Fiona Batten has departed Envoyage AU, where she most recently held the role of Director Global Sales, to take up the position of Senior Vice President, North America at Scott Dunn, based in New York City.

Three new journeys through the American West as well as itineraries in Mexico, Alaska and Nova Scotia have been added to Tauck’s 2026 portfolio of North American land tours.

Virtuoso’s decision to appoint a US General Manager by the end of the year aligns with the luxury travel network’s goal to create a “truly global” operation, according to Chairman and CEO Matthew Upchurch.

Brand USA has asserted its confidence in the destination’s reinvigorated inbound tourism industry after COVID, today restating a target outlined in the 2022 National Travel and Tourism Strategy to welcome 90 million visitors to the United States by 2027 – a volume of people that will inject US$279 billion into the US economy.