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Morocco 2025 AFCON: free e-visas and fan IDs for football fans
In a bid to facilitate seamless travel for football fans, the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 Local Organising Committee (LOC), in collaboration with the Confédération...
Turkish Airlines Partners with Samsung to Launch Smart Tagged Baggage Service
Through this collaboration, Turkish Airlines has become the launch airline to implement SmartThings technologies in passenger baggage tracking worldwide, showing the national flag carrier’s...
A Significant Industry Acquisition by XL Turners Travel
XL Turners Travel is pleased to announce the acquisition of Grindrod Travel’s corporate travel division, effective 1 December 2025. The transaction forms part of XL Turners Travel’s strategic growth...
Etihad and Vietnam Airlines Launch Codeshare and Frequent Flyer Partnership
Agreement unlocks seamless access to exciting destinations for guests of both airlines Frequent flyer agreement between Etihad Guest and Lotusmiles lets members of both loyalty programmes earn and...
Qantas rolls out power bank rules
The Qantas Group will implement new restrictions on the use of portable power banks across all Qantas, QantasLink and Jetstar flights from December 15. The use of power banks on board is prohibited....
‘No permission, no travel’: UK to enforce new digital travel permit rules from February 2026
Visitors from countries such as the US, Canada and Australia will not be able to enter the UK without an ETA from 25 February 2026 onwards. You won’t be able to travel to the UK without advance...
Emirates’ A350 to be deployed to Montréal offering latest travel experiences to customers
The Emirates A350 aircraft will make its debut in Canada on 1 February 2026* and serve the Montréal-Dubai route. The A350 aircraft will replace the current Boeing 777 aircraft operating the daily...
The world’s best hotel for 2025 is a waterfront skyscraper
It’s only been open for six years, but Rosewood Hong Kong has quickly become a distinguished feature of Hong Kong’s iconic skyline, as well as a force to be reckoned with in the luxury hotel scene....
Emirates and South African Airways enhance codeshare agreement, building on 28 years of partnership
Building on almost three decades of strong and successful partnership, Emirates and South African Airways are further enhancing their relationship, working towards a reciprocal codeshare agreement,...








