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Princess Cruises has opened bookings for its expansive 2028 Alaska season, featuring 185 departures across 14 itineraries aboard eight ships, including the Alaska spectacular Star Princess – from glacier-rich voyages and wildlife-filled ports to immersive cruisetours and Princess Wilderness Lodge stays near some of the state’s most celebrated national parks.

Royal Caribbean has announced an expansion of its 2027-28 Asia-Pacific season, giving passengers more ways to explore the region’s vibrant cityscapes and bucket-list island escapes on new itineraries from Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.

Viking Cruises has taken delivery of the company’s newest river ship in Egypt, the Viking Ptah. The delivery ceremony for the Viking Ptah took place at Massara shipyard in Cairo, Egypt. Viking Cruises has taken delivery of the company’s newest river ship in Egypt, the Viking Ptah. The delivery ceremony for the Viking Ptah took place at Massara shipyard in Cairo, Egypt.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the World Governments Summit Organisation (WGS), an initiative of the Prime Minister’s Office of the United Arab Emirates, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that marks a new era of public-private sector collaboration to shape the future of Travel & Tourism.

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has opened bookings for its Summer 2028 itinerary season, featuring over 450 voyages across 20 ships, giving travellers early access to popular destinations with the cruise line’s global deployment.

Luxury and expedition cruise specialist, Seabourn has opened bookings for its winter 2028-2029 Caribbean season.

Belfast International Airport has been rated ‘Very Good’ in the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) Airport Accessibility Report 2025/26, placing Northern Ireland’s largest airport among the top-performing airports in the UK for the quality of assistance provided to disabled passengers and those with reduced mobility.

Aer Lingus is accelerating the rollout of Starlink Wi-Fi across its fleet, as customers embrace the introduction of the free, innovative technology to stream, work and game onboard at 35,000 feet.

MSC Cruises has announced a significant wellness addition to its MSC World Asia ship.

Global hospitality giant IHG Hotels & Resorts has posted a strong performance for the first half of the year. The group - which owns the likes of Holiday Inn, InterContinental, Vignette Collection, Crowne Plaza, Ruby Hotels, and Iberostar - saw global RevPAR (revenue per available room; a major growth metric in the hotel industry) jump 4%, year-on-year. The first six months of 2026 also saw IHG generate €1.25bn in revenue; a 7% improvement on the first half of 2025. Operating

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has announced details of its 2027 RiverView Conference, which will celebrate the event's 15th anniversary with a two-night sailing through three of the Danube's iconic capitals. Taking place from March 5-8, delegates will be hosted onboard one of three ships - AmaSofia, Riviera Radiance or VIVA TWO - each sailing a two-night cruise from Budapest to Vienna, offering breakfast, dinner and entertainment. Delegates will also get to ex

Lufthansa Group has formally announced it is going live with its new onboard high-speed passenger WiFi service from this month. Next week, a Lufthansa Group aircraft will take off for the first time equipped with the fastest in-flight internet connection for passengers currently available. A Lufthansa Airbus A320neo will be the first to offer the new product. Guests will experience an internet bandwidth above the clouds that, in many cases, is faster than their internet conne

MSC Cruises has announced it will bring Halloween to life across its fleet this October, with a full programme of themed entertainment running on every ship from the 1st to the 31st of October. The line-up includes parties, quizzes, arts and crafts and live shows for guests of every age. With the entertainment built into the sailing and included in the fare, there’s no planning required, so families can simply turn up and take part, whether that’s a dance lesson, a costume co

TUI has said it is continuing to perform “well” in a “volatile market” and is noticing a customer trend of later booking behaviour. The global holiday giant said, in its latest trading update, that group revenue for the year to date is around €14.5bn; down 1.6% year-on-year; while underlying earnings are around €40m ahead at €123m. It said its products and business model have remained “resilient” – with good showing from the TUI Musement, Hotels & Resorts, and Cruises divisio

Regent Seven Seas Cruises - the ultra luxury line of NCL Group - has revealed the senior officer team that will lead Seven Seas Prestige, the inaugural vessel in Regent’s first new ship-class in a decade, into service ahead of her highly anticipated debut this December. Led by Captain Luksa Kristovic, the seven senior officers bring more than 150 combined years of maritime and hospitality expertise, years of experience working together across The World’s Most Luxurious Fleet®

Ryanair and Google Cloud have announced a new five-year partnership. Under the agreement, Ryanair will deploy Google Workspace and Google Cloud services to 35,000 employees across its network to support its growth to 300 million passengers per year by 2034. This rollout includes Gemini Enterprise – Google Cloud’s agentic AI platform designed to connect organisational data, automate workflows, and create custom AI agents. Gemini Enterprise will be used to help automate decisio

Travel Centres, Ireland’s largest agency consortium, has announced Royal Caribbean - along with sister brands Celebrity Cruises and Silversea as returning joint headline sponsors of this year’s conference which takes place at Lawlor’s Hotel, in Naas, Co. Kildare on November 6th & 7th. This year’s keynote speaker is Jo Rzymowska MBE (formerly Vice President and Managing Director of Celebrity Cruises in EMEA). Other speakers confirmed so far for this year’s event are Kevin Kell

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has announced Spanish tourism and property group Piñero as its latest Global Member. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Piñero is an international tourism and real estate group with an integrated business model covering development, management, and services across the travel value chain. With over 50 years of experience, the company has grown into a global player focused on delivering high-quality experie

Dublin Airport has recorded its busiest month in its history, with more than 3.8 million passengers travelling through its two terminals in July. That figure was up 2.3% on the same month last year as the busy summer travel season continued. A total of 3,839,635 passengers travelled during the month, marking the 16th consecutive month of passenger growth. July was also the busiest month in Dublin Airport’s history. Through the first seven months of 2026, just under 22 million

Radisson Hotel Group has launched Long Stays by Radisson Hotels, a new global proposition designed to capture growing demand for extended-stay travel, while strengthening the Group's commercial offering for corporate partners. Bringing together participating hotels with apartment units across the Group’s portfolio, the initiative introduces a more unified and seamless approach to long stays – ensuring consistency in service, comfort, and flexibility for guests, while supporti