The White Lotus Season 4 Puts the French Riviera in the Global Travel Spotlight
HBO’s The White Lotus is heading to the French Riviera for Season 4, with Cannes, Saint-Tropez, and Monaco set to benefit from a fresh wave of tourism attention.
HBO’s The White Lotus is heading to the French Riviera for Season 4, with Cannes, Saint-Tropez, and Monaco set to benefit from a fresh wave of tourism attention.
Intrepid Travel has completed its biggest acquisition yet, buying France’s Altaï Group as it pushes deeper into Europe’s non-English-speaking adventure travel markets.
Marriott has launched its first Autograph Collection hotel in India, choosing a heritage palace in Karnal over a major metro and signaling stronger demand for design-led, culturally rooted stays.
European airlines are cutting flights and grounding aircraft as soaring jet fuel costs linked to the Iran conflict reshape schedules ahead of the summer travel season.
Emily in Paris is heading to Greece and Monaco for Season 6, giving Greece fresh tourism momentum as the Netflix hit expands beyond Paris and Rome.
Spirit Airlines could be nearing liquidation just months after signaling it expected to exit bankruptcy. The latest setback underscores how fragile the ultra-low-cost model has become in a market shaped by higher fuel costs, shifting traveler behavior, and intense pressure from larger rivals.
Air New Zealand will begin selling access to its long-awaited Economy Skynest from May 18, giving economy and premium economy passengers the option to book a lie-flat sleep pod on some of the world’s longest flights. The move is a notable shift in how airlines are thinking about comfort on ultra-long-haul routes.
Expedia Group’s new AI Trust Gap report suggests that travelers are increasingly open to using AI for discovery and planning, but remain cautious when money, booking control, and post-trip support are involved. The findings highlight a growing split between where travel inspiration happens and where transactions still feel safe.
Dubai’s Burj Al Arab will close for 18 months as Jumeirah begins the first major restoration in the hotel’s history. The project is designed to preserve one of the city’s most recognizable luxury landmarks while updating it for the next generation of high-end travel.
Reported merger discussions between United and American have reopened the biggest question in U.S. aviation: whether the industry’s next phase will be shaped by competition or further consolidation. Even if a deal never materializes, the fact that it was raised says a great deal about the pressure building inside the market.
Booking.com has warned some customers that unauthorized parties may have accessed reservation-related personal information. The company says payment data was not taken from its systems, but the incident is likely to deepen concerns around travel-platform security and phishing risks.
Food & Wine’s 2026 Global Tastemakers ranking highlights 10 cities where cuisine shapes the travel experience as strongly as landmarks or hotels. From Hong Kong and Tokyo to Paris and Istanbul, these are the cities setting the pace for food-led travel this year.
The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran may have eased immediate market panic, but it has not fixed aviation’s fuel problem. Airlines are still facing high jet fuel costs, supply uncertainty, and pressure on summer schedules.
Delta Air Lines is reducing flight capacity as rising fuel prices add billions to costs, signaling broader shifts across the aviation industry.
Meta’s new Muse Spark model may matter to travel less as a standalone AI launch than as an ecosystem move. If its multimodal and reasoning features spread across Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, and smart glasses, Meta could tighten its influence over how trips are imagined, planned, and navigated.