Tourism and hospitality elite honoured at World Travel Awards 2026 in the Maldives

Jamaica has today, World Tourism Day, officially launched World Travel Week Jamaica 2026, a landmark six-day gathering bringing together leaders and organisations from across the international travel, tourism and hospitality industry. Taking place from 10-15 October 2026 at Princess Resorts in Negril, World Travel Week Jamaica will bring a portfolio of major international awards, industry gatherings and showcases together in one destination, placing Jamaica at the centre of the global tourism conversation.

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A new website dedicated to celebrating and promoting World Tourism Day has launched, bringing together a global events directory, stories from across the travel industry and opportunities for people and organisations to get involved.

World Tourism Day is an opportunity to celebrate one of the world’s great economic and social forces. It is also a moment to ask whether the choices we are making today will leave destinations and communities stronger tomorrow. By Justin Cooke, Editor-in-Chief, Breaking Travel News

Jamaica has used World Tourism Day to officially launch World Travel Week Jamaica⁠ 2026, an ambitious new gathering designed to bring some of the biggest international platforms in travel, tourism and hospitality together in Negril.

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“I’m not trying to be a flirt, like in my twenties,” American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz says, laughing. “I’m almost 50, and that’s not the vibe I’m putting out on stage any more.” It has been seven years since Mraz performed at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre as part of his “Good Vibes” Asia tour. Since that visit in 2019, Mraz has kept himself agile, releasing the full-length reggae record Look for the Good (2020), embracing disco-pop on the 2023 album Mystical Magical...

Lalisa Manobal – better known to just about everyone on the planet as Lisa – has never been afraid to stand out. The Thai-born star smashed her way into the K-pop game as YG Entertainment’s first non-ethnically Korean star, broke records with girl group Blackpink and as a solo artist, and has since made the leap onto the small screen as an actress. Somewhere along the way, she’s also amassed a very cool watch collection. She has also become a fixture in the luxury fashion world, favouring chic...

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