Work, then play

Bleisure

Bleisure travel, done properly: how to extend a work trip into a weekend break without falling foul of company policy, the destinations where an extra day pays off, and hotels that work as well for a Monday meeting as a Sunday off. Practical guidance on planning, packing and expenses for the trip that mixes business with leisure.

Boston tops the World Cup 2026 host city safety ranking as its Welcome World campaign launches. What UK business travellers need to know before flying.
Bleisure

Boston named safest World Cup host city as Welcome World campaign launches

By Andrea Thompson · June 9, 2026
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Sweden Prepares for Midnight Sun World Cup Celebrations as British Fans Look North for 2026

By Andrea Thompson · June 9, 2026
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Bleisure

Lakefront Seattle Hotel Kicks Off Summer with Floating Pickleball Experience 

By Andrea Thompson · June 9, 2026
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Bleisure

Keflavík Airport launches The Bless Programme – a world-first series of airport tours hosted by Iceland’s icons

By Andrea Thompson · June 7, 2026
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Destinations

Champagne: The French Spark That Became the World’s Celebration

By Andrea Thompson · June 5, 2026
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Destinations

Into the Quiet: Sweden’s New Wave of Immersive Forest and Island Retreats

By Andrea Thompson · June 5, 2026
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Bleisure

From Pitch to Paradise: Football Fever Puts Cape Verde’s Islands in the Spotlight

By Andrea Thompson · June 5, 2026
JdV by Hyatt is swapping nightcaps for flat whites this summer, teaming up with Austin lifestyle brand The Mushroom Cowboy to launch The Skyline Spin, a four-city series of morning DJ events on hotel rooftops across the United States.
Bleisure

JdV by Hyatt brings morning coffee raves to hotel rooftops with four-city Skyline Spin series

By Andrea Thompson · June 5, 2026
Daytona Beach is gearing up for one of the most significant Independence Day weekends in its history, with the Florida resort city's 150th birthday landing in the same year that the United States marks its semiquincentennial - America 250.
Destinations

Daytona Beach lines up a double-anniversary fourth of July as America 250 meets the city’s 150th

By Andrea Thompson · June 3, 2026
The Haute-Savoie Mont-Blanc tourist board has rolled out an unusually ambitious summer programme for 2026, betting that a combination of marquee sporting events, gastronomic firepower and a wave of design-led accommodation will tempt corporate travellers to extend their Alpine trips well beyond the meeting room.
Destinations

Haute-Savoie banks on Michelin stars, the Tour de France and a reborn mountain railway to court the summer business traveller

By Andrea Thompson · June 3, 2026
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Luxury

Gili Lankanfushi Maldives Invites Guests to Discover the Magic of ‘Noctotourism’

By Andrea Thompson · June 3, 2026
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A First for Namibia – Onguma’s new Onkolo Soundscapes

By Andrea Thompson · June 2, 2026