If 2015 was any example of how the market is changing both technologically, operationally as well as philosophically, then 2016 should be an incredibly interesting year. Here are some thoughts regarding the year ahead.

The concept of a floating hotel is nothing new. However designer Gianluca Santosuosso's MORPHotel is unlike anything you've ever seen before.

Having welcomed 2.6 million visitors through September, Cuba appears poised for another record-setting year, on track to top last year's 3 million visitors.

Tenerife tourism board expects to close the year with an increase of about a 2 percent or 3 percent in tourist arrivals amounting to 5.3 million tourists by year-end.

Passenger numbers will be double the expected 2015 total of 3.5 billion by 2034 with seven billion people taking to the skies, according to IATA’s 20 year Passenger Forecast Report.

Russian travelers need to find new travel destinations which are not banned and sanctions free. The European Union and US impose sanctions to Russia which cripples its economy – European travel is a luxury now for many Russian travelers. Just recently Russia bans to travel to Turkey.