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The World Aviation Festival (WAF) is introducing a dedicated Airport & Airline Collaboration Track at its 2026 event, taking place between 13-15 October in Lisbon.

The programme will look at how airports and airlines can build joint operational resilience and enable seamless travel for passengers. It will also bring in perspectives from border management, ground handlers, and technology providers.

This Pink October, MGallery Collection is inviting guests to see travel not as a pause from looking after their health, but as an opportunity to make space for it. Through Move & Care, the luxury boutique hotel brand is bringing together two pillars across its global network: Move, with movement, sport and wellness experiences for guests; and Care, focused on breast-health awareness, prevention and support, building on MGallery Collection’s always-on Committed To Her pillar. In Asia, two MGallery Collection properties in Vietnam and one in Thailand participate in this innovative 2026 Pink October campaign.

Malaysia Airlines is inviting UK motorsport fans to experience two back-to-back Formula 1 weekends in a single Southeast Asian journey this October. Formula 1 will return to Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit for the first time since 2017 for the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia from 2 – 4 October, followed one week later by the Singapore Grand Prix from 9 – 11 October. With services from London Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur and onward connections to Singapore, Malaysia Airlines enables travellers to combine both race weekends while discovering more of Malaysia between events.