oil and promote competition.
Thomas Woldbye tells the Today progamme it would be "good to know" the government's position on the project, after comments made by the prime minister.
China’s exports grew last month at the fastest pace in almost any month since the end of the global financial crisis.
Ask any regular at Tai Fung Lau Peking Restaurant in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui district what keeps them coming back, and they are likely to mention its down-to-earth dishes, generous portions and value for money. This year, as the restaurant marks its 65th anniversary, second-generation owner Steve Wan remains committed to preserving both the hearty portions and the flavours of his father’s kitchen. That determination begins with a subtle distinction many diners might miss until Wan points it...
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Federal regulators said the bank had waved through suspicious transactions without proper care.