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Interviews

Short conversations with the founders, tourism boards and operators building travel in emerging markets.

Portia Jones

Host, Travel Goals Podcast

On travel storytelling

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Sadia Ramzan

Founder and CEO, Muslim Women Travel Group

What Muslim women travellers actually want

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Zak Timol

Founder, Velsvoir; co-founder, Vertex33

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Tebello Polisane Casper

Executive Director, SA College for Tourism and the Drostdy Hotel

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Sophie Ibbotson

Founder, Maximum Exposure

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Aibek

Founder, Tenti Group

A luxury DMC in Kyrgyzstan

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Hira Aftab

Co-founder, Hybrid Tours

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Saadia Baba

Xperience Pakistan

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Anam Hussain

Founder, Capra Falconeri Magazine

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Diana Aljas

Project Manager, Visit Estonia

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Tourleb

Lebanon

How a women-run social enterprise is rebuilding tourism

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Walking Mentorship

A transformation experience that takes place outdoors

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Rob Holmes

GLP

How travel brands can reach Gen Z through storytelling

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Ceylan Sensoy

Discover Kackar

Building community tourism on Turkey’s Black Sea coast

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Pru Goudie

What’s new in adventure travel: self-guiding, Central Asia and the Nordics

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Stephanie Boyle

Safer Tourism Foundation

From Angola to Uzbekistan, at ATN 2026

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Strategy

The Lux Collective wins seven World Culinary Awards for Mauritius and Réunion resorts

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23 October 2026

Ministers’ Summit turns 20 as WTM London hosts around 50 tourism ministers

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19 October 2026

Australia raises Saudi Arabia travel warning to “do not travel”

Actionable Strategy

Australia raises Saudi Arabia travel warning to “do not travel”

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16 October 2026

Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia discuss easier visas, more flights

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16 October 2026

By the Numbers

SWISS carries 1.33mn passengers over autumn holidays as punctuality improves

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21 October 2026

K-pop concerts lift flight bookings across Asian cities

Data

K-pop concerts lift flight bookings across Asian cities

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20 October 2026

Intrepid Travel posts record September as Morocco leads demand

Data

Intrepid Travel posts record September as Morocco leads demand

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20 October 2026

Colombia’s Medellín drew 1.2mn foreign tourists in 2025

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15 October 2026

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