Bulgari Hotels and Resorts has signed an agreement with Russian investor Alexey Bogachev to bring the luxury hospitality brand to Moscow. Moscow-based real estate development company Storm Properti…
Massive Labor Strikes Are About to Make Travel in France a Nightmare
Passengers wait for a flight at Marseille-Provence Airport, in Marignane, southern France during a previous strike in June 2013. Claude Paris / Associated Press Travelers beware: French labor union…
Spain and Portugal Struggle to Keep Up With This Year’s Tourism Influx
People sunbathe at the Barceloneta beach in Barcelona, Spain. Spain and Portugal are reaping an economic bonanza from tourism as terrorism fears driving customers away from other Mediterranean dest…
Turkey and EU’s Visa-Free Travel Deal is on the Verge of Breaking Down
The spat between the European Union and Turkey over visa-free travel is heating up. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is demanding the abolition of visas for his citizens, or else he’l…
Turkey Tourism Capsized by Tensions as Arrivals Show Record Drop
Turkey experienced its biggest drop in foreign-tourist arrivals on record last month, as tensions with Russia and a series of deadly bombings kept visitors away from the country’s beaches.The…
Rome Is Looking for Corporate Sponsors to Help Clean Its Tourist Sites
Friends, Romans, countrymen! Oh yes, and countrywomen. And people in far-flung nations. Everyone, basically. Rome is seeking all the sponsors it can find to fund the monumental job of restoring and…
British Prime Minister Warns Cost of Vacations Will Increase With EU Exit
Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, right, speaks to a supermarket employee while campaigning to remain in the European Union ahead of the EU referendum on June 23. Jack Taylor / Pool Ph…
Nudists Lose 7-Year Battle for Access to Spanish Tourist Beach
German tourists walk on the seashore as one of them takes a photograph, after swimming in the Atlantic ocean in a beach in Cadiz, southwest Spain. Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press Nudists have l…
EU Changes Visa Waiver Program Due to Terrorism Concerns and Migrant Crisis
A girl plays next to the fence on the Macedonian border in Idomeni, Greece. Thousands of stranded refugees and migrants have camped in Idomeni for months after the border was closed. Darko Bandic /…
Germany Will No Longer Be a Traveler’s Wi-Fi Nightmare
Germany’s Wi-Fi crunch looks set to ease after Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition agreed to remove legal quirks that have held providers of public hotspots liable for what u…