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Banyan Group (“Banyan Tree Holdings Limited” or the “Group” – SGX: B58), an independent global hospitality company, enters the second half of 2025 with strategic momentum across its diversified portfolio of hotels, branded residences, and purpose-led experiences.

The Human Capability Development Program (HCDP) - one of the Saudi Vision 2030 Realization Programs – has launched the Insight Report from the second edition of the Human Capability Initiative (HCI) 2025, held last April under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Prime Minister.

Fauja Singh, a man believed to be the world's oldest marathon runner has been reported dead after being hit by a car in India.

Debbie Boyd, a 71-year-old woman from Atlanta, Georgia, moved to Panama in early 2025 with her 97-year-old mother to access better healthcare and escape rising living costs in the United States.

The United States Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, alongside the Consulate General in Lagos, announced via its official X (formerly Twitter) account on 14 July that both missions will suspend operations today (Tuesday, 15 July 2025).

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has announced that Barbados will host the 2025 edition of its flagship State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC), taking place from September 30 to October 3, 2025, at Hilton Barbados Resort.

A preliminary report on the Air India crash that killed 260 people has found that both fuel switches were in the cut-off position moments before the plane crashed in Ahmedabad.

FITUR, the International Tourism Trade Fair, is taking a bold step forward in tourism innovation with the launch of the Knowledge Hub, a new space that will become the beating heart of the event’s technological and knowledge-sharing activities.

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, is currently leading the country’s delegation at the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), being held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, July 8, 2025. The Conference is being chaired by Dr Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica.

More than seven years after Akon first laid down plans to open his own city in Senegal with him confirming in 2022 that things were “100,000% moving forward”, the ambitious project has now been abandoned.

BE OPEN Art, an online non-profit gallery set up by Elena Baturina's humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, announces the winners of the 2nd stage in this year's BE OPEN Regional Art, the competition for emerging artists aimed to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities, for the third year now.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has unveiled a bold three-year roadmap to transform the region’s tourism sector, officially launching its Reimagine Plan 2025–2027 during Caribbean Week in New York last month.

In a strategic move to strengthen Saudi Arabia's logistics infrastructure, His Excellency Eng. Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, Minister of Transport and Logistic Services and Chair of the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani), laid the foundation stone for a new logistics corridor connecting Jeddah Islamic Port to Al-Khumrah Logistics Park.

Spice Island Beach Resort has appointed Sheldon Keens-Douglas to the position of Resort Manager, as of July 1, 2025.

Thousands of Tibetan Buddhists streamed into India's Himalayan town of Dharamshala to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Dalai Lama.

The Irish Girl Guides (IGG) are thrilled to announce Orbit 2025, a stellar international camp set to take place from 3–9 August in County Kildare.