2025 is the year for warm gold-toned metallics.

Step into the heart of winter wonder on Saadiyat Island, where cultural treasures, luxurious escapes, and breathtaking natural beauty come together. This season, immerse yourself in unforgettable festivities that capture the island’s unmatched allure and create memories to cherish forever. Saadiyat Island was voted as Middle East’s Leading Beach Destination 2024 by the World Travel Awards

This Christmas, Spain continues to establish itself as a leading global tourist destination, with notable growth in demand from both European and long-haul markets. This trend aligns with the increase in air capacity from key source markets for Spain, as highlighted by Mabrian, the global travel intelligence platform.

Mabrian analysed seat availability data from Spain’s primary source markets, cross-referencing it with inspirational demand using the Share of Searches Index*. For this analysis, the index reflects the level of interest in traveling to Spain based on flight search behaviour, regardless of confirmed bookings, for the period between December 20th, 2024, and January 5th, 2025.

The World Travel Awards (WTA), the most prestigious accolades in the global travel and tourism industry, celebrated an extraordinary and record-breaking year in 2024. This achievement further solidified its status as the gold standard for recognizing excellence across all sectors of the travel world.

As the curtains close on 2024, all eyes are now on the exciting prospects of the 2025 program. The WTA’s are set to elevate the bar yet again, with a promise of new host destinations and awards for groundbreaking developments in the hotel, cruise, tourism, and aviation industry’s.