TRAVELING TO KYOTO WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE DUE TO ACCOMMODATION TAX

Richard Moor -
Japan's allure, even beyond the beloved cherry blossom season, continues its powerful draw, with tourism numbers reaching impressive levels, though not without consequence. In 2024, international visi ...

AIRBUS A320 DETHRONES BOEING 737

Laura Loss -
Aviation's high-stakes game has a new leader, it seems. On October 7, 2025, Flynas, the Saudi budget airline, took ownership of Airbus's 12,260th A320 series aircraft, thus surpassing the widely used ...

EMIRATES BANS POWER BANKS ON BOARD

Justin N. Froyd -
As vacationers settle in for those lengthy flights, it seems that little portable charger will soon encounter some turbulence. As of October 1, 2025, Emirates will no longer allow the use or charging ...

CHATGPT INTEGRATES EXPEDIA AND BOOKING.COM FUNCTIONS

Andrea Hausold -
OpenAI took a surprising turn, moving beyond a simple chatbot to create an app ecosystem called "Apps in ChatGPT," revealed at their October 6, 2025, developer event. An Apps SDK aims to draw in devel ...

PHANTOM DESTINATIONS: DEEPFAKES LURE TRAVELERS TO IMAGINARY ADVENTURES

Vanderlei J. Pollack -
In our modern world, a viral video can ignite global wanderlust, and artificial intelligence is subtly reshaping travel. What happens, though, when these captivating scenes are more than just enhanced ...