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Mega-events like the Super Bowl and FIFA World Cup may grab headlines, but San Francisco’s convention business is becoming the real engine behind the city’s tourism recovery.

Compliance issues and transparency demands make medical and pharma meetings among the most complicated and challenging types of events to plan.

Travel executives are expected to perform indefinitely under pressure. Dr. Romie Mushtaq makes the case that brain health, not hustle, is what separates leaders who last from those who don't.

Although Spirit was a small airline, it had a sizable impact on airfares across major markets in the U.S. Now that it has shut down, industry experts say to expect more airfare increases compounded by high fuel costs.

Meliá says instability hurt first-quarter results in some markets while strengthening the summer outlook in others.

The Iran war didn't just raise fuel costs — it upended many travel company's business plans for 2026.

The Iran conflict forced a system-wide stress test on Gulf aviation. Airlines that use this disruption to redesign how they operate will emerge with a structural advantage. Those that simply wait for stability to return will find the window has closed.

Wyndham’s Al Marjan Island bet is less about the Wynn effect and more about proving midscale branded residences have been a missed opportunity all along.

A delay without a date is still a delay — Wynn is betting the UAE’s long-term fundamentals can absorb the uncertainty.

Each Air India update only deepens the question: who gets to lead the airline? The wait, for now, continues.

Nassetta calls it a C, Capuano says the K is bending. I call it wishful typography.

Scrolling, texting, checking email. Attendees may be physically present at events but are often mentally elsewhere. Some planners think phone-free events may be the only way to get their attention back.