Received no clear explanation on travel ban: Ehsanul Haque Milon

BNP leader and former state minister for education ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon has said he was barred from travelling abroad but received no clear explanation for the restriction. “I was scheduled to travel to Bangkok for medical treatment when...

Minister Bartlett targets full tourism restart by 15 December 2025

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has set a firm target for Jamaica’s tourism industry to be fully back in operation by 15 December 2025. To deliver on that goal, the Ministry has activated a high-level...

‘It’s fantastic’: How the hourly Enterprise service has transformed Dublin-Belfast rail travel

Train driver Les Besagni, who has worked for nearly 30 years on the Dublin-Belfast service, remembers conversations with colleagues early last year about whether there would be a demand for hourly services. This week, the Enterprise service...

BNP leader Milon seeks govt explanation over travel bar

BNP leader and former state minister for education ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon on Friday urged the government to explain why he was stopped from going abroad for medical treatment. “While travelling to Bangkok for medical treatment on Thursday...

HQ pre-empts Time Travel for Beginners by Jaclyn Moriarty

HQ Fiction has acquired Time Travel for Beginners, the new "moving and hopeful" novel from Jaclyn Moriarty. Editorial director Clare Gordon acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, Australia and New Zealand, from Jill Grinberg at...

BNP’s Milon seeks govt explanation over travel ban

BNP leader and former state minister for education ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon on Friday urged the government to explain why he was stopped from going abroad for medical treatment. “While travelling to Bangkok for medical treatment on Thursday...

Scone vet surgery celebrates five-year anniversary as client list grows

Thrums Vets in the Perthshire town of Scone is celebrating its fifth birthday this month A Scone vet surgery is celebrating its fifth birthday this month – a milestone which coincides with the practice now caring for more than 5000 pets,...

Travel Agent Akinlabi Ogunmakinwa Fails to Deliver Visa for 18 Months, Won't Refund Client's N550,000

Kunle Kayode (not real name), an Ondo State resident, has accused Akinlabi Ogunmakinwa, a travel agent, of failing to deliver his Canadian visa or refund his N550,000 payment since 2024. Kayode began the visa application process with Ogunmakinwa...

Travel nightmare across the northeast as severe weather causes hundreds of flight cancellations and delays

A Delta flight from LaGuardia to Detroit turned into a quiet cheering match on Thursday — one group hoping for takeoff, the other hoping to return to the gate. Delta flight 1122 was still being described as on time when boarding began around 12:15...

Another European agency shifts off Big Tech, as digital sovereignty movement gains steam

traumlichtfabrik/Moment/Getty ImagesFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Austria's Ministry of Economy has migrated to a Nextcloud platform. It's the latest move in a European trend to shift away from Big...

Client Alert: Ghost the Old Policies: New NYC Sick Leave Rules Employers Need Now

Q: What happened? On October 25, 2025, New York City enacted Int. 780-A, amending New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA” or “Sick/Safe Leave Law”) to align it with the Temporary Schedule Change Act (TSCA). The law expands the...

Do You Actually Need to Travel to South Korea for the Best Skincare Treatments?

Picture a stereotypical "girls' trip", and you might conjure up images of bottomless brunches, spa weekends, and perhaps a jaunt to the Mediterranean. Increasingly, however, women are indulging in beauty tourism, and eschewing booze-soaked...

Parliament to examine safeguards after travel agency failure

More than 200 complaints have now been filed against the Limassol-based travel agency Efi Strakottou Travel and Tours Ltd, bringing to light the issue of consumer protection and compensation for travellers who paid for holidays that never took...

Türkiye's tourism revenues rise 3.9% to $24.2B in 3rd quarter

- Average expenditures per capita among visitors were $1,017 in Q3, up 1.8% year-on-year ISTANBUL Türkiye generated tourism income of $24.25 billion during the third quarter of 2025, up 3.9% on a yearly basis, the Turkish Statistical Institute...

Where are they now? Phocuswright’s Hot 25 Travel startups continue to redefine the industry

As the travel industry prepares for the Phocuswright Conference 2025, taking place November 18–20 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California, Phocuswright revisited the journeys of its Hot 25 Travel Startups 2023 alumni. Three years...

Japanese Travel Agency Announces 1-Hour Space Travel Flight Between US and Tokyo

Summary Japan’s Nippon Travel Agency Co. announced a “point-to-point transport service” to connect cities like New York and Tokyo in one hour via outer space The service, planned for the 2030s, will cost a round-trip ticket of ¥100 million JPY...

Did Kash Patel break the rules by using $60 million FBI jet to meet his girlfriend? What the agency said

FBI Director Kash Patel has been accused of using a government-registered jet to attend his girlfriend’s wrestling event at Pennsylvania State University last weekend. The FBI has now responded to the allegation that Kash Patel broke no rules by...

Over 700,000 tourists visited Azerbaijan’s reserves and cultural institutions in first nine months of year

In January-September of this year, 706,494 tourists visited the reserves and cultural institutions under the control of the Reserves Management Center of the State Tourism Agency, Murad Aghabeyli, Chairman of the Board of the Reserves Management...

Rocket Travel By Agoda Launches The Loyalty Value Playbook To Help Travel Leaders Stay Ahead Of The Loyalty Game

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) The new report by Rocket Travel by Agoda and Skift reveals framework for brands to close the loyalty value gap with seamless redemptions and cash spend SINGAPORE, Oct. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As customer expectations rapidly...

Local TWRA captain retiring from agency after 34-year career

A local Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) captain is retiring from the agency after more than three decades on the job. TWRA spokesperson Mime Barnes says Captain Jeff Bishop is retiring following a 34-year career. Captain Bishop came to...