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Rail travel, hotel rewards and more: 5 trends to shape your next vacation
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Travel trends in 2026 include the rise of luxury train journeys, travelling for racket sports like padel and pickleball, and Chinese hotels expanding their footprint across South-east Asia.
PHOTOS: VIETNAM LUXURY EXPRESS, CLUB MED
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SINGAPORE – “Experiences” has become a buzzword in the travel industry, suggesting that people today want more than checking destinations off a list or the sheer indulgence of old-school luxury travel.
Instead, they seek to immerse fully in a place – warts and all – and return with a grand story for the dinner table.
