Amid huge challenges and after surpassing 3.5 million tourist arrivals last year, Cuba expects a record number of visitors in 2016, particularly from the United States, with their trips made easier by regular flights and ferry service.

As airlines continue to struggle with effective ways to remain profitable, their biggest challenge remains how to maintain customer satisfaction from millions of passengers, including the business traveler who is the backbone of the airline industry.

The 2016 Summer Olympics will take place in Rio de Janeiro, one year after Brazil hosted the FIFA World Cup. While success on the pitch escaped the soccer-loving country throughout the tournament, the event proved a huge triumph for Brazil tourism, bringing one million visitors to the country.

The ceremony will take place at Embraer headquarters, in Sao Jose dos Campos, and the model to be presented is the E190-E2, which has its first flight scheduled for the second half of 2016.

Hotel search website trivago.co.uk has revealed its ten up-and-coming destinations for 2016. First, trivago.com looked at the 200 most searched-for overseas destinations (regions, towns and cities) during 2015. Cuba's Havana and Varadero made the top-10 list.

France, the most popular tourist destination in the world, has to adapt its offer and infrastructure to fully benefit from the digital revolution of the travel industry.