Travel
Are the romantic notions of barefoot elegance and “slow” yachting changing the future of luxury travel?
The discussions at the 2025 UHNWI Insight Summit in Monaco highlighted how the next generation of ultra-wealthy travellers is embracing “experience over excess,” prioritising meaningful, fluid experiences that align with the environment and people over the glamour and exclusivity sought by previous generations.
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Italian, French strikes threaten commute
A strike by Italian rail workers will result in no trains running between Ventimiglia and Menton on Wednesday, March 8, from about 8:50 am until 5:37 pm. Since the stoppage is not due to start until...
18 new destinations from Nice Airport
Both Ryanair and British Airways have added London Stansted as a destination from Nice-Côte d’Azur Airport from March 26. The route is already served by easyJet. Seventeen other routes have been...
Multiple strikes hit air travel
Strikes will hit European air travellers hard from Monday, as French air traffic controllers start their first grève of the year. British Airways has cancelled at least 40 flights on Monday, plus a...
Tourists look further east, Monaco’s GoFast reports
Monaco’s Tourism Office reports in its GoFast newsletter of major tourism news that the number of tourist overnight stays in the European Union were slightly up, by two percent, in 2016. A Eurostat...
France’s tourism rebounds
“Between 82.5 and 83 million foreign tourists visited France in 2016,” Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on February 10. This is down from the record of 85 million recorded in 2015, but...
Mike Horn becomes first man to cross Antarctic solo
Mike Horn, the explorer with strong links to Monaco, has succeeded in his solo Antarctic crossing. He achieved this remarkable feat in 57 days, travelling 5,100 kilometres. He passed the South Pole...
