Germany’s national rail operator has unleashed a new weapon in the battle against vandals — a robot dog. Named Spot, the four-legged machine will be used by Deutsche Bahn to stop its trains b...
https://o.canada.com/travel/spot-the-robodog-patrols-german-trains-to-thwart-vandals
Trusting your vacation planning to artificial intelligence (AI), may not be so clever, a survey suggests. A study found a resounding 90 per cent of travel itineraries generated by ChatGPT, a bot ...
https://o.canada.com/travel/dont-trust-chatgpt-to-make-your-travel-plans-yet
It seems an innocent vacation activity — bringing home a few pebbles from the beach as lasting souvenirs. But seaside visitors to Cumbria in northwestern England could be fined as much as £1,0...
https://o.canada.com/travel/seaside-visitors-to-cumbria-england-could-be-fined-for-taking-pebbles
An Italian town is promoting nuptials in the nude after opening a successful naturist beach in 2022. San Vero Milis, on the island of Sardinia, said nudist weddings on the sand were the next obvi...
https://o.canada.com/travel/nudism-and-wedding-tourism-meet-in-italian-island-of-sardinia
The remains of a ruined city in the northern Philippines have become a pop-up tourist attraction after resurfacing due to prolonged drought. Parts of a sunken church, old tombstones and foundatio...
https://o.canada.com/travel/drought-reveals-remains-of-old-town-in-philippines
Last year, when World’s 50 Best issued its first global ranking of hotels, only two properties in the US made the cut: the Equinox and Aman New York hotels, both in Manhattan. Now Michelin has ...
https://o.canada.com/travel/michelin-guide-awards-its-first-hotel-keys-in-the-u-s
Canadians are increasingly focusing on the perfect social-media photo opportunity when planning vacations, a survey suggests. Nearly half (45 per cent), of Gen Z, those born between 1997 and 2012...
https://o.canada.com/travel/selfies-over-sangria-for-young-canadian-vacationers
CHIBA – The Tokyo DisneySea Fantasy Springs Hotel was opened to the press by Oriental Land Co., the operator of the Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea theme parks. The accommodation facility will o...
https://o.canada.com/travel/tokyo-disneyseas-luxury-centerpiece-hotel-opens-for-first-looks
An airport in the California city of Oakland is proposing a name change that would help stop it being confused with a city 10,000 km away in the South Pacific. The air hub in San Francisco Bay is...
https://o.canada.com/travel/oakland-and-auckland-airport-mix-up
Sheltering from the sun in Spain could soon leave unsuspecting vacationers in the shade — at least financially. Under a new law being introduced in Andalusia, one of the country’s hottest and...