English Corner Job cuts, branch closures, brand strategy: Following the Hotelplan takeover, Dertour Suisse has laid out its roadmap for the years ahead. Travelnews exclusively reveals what the restructuring means in concrete terms for employees, travel agencies, and customers.

English Corner Turkey specialist Bentour Reisen is significantly expanding its offerings beyond the beach holiday regions with individual trips to the Black Sea region, the Anatolian hinterland or culturally rich cities – thanks to «Bentour à la carte», as CEO Deniz Ugur explains.

English Corner Three Swiss nationals were temporarily detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for overstaying their permitted stay.

English Corner Finnair is expanding its route network to a new continent and will begin flying to Melbourne, Australia, for the first time in autumn 2026. The route will be served daily from Helsinki via Bangkok with an Airbus A350.

English Corner Thailand is set to make international air travel more expensive. From early 2026, passenger service charges for international departures will rise by more than 50 percent.

English Corner Blocked seats on trains are a recurring source of frustration—when bags, jackets, or backpacks occupy space meant for passengers. This inevitably raises the question: how much space is hand luggage actually allowed to take up on public transport? Travelnews takes a closer look.

English Corner They still exist: countries or regions that are visited by only a few people. Swiss tourism professionals reveal where they see potential for tourism development.

English Corner Zurich Airport is pushing ahead with the modernization of its security checkpoints. The first new CT scanners will be operational from December 8, 2025, and are expected to significantly simplify the process for passengers. However, patience is still required before the 100-milliliter rule is finally lifted.

English Corner US border authorities are considering a drastic tightening of entry rules: In the future, visitors entering with an ESTA will have to disclose their social media profiles from the past five years.

English Corner The holidays are over, but a foreign speeding ticket can catch up with you back home. Which foreign fines have consequences – and which don't? Travelnews explains.

English Corner The so-called «Stranded Traveller Scam» has prompted a police warning: fraudsters are posing as stranded travelers and using manipulated banking apps to steal cash. Police advise being especially cautious of unsolicited requests for money from strangers.

English Corner Egypt is pushing ahead with the expansion of its nationwide high-speed rail network and has unveiled the new Velaro trains from Siemens Mobility for the first time. These trains, specially designed for desert conditions, are expected to drastically reduce travel times and connect millions of people more quickly.

English Corner With St. Moritz and Zermatt, only two Swiss ski resorts remain in the top 10 most expensive resorts. Austria takes the top spot.

English Corner The new Risk Map from Safeture provides an overview of which countries you can travel to with a clear conscience and which destinations you should avoid.

English Corner Spain plans to allow its high-speed trains to travel at speeds of up to 350 kilometers per hour, a speed currently only achieved in regular service in China. This would reduce the travel time between Madrid and Barcelona from two and a half hours to less than two hours.