Across Asia a surge of headline attractions has put a fresh question on the table: will 2026 finally shift global travel away from checklist sightseeing and toward immersive, story-led journeys that keep visitors engaged longer and moving across borders. Industry leads, academics, and on-the-ground
Travelers who sprinted past food courts now linger for craft coffee, chef-led bites, and local stories stitched into concourses, and that shift set the stage for a high-stakes dining refresh at JetBlue’s Terminal 5. Commentators across aviation retail agreed that T5 needed a program that reads New
In this conversation, William Ainslie sits down with Katarina Railko, a hospitality and aviation infrastructure specialist whose career has bridged airline-led hub development, airport experience design, and the business of large-scale events and conferences. Drawing on her work with hub carriers,
Katarina Railko has spent her career at the intersection of hospitality, entertainment, and large-scale events, translating real-world guest behavior into digital strategies that move the needle. Drawing on years in travel and tourism, she now advises hoteliers on unifying tech stacks, activating
The new Hotel Indigo Torquay opened with sea air at its doorstep and a bigger question in the breeze: can a single, well-placed lifestyle hotel nudge an entire coastline from fond nostalgia toward confident reinvention without losing what made it beloved in the first place? Framed by Princess Pier,
In a region where business trips spill into weekend stays and project timelines stretch beyond a single quarter, extended-stay hospitality has shifted from niche to necessary as gateway cities race to add flexible lodging that feels like home yet performs like a hotel. This shift is now reshaping
