Malaysia Airlines has been named World’s Best MICE Airline and Asia’s Best MICE Airline at the 2026 World MICE Awards, marking its first wins in both categories. The recognition adds to a growing portfolio of accolades across Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), reflecting progress across its customer experience, commercial proposition and operational performance.

The World Travel Awards recognise and celebrate excellence across the global travel and tourism industry, with winners selected through voting by tourism professionals and consumers worldwide. “This award reflects the hard work of everyone across our tourism sector, from accommodation providers and tour operators to our airline partners. Above all, it recognises our people, whose warm hospitality makes the Cook Islands what it is.

The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) today announced the speakers confirmed to date for the 2026 Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF). Hospitality professionals from across the region will gather at CHIEF to address the business decisions and opportunities that matter most today and take home insights they can apply within their own organizations. Taking place Nov. 16-18 at the Wyndham Grand Barbados Sam Lord’s Castle All-Inclusive Resort, CHIEF 2026 features more than 50 speakers across 24 sessions, with more to be announced.

Delfín Amazon Cruises celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year, marking two decades of intimate river journeys and a distinctly Peruvian approach to hospitality. From its first vessel to its recognition as the world’s first cruise company admitted to Relais & Châteaux in 2017, Delfín has built an experience shaped by Amazonian knowledge, cuisine and craftsmanship. Its anniversary honors the founders, crew, artisans and community partners who have made that experience possible.

The third and final day of the World Aviation Festival 2026 opened today in Lisbon with investors from Sky VC and Amadeus Ventures discussing where airlines and investors are putting their money, from artificial intelligence (AI) to airline operations and clean technology.  Later sessions covered EL AL’s move into hotel bookings and how airports and airlines can share passenger data.  The festival has brought together more than 4,500 attendees and 600 speakers over three days at the Feira Internacional de Lisboa (FIL), from 13th-15th October.

Intimate Resorts of Negril brings together Jamaica’s distinctive independent properties under a unified national and international sales and marketing initiative.

A vacation begins long before a suitcase is packed. It begins in an ordinary moment: a tiring afternoon, a conversation with a friend, a photograph of somewhere unfamiliar. Suddenly, the mind moves beyond its immediate surroundings. We imagine waking without an alarm, sharing an unhurried meal or standing somewhere that makes our everyday concerns feel smaller. Planning a vacation gives that imagined life a date, a destination and the possibility of becoming real.