Air New Zealand's Skynest won the Innovative Cabin Concept category at the Crystal Cabin Awards in Hamburg.
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Economy class airplane bunk beds get seal of approval as launch moves closer
Singapore Airlines Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, the largest and longest variant of the 787 passenger aircraft as seen flying over the mountains of Kathmandu valley and landing in Tribhuvan International Airport KTM. The modern and advanced arriving wide body airplane the B787 has the registration 9V-SCN and is powered by 2x Rolls Royce RR jet engines. Singapore Airlines SIA is the flag carrier airline of Singapore with its hub at Singapore Changi Airport SIN. The airline is member of Star Alliance aviation group and was the first launch customer for Airbus A380, Boeing 787-10 and Airbus A350-900, awarded also multiple times as World's Best Airline. Kathmandu, Nepal on April 2022 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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2022 saw a nearly 75% increase in 'mishandled' bags.
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Etihad Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft as seen on final approach flying over the houses of Myrtle avenue in London, a famous location for plane spotting, for landing at London Heathrow Airport LHR. The modern wide-body airliner a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner passenger airplane has the registration A6-BLT and is powered by 2x GE jet engines. Etihad Airways is one of the 2 flag carriers of United Arab Emirates UAE, second largest airline of the country based in Abu Dhabi International Airport with a fleet size of 180 aircraft and 130 destinations. During the summer of 2022 the European Aviation industry is facing long delays, cancellations and travel chaos mostly because of staff shortages at the airports after the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic era, air travel had an increased demand. London, Heathrow on August 2022 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Travelers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Long airport lines, jammed planes, higher fares and potential flight delays are set to plague the coming summer travel season as more Americans fly at home and abroad. Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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15 June 2018, Germany, Pocking: A German police officer checks an Indian passport during a border check on highway A3 at the German-Austrian border. Photo: Armin Weigel/dpa (Photo by Armin Weigel/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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India is now the most populous country in the world. And it’s ready to become a tourism force
Alejandro Nú?ez Vicente, left, designed the Chaise Longue double level airplane seat concept. CNN Travel's Francesca Street, center, tested out the latest iteration of the design.
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The Linn Cove Viaduct snakes around Grandfather Mountain along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. The Blue Ridge Parkway was the most visited National Park Service site in 2022.
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Jaipur Hawa Mahal palace made of red and pink sandstone. A primary tourist attraction in Rajasthan India.
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Max and Joy Ulfane purchased Italian fortress Castello di Fighine in 1995.
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They bought a huge rundown Italian castle and transformed it into a luxury retreat
Chateau de Savigny-Les-Beaune in Burgundy, central France.
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The French chateau with more than 100 fighter jets
The Prince and Princess of Wales have been spotted shopping, drinking and watching the tennis around the capital.
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Visitors will be flocking to London to see the coronation of King Charles III as they did for the 2022 Platinum Jubilee (pictured).
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This sunny park has more roller coasters than any in the world – for now
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Swings and a ferris wheel remain in an abandoned amusement park of Pripyat, Ukraine.
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It's said that Disney used downtown Marceline as the model for the Main Street USA area of Disneyland. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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HUANGSHAN, CHINA - MARCH 12: Aerial view of blooming cherry blossoms at a tea garden on March 12, 2023 in Huangshan city, Anhui Province of China. (Photo by Shi Yalei/VCG via Getty Images)
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Spring equinox 2023: Ancient traditions of renewal echo into the modern world
An aloe marlothii stands silhoutted against the sunset , Babanango Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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The Colorado River wraps around Horseshoe Bend in the in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Page, Arizona, on February 11, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / RHONA WISE (Photo credit should read RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Sustainable ships: The world’s most eco-conscious cruises
An example of an economy class meal served on board a flight. Credit: Getty Images.
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Copenhagen, Denmark - July, 2019: Copenhagen iconic view. Famous old Nyhavn port with colorful medieval houses, tourist ship and woman on a bicycle in the center of Copenhagen. Selective focus.
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Rick Turner and Adam Longbottom traveled from the UK through Europe and then across to Brazil without taking a single flight.
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Wyoming's Jackson Hole Mountain Resort switched to 100% green power for all its lifts, facilities and base operations in 2019.
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This spectacular journey ends at the glittering Gulf of Trieste.
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Longest river cruise 'Ganga Vilas'.
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The world’s longest river cruise will sail India’s Ganges
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Where to go ice skating 100 floors above New York City streets
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10 of the best new luxury hotels opening in Asia in 2023
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Lan Ha Bay, Cat Ba Island, Vietnam - February 26, 2020: Tourists rest on the beach, break during the cruise on Lan Ha Bay in Vietnam
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A Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) C919 aircraft, China's first domestically produced large passenger jet, performs during the Airshow China 2022 in Zhuhai, in southern China's Guangdong province on November 8, 2022. - - China OUT (Photo by CNS / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by -/CNS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the New Years Eve fireworks show in Sydney on January 1, 2017. / AFP / PETER PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Crabs on Ethel Beach.
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What it’s like to live on Christmas Island
A statue of Colonel Sanders in a Santa outfit on December 23, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.
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How KFC became a Christmas tradition in Japan
AMESBURY, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 22: The sun rises over Stonehenge, as people take part in a winter solstice ceremony at the ancient neolithic monument of Stonehenge near Amesbury on December 22, 2018 in Wiltshire, England. A large crowd gathered at the famous historic stone circle, a UNESCO listed ancient monument to celebrate the sunrise closest to the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. The event is claimed to be more important in the pagan calendar than the summer solstice, because it marks the 're-birth' of the Sun for the New Year. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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Winter solstice 2022: Shortest day of the year is long on pagan mysteries
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The famous Dresden Christmas market "Striezelmarkt", Germany
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The world’s most breathtaking clifftop hotels
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Empty churches, deserted mansions: An exploration of New Mexico’s abandoned places
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13 of the world’s best hotels for a splurge
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Villa Carpena: The owners of this Italian mansion say it’s haunted by Mussolini family ghosts
(Original Caption) USS Indianapolis. On Approval! Camden, N.J.: The United States Cruiser Indianapolis is nosed out of Camden N.J. by powerful tugs, and speeded on her way to Rockland, Maine. The new seafighter will put through her paces during the trial cruise. If she meets with government requirements on the trip she will be accepted by Uncle Sam and put into commission.
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2BW0WG4 Salem, Massachusetts, Usa - Winter day at The Burying Point Cemetery where the Salem Witch Trials took place.
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The spookiest cities in the US – and why they still scare us
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Bamboo vipers and many-banded kraits: Experiencing Hong Kong’s snake safari
This picture taken on May 31, 2018 shows a dog barking while standing between houses covered with overgrown vegetation in Houtouwan on Shengshan island, China's eastern Zhejiang province. - Houtouwan was a thriving fishing community of sturdy brick homes that climb up the steeply hilled island of Shenghshan, but is now abandoned, with entire houses completely overgrown as if vacuum-sealed in a lush layer of green. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Tombstones used as building materials in the Ami-dong village of Busan, South Korea, on August 20.
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The ‘tombstone village’ built by Korean refugees on a Japanese cemetery
Singapore Changi Airport's expansion plans are seen in this rendering. (Changi Airport Group)
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Singapore’s Changi Airport is going to get a lot bigger as plans for T5 take shape
Visualisation of the portal and ramp to the tunnel on the Danish side.
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Denmark and Germany now building the world’s longest immersed tunnel
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The surprising history of Sentosa, Singapore’s staycation island
Lounge in the Lotte World Tower in Seoul.
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Dining at 1,820 feet, in South Korea’s highest restaurant
HK Central Mid Levels Escalator
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TOPSHOT - This picture taken on November 13, 2020 shows shows an aerial view of the Bailong elevators in Zhangjiajie, China's Hunan province. - Towering more than 300 metres (1,000 feet) up the cliff face that inspired the landscape for the blockbuster movie "Avatar", the world's highest outdoor lift whisks brave tourists to breathtaking views. (Photo by WANG ZHAO / AFP) / TO GO WITH: China technology film tourism transport, by Ludovic EHRET (Photo by WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
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World’s tallest outdoor elevator offers views over ‘Avatar’ landscape
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Lake Balaton and the endless summers of Hungary’s communist riviera
Opening Night of Hard Rock Cafe, Crown St., City.Thirty minutes before Australia's first Hard Rock Cafe was about to open on Friday night a panic about a missing VIP threw the organisers into a tailspin.It was nor Raquel they needed, nor Tom Cruise, although the swelling crowd around the cafe's Crown Street entrance longed for someone to scream at.The man they sought was Madigan. For without Madigan the evening could not proceed. April 01, 1989.
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Looking back on 50 years of the Hard Rock Cafe
Touristes consultant un plan du métro de Paris, en ao?t 1981, France. (Photo by Jean-Marc CHARLES/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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What travel was like before the internet
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Traveling the world as one of the first Black Pan Am flight attendants
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CIRCA 1947: A model poses as a passenger walking off the Pan American Clipper "Challenge" Lockheed 1049 airliner circa 1947. (Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Taiwan unveils world’s first ‘certified quiet hiking trail’
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Panorama della penisola di San Giovanni di Sinis e Tharros, vicino a Cabras, in Sardegna, Italia
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Mount Hua, Shaanxi Province, China - October 6, 2017: Tourists on the Plank Walk in the Sky, worlds most dangerous trail.
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11 of the world’s most dangerous hiking trails
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Why this woman recreates the journeys of history’s greatest female explorers
Tom Turcich and Savannah, Urgup, Turkey, 2020
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This man and his dog spent seven years walking around the world
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Airline reveals ‘Skynest’ bunk beds for economy class passengers
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The hidden spaces on planes that are off limits to passengers
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The airplane seat with headphones installed into the headrest
An Airbus A350-1000 aircraft is seen inside a hangar at Sydney international airport on May 2, 2022, to mark a major fleet announcement by Australian airline Qantas. - Qantas announced on May 2 it will launch the world's first non-stop commercial flights from Sydney to London and New York by the end of 2025, finally conquering the "tyranny of distance". (Photo by Wendell TEODORO / AFP) (Photo by WENDELL TEODORO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Transforming an A330 into a yacht-like luxury experience
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A Fuxing bullet train drives on the Lhasa-Nyingchi railway in Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 16, 2021. Nyingchi is located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River. With an average elevation of 3,100 meters, Nyingchi has one of the most well-protected virgin forests in China, with a forest coverage rate of 53.6 percent. In the past five years, Nyingchi has received 32 million tourists and made a tourism revenue of over 24 billion yuan about 3.69 billion U.S. dollars. (Photo by Chogo/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Faster, cleaner, greener: What lies ahead for the world’s railways
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The tunnel is seen from the platform of the Canary Wharf Crossrail station in London on February 8, 2017. Crossrail is building a new railway for London and the South East, running from Reading and Heathrow in the west, through 42km of new tunnels under London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. The new railway, which will be known as the Elizabeth line, is set to go into service in 2018 / AFP / BEN STANSALL (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Elizabeth line: Huge new underground railway opens deep beneath London
The Wuppertal suspension railway 'Schwebebahn', an elevated monorail train, drives through the city during a test phase on July 29, 2019 in Wuppertal, western Germany. - On August 1, 2019 the Suspension railway will return to its usual duty after the finish of repairs. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo credit should read INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
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The German city with an incredible upside down railway
Scenery along the way of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway
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The world’s most incredible rail journeys
Take a ride on London's new $25bn tube line
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A cruise ship navigates through the Miraflores locks, at the Panama Canal, on April 23, 2022. (Photo by LUIS ACOSTA / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Cruise liner Pacific Explorer docks at Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, on April 18, 2022. For the first time in more than two years, an ocean liner was berthed in Sydney Harbor on Monday as the multi-billion-dollar cruise industry resumes business in Australia's state of New South Wales NSW. (Photo by Bai Xuefei/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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This is Suzanne Lankes in early March 2022 on RCCL's Navigator of the Seas
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