Rafat Ali

How do we navigate these strange recessionary times, even as we are overwhelmed with demand for a blockbuster year so far and a summer travel crush coming?

That's according to a report in CNBC: in a very interesting move symptomatic of Saudi's super-sized ambitions in the travel sector, Carnival cruises is in early talks to sell its…

The World Economic Forum is back with its travel competitiveness research, rebranded now as Travel & Tourism Development Index 2021, with a new focus on resiliency and sustainable future, as…

In an analysis of non-hotel room licensing opportunity for hotel brand, Bernstein Research wrote in a report this week that branded residences are proving to be a bigger opportunity for…

According to new rankings from the Axios/Harris Poll 100, an annual survey to gauge the reputations of the 100 most visible brands in United States, Delta and Spirit are the only…

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has raised its inbound traveler fee, called ESTA fee, from current $10 to $17 per passenger and extended to 2027. according to a notice…

That's according to M Shanthikumar, president of the Tourists Hotels Association of Sri Lanka, quoted in TTG Asia last week. He said these 80 percent booking cancellations have happened even…

One of the biggest concerns for the global travel industry's recovery coming out of the pandemic lows has been inflation and how it would affect people's intent to travel. While…

We all know this having paid nose-bleed rates for anything in travel these days: U.S. hotel rates in April were the highest ever in recorded rate history, according to latest…

Neat new research from Savills, those global property folks, on the best places for long term remote workers -- also called digital nomads by the cooler peeps -- to live.…