Tag: Destination

New paradise for startups

→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Let’s dive into our weekly curation of the travel industry’s top news, innovations, trends, and startups: Smooth security at the airport. Passengers flying from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport can now enjoy a smoother security process, thanks to introduction of a new tech system. […]

Meet the city that has robots as guides

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Tourism Australia Marketing goes walkabout

By Julian Lee, Media and Marketing Editor, Sydney Morning Herald IMAGINE if Baz Luhrmann had cast Paul Hogan in the Come Walkabout tourism campaign. If the stressed-out executive played by Sybilla Budd was depicted cavorting in a billabong as Crocodile Dundee looked on. As she emerges, transformed by the calming experience of the cool waters, […]

Tahiti celebrates 50 years of over-water bungalows

In terms of tourism innovations, it was absolutely huge but one we now take for granted: 2017 marks 50 years since three young Americans – the “Bali Hai Boys” – created the tourism world’s first over-water bungalows in Tahiti. Don “Muk” McCullum, Jay Carlisle and the late Hugh Kelley – who were inspired to visit Tahiti […]