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Online specialist cruise agency seascanner.co.uk has launched a new rock vs country music concept.

The onboard entertainment will be exclusive to seascanner.co.uk guests and will take place on a seven-night ‘Rock vs Country: The Ultimate No-Fly All-Inclusive Cruise’, departing October 31, 2027, on MSC Cruises’ MSC Preziosa. Sailing from Southampton, the voyage will call at Le Havre, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam and Hamburg. Prices start from £499pp.

Matthias Spohr, currently Managing Director of Lufthansa Aviation Training GmbH, will join the Executive Board of Eurowings as Chief Operating Officer (COO) on 1 October 2026. He will be responsible for Crew Operations, Flight Operations, Ground & Customer Operations, Safety, Security & Compliance Monitoring, Lean Management, Digitalisation & Processes, as well as Technical Fleet Management/Eurowings Technik. As a member of the three-person Executive Board headed by CEO Max Kownatzki, Spohr will succeed Edi Wolfensberger. Wolfensberger will become the new CEO of Edelweiss, Switzerland’s leading leisure airline, which is also part of the Lufthansa Group.

To celebrate the opening of Kitirua Plains Lodge in Kenya’s Amboseli region, A&K Sanctuary has partnered with Globe-Trotter to create the Sundowner Trunk, an entirely bespoke portable safari bar. Handcrafted in England at Globe-Trotter’s Hertfordshire workshop, the trunk unites two leaders in their fields: Globe-Trotter, whose luggage has been handcrafted in England since 1897, and Abercrombie & Kent, who brought luxury to the Kenyan bush over six decades ago. What they share is an obsession with craftsmanship and the details others miss. Kitirua Plains Lodge is the third Kenyan property from A&K Sanctuary, the safari camps, lodges and riverboat collection from Abercrombie & Kent, and the new flagship of the portfolio.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the hospitality industry, helping hotels move beyond traditional revenue management to deliver more personalised guest experiences, smarter commercial decisions and stronger financial performance. As luxury hotels increasingly embrace data-driven technology, AI is becoming a key competitive advantage.

In this exclusive Q&A, Breaking Travel News speaks with Joe Watkins, the newly appointed Head of AI and Data at Journey, the hospitality performance platform trusted by more than 750 hotels worldwide, including Chewton Glen, Grantley Hall and The BoTree. Joe discusses how AI is transforming hotel operations, the opportunities and challenges facing hoteliers, and what the next generation of intelligent hospitality technology will look like.