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Travel agents with a specialisation are better equipped to retain loyal customers.

How to get travellers to say yes to the tripsLong-term customer loyalty can be cultivated from giving couples their dream destination weddings or honeymoons.

Emirates is refurbishing 728 First Class suites, over 5,000 Business Class seats, and more than 4,000 Premium Economy seats.

Airlines are splashing big bucks to spoil their passengersEtihad keeps travellers connected, Malaysia Airlines acquires wider planes, Emirates retrofits over 9,000 seats, and the A380...

Numerous flights arriving and departing Heathrow Airport have been cancelled in recent months as passengers encounter long queues, lost luggage and flight delays.

Heathrow Airport extends passenger capacity for an additional monthThe daily cap of 100,000 passengers was initially expected to last only till September, but will now go into October.

Proposed design for the World of Jumanji.

It’s a jungle out there at world’s first Jumanji theme parkThe £17m World of Jumanji will come to life in spring 2023 at Chessington World of Adventures Resort.

Airlines are re-evaluating the value of superjumbo in their fleets.

Back to the future: The A380 is cool againOnce spurned, the Airbus A380 is fast returning to the skies as travel roars back.

Fora just raised US$13.5 million in funding for its "business-in-a-box" concept.

This startup wants to help people become travel agentsFora is looking at reinventing the travel agent model by combining the best bits of an OTA with the best bits of an agency.

Floating above the Earth in Spaceship Neptune.

Is space the final frontier for luxury travel?For US$125,000, travel advisors can blast their clients into space aboard Spaceship Neptune.

ETIAS will apply to non-EU citizens from 60 countries that have visa-free travel with the EU

Europe pushes back mandatory visitor feeThe European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) is now scheduled to be operational in November 2023.

The Sabre Virtual Payments proposition was built on the company's years-long relationship with Conferma Pay.

Sabre sharpens payment solutions with Conferma acquisitionSabre has acquired Conferma Pay in a bid to advance technologies and virtual payments in travel.

The 2023 Global Business Travel Forecast attributes rising costs to labour shortages and rising costs of raw materials.

Here's why travel prices are still going up in 2023Travellers can expect an increase by 8.4% in airfares, 8.2% in hotel rates and 6.8% in car rental charges: CWT.