The responsible tourism movement is slowly catching on and for the first time at the last World Travel Market (WTM), the Responsible Tourism conference was standing room only. On the other side of the world in East Asia, Myanmar has also been busy, and took advantage of the environmental focus...

This year's World Travel Market (WTM) Global Trends Report predicts several new travel trends for the year to come, including digital detox holidays, which are being offered by an increasing number of hotels around the world.

Needless to say that there is a growing penetration - or intrusion...

Generating a mighty one billion tourists worldwide and $900million in revenue in 2012, (Institute of International Relations and Strategy, IRIS), tourism is the world's most lucrative industry. The fact that tourism is such a thriving industry doesn't necessarily lead major actors to question the sustainability of their activities, when in...

The third media scandal to hit the news in the last few weeks after debate surrounding whether or not photos of Prince Harry photographed naked during a game of strip-poker in Las Vegas and pictures of Kate Middleton topless on a beach in the South of France should be published,...

We've come to a time in history when caring for the environment is becoming big business, especially where hotels are concerned. When I visit hotels I always ask about their green initiatives and I almost always expect my host to go into a lengthy description about towel-service and bottled water....

Poster campaign for Golden Globe winner, Jean Dujardin's next film, 'Les Infidèles', was pulled last Friday after it was deemed sexually explicit in France. But aside from possibly hindering the actor's chances at the Oscars, the public is appalled that such a campaign should have slipped through the net.

Aside from all the Costa Concordia media hype last week, the story to steal the second place on the media podium is the palaver surrounding Boris Island. Where is it? What is it? Why is it? Hard to read past the buzz-worded titles and sift through mounds of photos of...

Last month, Southwark Council approved plans for the complete redesign of London Bridge Station. As a result, a number of iconic London buildings are going to be demolished. It's not that we shouldn't be embracing change, but at what cost? Is the eradication of our heritage a sign of progress...

At the last World Travel Market in London, we attended the conference "Content Counts" led by speakers Giles Longhurst, Frommer's director; Maud Larpent, senior manager of partnerships, TripAdvisor; and Terence Mark, CEO of 3rd Planet. The conference, we hoped, would give us a few hints as to what kind of...