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CNA
04-07-2025
- CNA
As Europe's summer travel season heats up, transatlantic travel to the US declines
PARIS: Europe's sun-soaked beaches and scenic countryside are once again bustling with activity as the peak summer season kicks into gear, with tourists from across the globe flocking to the continent in large numbers. While many tourists from the United States have made plans to visit Europe, the flow of travellers appears to be less reciprocal. Transatlantic travel to the US is in decline, according to aviation analysts. Bookings to the US for July have dropped 13 per cent compared to the same period last year. Some European airlines are slashing transatlantic airfares in a bid to counter softening demand. DECLINING TRANSATLANTIC AIRFARES Some Europeans told CNA that fears over safety, especially around US President Donald Trump's unwelcoming policies that focus on stricter border policy, are making America a less appealing destination. The decline in travel to the US reflects broader headwinds in the global travel sector, as ongoing geopolitical tensions and tightened consumer budgets weigh on international plans. Meanwhile, businesses across Europe are aiming to capitalise on strong inbound tourism, hoping for a bumper July and August season. Yet, industry insiders caution that certain challenges are beginning to emerge, particularly around infrastructure and accommodation. The European Tourism Association's chief executive Tom Jenkins said: 'To a certain extent we are starting to see problems with over-demand in certain areas. Certainly (in) places such as Paris, Rome, Venice, even London, we are seeing capacity constraints cut in.' France remains the most visited country in the world, welcoming about 90 million international tourists each year. Its capital Paris draws millions with iconic landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum. DEMAND FROM ASIA Tourists from Asia continue to be a crucial driver of Europe's tourism economy, providing a reliable stream of summer revenue. However, shifts in origin markets are changing the dynamics of this long-standing relationship. In a June survey conducted by the non-profit European Travel Commission, 72 per cent of Chinese respondents said they plan to travel to Europe this summer, up from last year. However, the share of respondents who said they were planning to spend more than US$230 a day has fallen by 11 per cent compared to the same period last year. 'Because of the problems with Russia and Ukraine, we are seeing a real suppression in demand from Asia. Some people are defying this,' said Jenkins. 'Certainly, India is booming as an origin market for Europe. Indonesia is doing very very well. Places such as Vietnam are surprisingly active at sending people to Europe. 'But in broad terms, the big origin markets such as Japan and China are down from where they used to be.'
The Guardian
20-06-2025
- Climate
- The Guardian
Royal Ascot 2025: updates, previews and more from day four
Update: Date: 2025-06-20T10:10:17.000Z Title: Ascot weather report Content: Forecast: A gentle breeze will provide light relief as it's set to be another scorching, dry day. High: 29 degrees celsius Low: 16 degrees celsius Update: Date: 2025-06-20T10:09:31.000Z Title: Ascot going report Content: Official Going The latest ground report conducted at Ascot on Friday, 20th June has the official going as Good to Firm. GoingStick Stands Side: 8.7Centre: 8.4Farside: 8.5Round: 7.1 Update: Date: 2025-06-20T10:07:51.000Z Title: Tom Jenkins is our snapper on course. Content: Update: Date: 2025-06-20T10:05:32.000Z Title: The Gold Cup is the big race of the week, and the spoils went to the Gosden team. Content: Update: Date: 2025-06-20T10:00:36.000Z Title: Preamble Content: Welcome to Ascot on the fourth morning of Royal Ascot 2025, where the sun is shining as it has been all week, crowds are up – again – year-on-year, and there are two Group One races for the near-capacity crowd to enjoy alongside three daunting handicaps where a winner could well pay for your ticket, a bottle of bubbly and a carriage ride home. The Coronation Stakes, for three-year-old fillies over a mile, is the feature event on the card at 4.20, and while only one of the three major 1,000 Guineas winners is in the field – Zarigana, who won in France - two unbeaten up-and-comers were added to the race at the weekend and will give her plenty to think about. The top-rated two-year-old of 2024, Shadow Of Light, is up against 20 opponents in the day's first Group One, the Commonwealth Cup at 3.05, while in the King Edward VII Stakes later on the card 'Ascot Derby', Ralph Beckett's Amiloc will attempt to extend his unbeaten record to five races against another very promising colt, Johnny Murtagh's Zahrann. Both the straight and round courses were watered overnight – 6mm on the straight course and 5mm on the round – and the going remains good-to-firm all over, but it will be drying all the time with temperatures heading into the upper 20s again today and Leovanni, in the Commonwealth Cup, is one of four scratches so far on today's card due to the ground. The action is underway at the immutable time of 2.30 with the Albany Stakes, a juvenile contest that has been won by several future Group One winners in the recent past, and as ever, you can follow all the news and action as it happens, from the publication of the carriage list right through to the last horse across the line in the concluding sprint handicap, here on the Guardian's live blog.
Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Panthers have last laugh over Jarome Luai
Penrith have had the last laugh over Jarome Luai, edging Wests Tigers for an 18-14 win in the four-time premiership hero's first game against his old side. Luai had a mixed reunion with the Panthers, playing a hand in all of the Tigers' three tries but gifting Penrith penalties ahead of two game-defining scores in Sunday's second half at CommBank Stadium. The Tigers' co-captain almost helped his team to victory in the final 10 minutes when Jack Bird regathered his bomb close to the line and offloaded to Jahream Bula. But a miraculous cover tackle from Scott Sorensen and Nathan Cleary stopped the fullback inches short of the line and the Panthers held on. THE TRY SAVER! 🤯#NRLTigersPanthers — NRL (@NRL) June 8, 2025 Marking the Tigers' other ex-Panther in Sunia Turuva, left winger Tom Jenkins scored his first hat-trick in a win that keeps Penrith's mid-season resurgence humming. An away clash against the Warriors is set to prove a litmus test in a fortnight, with Penrith only able to lose four more games this season to finish with a 50 per cent winning record. Three-time reigning wooden spooners the Tigers head into their bye on a four-game losing streak that threatens to undo their improved start to the season. After the teams were locked at 10-10 at halftime, Cleary kicked for goal to put Penrith ahead after Luai tackled Penrith's new five-eighth Blaize Talagi. Jenkins completed his hat-trick, crossing just after Luai was cited for collecting Liam Martin on a kick chase. But Luai had been involved in everything the Tigers did well in a better first half for Benji Marshall's side. He first put boot to ball from his non-preferred right foot ahead of Starford To'a's try before again swinging to the right side as the Tigers shifted for Turuva to score. The 28-year-old was at the centre of another memorable moment early in the second half, flooring opposite man and long-term teammate Cleary in a bone-crunching one-on-one tackle. In his first game back from a hamstring injury, Jeral Skelton gave the Tigers a sniff with 10 minutes to play as Luai and Adam Doueihi found him on the left wing. But for a second consecutive week, the Panthers rediscovered their gritty best to hit their second bye in form.
The Advertiser
30-05-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Penrith at risk of 72-year low in NRL grudge match
Penrith will sit last on the ladder later in the regular season than any defending premier for 72 years if they lose to local rivals Parramatta in round 13. Not since Western Suburbs, who went from grand final winners in 1952 to wooden spooners a year later, has an NRL premier struggled to ignite their season for as long as the four-time reigning champions. The only exception is Melbourne in 2010 but the Storm's 2009 premiership was declared void amid salary cap breaches that barred them from accruing competition points as defending premiers. Penrith fell back to bottom place on the ladder with last Saturday's 25-6 loss to fellow strugglers Newcastle, leaving coach Ivan Cleary to warn the Panthers they must begin realising their potential. The playing group is focusing on a first win since adopting CommBank Stadium as their home ground this year, not their lowly ladder position. "I'm not losing sleep over it," said winger Tom Jenkins. "I care about winning games and winning premierships and stuff like that. But if you're too focused on that (ladder position), it's just going to make you play bad. It's that simple. "(Cleary) also spoke about - it's seeing how far away you are from those top teams. We don't feel like we're that far away. It's about things going right and making things go right." The Panthers' season risks slipping away amid the always disruptive State of Origin period but the club is hopeful their five representatives - Nathan Cleary, Isaah Yeo, Brian To'o, Dylan Edwards and Liam Martin - will face the Eels on Sunday. Veteran second-rower Scott Sorensen did not feel the Panthers' situation was becoming more urgent as the season approached its halfway point. "You want to win every week," he said. "There might be a little bit (of urgency) there but I just think everyone's very level-headed, very grounded. "We might be out there and the story might be that we're here on the ladder but for us, it's honestly just what's in front of us right now and that's Parramatta." Sorensen returns from the three-game suspension he received for his shoulder charge on Nathan Brown in round eight and has been named to line up on the left edge. "I got a little bit of time there to take a breath, reset, get some quality training in and I'm excited to get back into it this weekend," he said. Penrith will sit last on the ladder later in the regular season than any defending premier for 72 years if they lose to local rivals Parramatta in round 13. Not since Western Suburbs, who went from grand final winners in 1952 to wooden spooners a year later, has an NRL premier struggled to ignite their season for as long as the four-time reigning champions. The only exception is Melbourne in 2010 but the Storm's 2009 premiership was declared void amid salary cap breaches that barred them from accruing competition points as defending premiers. Penrith fell back to bottom place on the ladder with last Saturday's 25-6 loss to fellow strugglers Newcastle, leaving coach Ivan Cleary to warn the Panthers they must begin realising their potential. The playing group is focusing on a first win since adopting CommBank Stadium as their home ground this year, not their lowly ladder position. "I'm not losing sleep over it," said winger Tom Jenkins. "I care about winning games and winning premierships and stuff like that. But if you're too focused on that (ladder position), it's just going to make you play bad. It's that simple. "(Cleary) also spoke about - it's seeing how far away you are from those top teams. We don't feel like we're that far away. It's about things going right and making things go right." The Panthers' season risks slipping away amid the always disruptive State of Origin period but the club is hopeful their five representatives - Nathan Cleary, Isaah Yeo, Brian To'o, Dylan Edwards and Liam Martin - will face the Eels on Sunday. Veteran second-rower Scott Sorensen did not feel the Panthers' situation was becoming more urgent as the season approached its halfway point. "You want to win every week," he said. "There might be a little bit (of urgency) there but I just think everyone's very level-headed, very grounded. "We might be out there and the story might be that we're here on the ladder but for us, it's honestly just what's in front of us right now and that's Parramatta." Sorensen returns from the three-game suspension he received for his shoulder charge on Nathan Brown in round eight and has been named to line up on the left edge. "I got a little bit of time there to take a breath, reset, get some quality training in and I'm excited to get back into it this weekend," he said. Penrith will sit last on the ladder later in the regular season than any defending premier for 72 years if they lose to local rivals Parramatta in round 13. Not since Western Suburbs, who went from grand final winners in 1952 to wooden spooners a year later, has an NRL premier struggled to ignite their season for as long as the four-time reigning champions. The only exception is Melbourne in 2010 but the Storm's 2009 premiership was declared void amid salary cap breaches that barred them from accruing competition points as defending premiers. Penrith fell back to bottom place on the ladder with last Saturday's 25-6 loss to fellow strugglers Newcastle, leaving coach Ivan Cleary to warn the Panthers they must begin realising their potential. The playing group is focusing on a first win since adopting CommBank Stadium as their home ground this year, not their lowly ladder position. "I'm not losing sleep over it," said winger Tom Jenkins. "I care about winning games and winning premierships and stuff like that. But if you're too focused on that (ladder position), it's just going to make you play bad. It's that simple. "(Cleary) also spoke about - it's seeing how far away you are from those top teams. We don't feel like we're that far away. It's about things going right and making things go right." The Panthers' season risks slipping away amid the always disruptive State of Origin period but the club is hopeful their five representatives - Nathan Cleary, Isaah Yeo, Brian To'o, Dylan Edwards and Liam Martin - will face the Eels on Sunday. Veteran second-rower Scott Sorensen did not feel the Panthers' situation was becoming more urgent as the season approached its halfway point. "You want to win every week," he said. "There might be a little bit (of urgency) there but I just think everyone's very level-headed, very grounded. "We might be out there and the story might be that we're here on the ladder but for us, it's honestly just what's in front of us right now and that's Parramatta." Sorensen returns from the three-game suspension he received for his shoulder charge on Nathan Brown in round eight and has been named to line up on the left edge. "I got a little bit of time there to take a breath, reset, get some quality training in and I'm excited to get back into it this weekend," he said.
Perth Now
30-05-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Penrith at risk of 72-year low in NRL grudge match
Penrith will sit last on the ladder later in the regular season than any defending premier for 72 years if they lose to local rivals Parramatta in round 13. Not since Western Suburbs, who went from grand final winners in 1952 to wooden spooners a year later, has an NRL premier struggled to ignite their season for as long as the four-time reigning champions. The only exception is Melbourne in 2010 but the Storm's 2009 premiership was declared void amid salary cap breaches that barred them from accruing competition points as defending premiers. Penrith fell back to bottom place on the ladder with last Saturday's 25-6 loss to fellow strugglers Newcastle, leaving coach Ivan Cleary to warn the Panthers they must begin realising their potential. The playing group is focusing on a first win since adopting CommBank Stadium as their home ground this year, not their lowly ladder position. "I'm not losing sleep over it," said winger Tom Jenkins. "I care about winning games and winning premierships and stuff like that. But if you're too focused on that (ladder position), it's just going to make you play bad. It's that simple. "(Cleary) also spoke about - it's seeing how far away you are from those top teams. We don't feel like we're that far away. It's about things going right and making things go right." The Panthers' season risks slipping away amid the always disruptive State of Origin period but the club is hopeful their five representatives - Nathan Cleary, Isaah Yeo, Brian To'o, Dylan Edwards and Liam Martin - will face the Eels on Sunday. Veteran second-rower Scott Sorensen did not feel the Panthers' situation was becoming more urgent as the season approached its halfway point. "You want to win every week," he said. "There might be a little bit (of urgency) there but I just think everyone's very level-headed, very grounded. "We might be out there and the story might be that we're here on the ladder but for us, it's honestly just what's in front of us right now and that's Parramatta." Sorensen returns from the three-game suspension he received for his shoulder charge on Nathan Brown in round eight and has been named to line up on the left edge. "I got a little bit of time there to take a breath, reset, get some quality training in and I'm excited to get back into it this weekend," he said.
