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GDTN - IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement with Naluang International Resort and Hotel Limited to open the 101-key Holiday Inn Resort Luang Prabang Naluang Hill in 2027. UNESCO-listed Luang Prabang is rich in cultural heritage, centuries-old temples and unique blend of Lao and French c

GDTN - Hotel Cala is set to open on Tampa’s Riverwalk in January 2027 as a 281-room urban resort shaped by the city’s waterfront setting and multicultural heritage. Designed by Rockwell Group, it includes a resort-style pool, and two Tao Group Hospitality venues: coastal Italian restaurant LAVO and

GDTN - Minor Hotels is coming to Morocco through an agreement with Bloom Holding to develop Anantara Retreat Rabat, a 38-key luxury property scheduled to open in early 2030. Located in Rabat’s diplomatic district, the retreat will include rooms, suites and seven villas, alongside dining venues,

GDTN - Bay Gardens Resorts has officially opened Sapphire Sands Villas, its first luxury beachfront villa property, situated directly on Reduit Beach in Rodney Bay Village. The new retreat combines spacious, flexible accommodations with beachfront dining, wellness experiences, and family-friendly a

GDTN - JLL Capital Markets, Hospitality Finance Group arranged $210 million in refinancing through Citi for the 531-key Grand Hyatt Indian Wells Resort & Villas in Indian Wells, California, on behalf of Trinity Investments. The refinancing follows a $62 million renovation and conversion to the

GDTN BREAKING NEWS - At least 19 people injured as a frieght train crashed into a bus at the Pas-de-Calais entrance to the Channel Tunnel in France this evening. Emergency services are at the scene following the incident.

GDTN - Air Canada will launch seasonal non-stop flights between Montréal and Seville on 8 September 2027, adding its fifth Spanish destination. Services will initially operate three times weekly, increasing to four weekly flights from 1 October. Flights are scheduled to operate until early January

GDTN - Air Tahiti has taken delivery of an ATR 72-600 fitted with a HighLine All-Business Class cabin. The cabin features 26 individual seats in a 1–1 layout, giving every passenger direct aisle access, alongside additional personal space. The aircraft is scheduled to enter commercial service in De

GDTN - IHG Hotels & Resorts has opened InterContinental Taipei in partnership with Farglory Group. The property is the second InterContinental project involving the two partners, following InterContinental Kaohsiung. The hotel is located within the Taipei Dome complex in Xinyi District. It i

GDTN - Preferred Hotels & Resorts has added 11 hotels to its Legend Collection, two of which are in Asia: Dusit Thani Bangkok, which reopened on 27 September 2024 after being rebuilt, and The Leela Coorg Forest Sanctuary, a 71-villa estate in India’s Karnataka coffee country that opened in July

gdtn - KLM will cancel selected flights in advance between 26 October 2026 and early March 2027 as maintenance and repair delays leave more aircraft unavailable than planned. The airline aims to retain additional long-haul aircraft as reserves and reduce last-minute disruption.

gdtn - Virgin has signed an agreement with Alstom for 12 Avelia Stream high-speed trains as it prepares to launch cross-Channel passenger services from 2030. The company plans 20 daily return services linking London with Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. The trains will operate at speeds of up to 300

gdtn - Icelandair will launch flights to St Louis and restore Madrid to its network in summer 2027, while expanding its partnership with Southwest Airlines to offer more US connections. Madrid services will operate two to three times weekly from 9 April to 25 October, with departures on Mondays,

gdtn - Spanish airline Iberia is to celebrate its centinerary in 2027. As part of the celebrations, the airline will introduce a special ‘100’ livery which will appear on selected aircraft, an airshow at Madrid’s Cuatro Vientos airfield and a retrofit of Iberia’s long-haul cabins, with the new desi

gdtn - Australia, Victorian government are to introduce a tourist tax to visitors of the famous Twelve Apostles rock formation on the Great Ocean Road. A new AUS$128m visitor centre has been unveiled and the charge of AU$30 entry fee for tourists and a mandatory booking system starts from next week

gdtn - Air France will add Nashville and San Diego to its US network in summer 2027, operating three weekly flights to each destination from Paris-Charles de Gaulle with Airbus A350-900 aircraft. San Diego services will begin on 3 May 2027, followed by Nashville on 14 May. Both routes will operate

gdtn - Hilton Grand Vacations has opened Ka Haku, a Hilton Club, in Waikiki with 205 suites. The property is the company’s 14th resort in Hawaii and its first Hilton Club-branded property in the state.

gdtn - Riyadh Air has announced the introduction of two additional rotations between Riyadh and London Heathrow starting 2 November. Customers will have the choice of an additional flight on Mondays and Wednesdays to compliment the daily service with nine services a week.

gdtn - Delta Airlines will add two European seasonal routes for summer 2027. Starting 7 May, a four-weekly service from Boston to Venice, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays returning the next day. Plus a three-weekly service from Detroit to Athens from 8 June with flights on Tuesdays, T