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The confirmation email used to mark the end of the sale. For many travelers, it now marks the start of a second round of shopping, and most hotels are not set up to compete in it. New research from Skift and McKinsey & Company finds that 41% of U. S. travelers keep checking prices on their trip after they’ve booked, and 29% keep looking at other options in case something more desirable becomes available.

Photo Credit: The Kuala Lumpur skyline featuring the Petronas Twin Towers, a popular tourist attraction. Freepik / lifeforstock Malaysia’s inbound tour operators are reporting November cancellations, Indonesia has logged more than 2,600 disrupted domestic flights, and sightseeing itineraries in Singapore are being cut short as haze from Indonesian forest and peatland fires settles over the region ahead of year-end travel.

Extreme heat is estimated to have caused more than 50,000 excess heat deaths in European towns and cities during summer 2026, according to two new peer-reviewed studies due to be published in Nature Health — and climate change is largely to blame. Popular tourist cities faced criticism this summer for their lack of shaded spaces and air conditioning (AC), with the latter emerging as a sort of culture war between climate action and comfort. But new analysis by Imperial College London and by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine shows heat is an increasingly important safety issue.

Photo Credit: In Mont Ventoux in Provence, southern France, Château de Mazan is a hotel that belongs to Accor's network. Accor Accor is bracing for a bumpy end to the year because of uncertainty in two of its key markets.

After more than 165 years, New York City’s horse-drawn carriage industry is coming to an end. A bill passed by the New York City Council Thursday will phase out the horse-drawn cab industry by mid-2028. The rides have long been promoted to tourists, with a longtime carriage driver and stable manager calling it “one of the most iconic things to do” in the city.

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said Thursday he believed the carrier could be profitable in 2027 even as it is battered by soaring jet fuel costs. “We think we can be profitable next year,” he said during a call with analysts. “And that's driven by what we've seen this year. We've had fuel expenses now grow $7 billion over the course of the year. But for that, we'd be solidly profitable.”