GEOPOLITICAL CRISES COST EUROPEAN AIRLINES BILLIONS
Since early 2022, a series of geopolitical events have hit Western European airlines hard, resulting in at least €13 billion in added operational costs and lost income. These challenges, paired with d ...
THAILAND’S TOURISM TARGETS NOW THE MIDDLE EAST
Thailand's tourism is still doing quite well in 2025. The Ministry of Tourism and Sports reports that by early July, over 17.2 million international visitors had come, bringing in about 794.7 billion ...
GREECE’S TOURISM BOOM: A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR LOCALS
Greece is riding a tourism wave like never before. Projections suggest that by 2025, the country might see over 40 million international visitors – roughly four tourists for every ten residents. This ...
GLOBAL HOTEL CONSTRUCTION SURGES, EXCEPT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
CoStar's latest data reveals that the global hotel construction pipeline largely expanded in Q2 2025, with the exception of the Middle East and Africa, which experienced a bit of a slump. This paints ...
EUROPEAN TRAVELERS SEEK LESS CROWDED DESTINATIONS
As summer 2025 nears, the European Travel Commission’s (ETC) Wave 22 report, “Monitoring Sentiment for Intra-European Travel”, suggests Europeans are increasingly seeking out less crowded destinations ...