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Tariffs are affecting business travel, but there could be an upside

Optimism in the global business travel sector has dropped by more than half this year, according to a report published by the Global Business Travel Association. Positive sentiment fell from 67% in November 2024 to 31% in April 2025, according to the report which surveyed more than 900 business travel professionals on the affect of…

May 30, 202567Views

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Travel spending from overseas tourists may fall $8.5 billion in 2025

South_agency | E+ | Getty Images Spending from foreign visitors to the U.S. is poised to fall by $8.5 billion this year as negative perceptions tied to trade and immigration policy lead overseas tourists to look elsewhere, according to a research note published by Oxford Economics. The spending decline, which works out to a drop…

May 28, 202565Views

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Summer travel demand is soaring — but airlines are short on planes

People board Ryanair plane at Rome Ciampino Airport in Ciampino, Italy on April 27, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Airlines are facing an uphill battle during peak travel season as delivery delays at Boeing and Airbus fuel a commercial jet shortage. The ongoing capacity issue remains a…

May 22, 202548Views

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The most common travel scams in 9 global cities

The travel industry is one of the sectors most susceptible to fraud, with scams rising 18% during the summer peak season and 28% in the winter peak season in 2024, according to a new report. The report, published last Tuesday by the Mastercard Economics Institute, showed that fraud related to travel agency and tour company…

May 20, 202554Views

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AI travel agents planning future trip far beyond ‘assistant’ status

Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty Images Since ChatGPT's big public debut already close to three years ago, Google has faced persistent questions about its decades-long hold over internet search traffic. That concern surfaced again in recent weeks after a top Apple executive alluded to a decline in search traffic on iPhone (where Google is…

May 16, 202573Views

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People are Boycotting Travel to the USA. Use That to Save…

Like it or not, it's happening. International visitors are avoiding the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) counts say that crossings of the northern border between the U.S. and Canada fell by 12.5% in February and 18% in March. Travel agency Flight Centre Travel Group Canada reported that business travel from Canada fell…

May 5, 202543Views

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8 of the Cheapest Places to Travel in Europe Right Now

With the U.S. dollar dropping in value and another economic downturn looking more and more likely, budget-conscious American travelers might want to be especially choosy right now about international vacation destinations. Traveling where the dollar remains strong would seem to disqualify much of Europe from the running for vacationers who rank affordability as a top…

April 28, 202546Views

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Plane tickets are getting cheaper as domestic travel demand weakens

Is a recession brewing in row 33? Airline CEOs this month warned Wall Street that passengers' appetite for domestic trips is coming in lighter than they had hoped when they set forecasts high at the start of 2025. On a series of earnings calls, they said the reasons range from President Donald Trump's whipsawing tariff…

April 28, 202554Views

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Airlines expected to cut 2025 outlooks as travel demand falters

A Boeing 767-332(ER) from Delta Air Lines takes off from Barcelona El Prat Airport in Barcelona on Oct. 8, 2024. Joan Valls | Nurphoto | Getty Images Waning travel from Canada. Signs of weaker demand across the Atlantic. Mass government layoffs. Tariffs. Consumers pulling back on travel bookings. The worst stock market swoon since 2020.…

April 7, 202549Views

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Canadians pull back on U.S. trips, threatening to widen travel deficit

Canadians hold an "Elbows Up" protest against U.S. tariffs and other policies by U.S. President Donald Trump, at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 22, 2025. Carlos Osorio | Reuters Canadians are skipping trips to the U.S. and visitors from other countries could soon follow threatening to deepen the United States' $50 billion…

April 5, 202548Views