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Thugs have threatened to KILL British father because one of their friends died from unrelated brain injury days after they brawled in Maltese hotel when he asked them to stop exposing themselves in front of his daughters
Thugs have threatened to kill a British father after their friend died from a brain injury days after he was caught up in a Maltese hotel brawl. Liam Stacey, 29, was relaxing beside the pool with his three young daughters, aged two, three and...

Valletta FC seeks to convert its clubhouse into a boutique hotel
Valletta football club has applied to turn its clubhouse in Triq St Lucia into a boutique hotel with 37 beds across 17 rooms. The new hotel would add two floors to the existing building, according to plans submitted to the Planning Authority....

Malta joins International Code for Protection of Tourists
Malta has become the 29th country globally, and the 6th in Europe, to adhere to the International Code for the Protection of Tourists (ICPT). The move marks a significant step in strengthening global commitments to travellers’ rights and consumer...

UK tourists heading to Europe on holiday face strict new rules from this month
Terminal 2 departure terminal at Manchester Airport.(Image: Kenny Brown | Manchester Evening News) UK tourists with plans to travel to Europe this month are being reminded of some major changes coming into effect that will have an impact on their...
326,000 tourists visited Gozo in August, 300,000 were same-day visitors

Off to Europe? From fingerprint scans to fees, these are the new travel rules for Brits you must be wary of... and they start NEXT WEEK
Thousands of families will already be planning to jet off for some winter sun. But the way we travel around Europe will drastically change next week with a shake-up of rules which will track the movement of non-EU citizens. So Britons trying to...

Shock video shows hotel pool brawl after Brit, 29, confronted tourists for ‘pulling woman’s hair & dangling baby’
THIS is the shocking moment a British tourist brawled with locals at a hotel pool after confronting them over pulling a woman’s hair. Liam Stacey, 29, stepped in after the rowdy group were allegedly seen menacing the female guest and dangling a...

Malta participates at World Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit for first time
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Ian Borg, is leading Malta's first official participation at the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit, currently being held in Rome. The WTTC Global Summit is the...

Air France-KLM Flying Blue October Promo Awards For Travel Through March 31, 2026
Air France-KLM Flying Blue has updated its latest promotional awards for October. These awards are valid for travel through March 31, 2026, and must be booked by the end of this month. The maximum discount is 25% off the required miles, although...

Record 470,000 tourists visited Malta in August
Tourist numbers in August were up by 11.5 per cent when compared to 2024, official figures released on Wednesday indicate. Just over 470,000 people visited Malta in August, making it the busiest month for the country’s tourism sector in recorded...

Shocking moment Brit brawls with locals at Maltese hotel after 'seeing them pull woman by the hair, dangle a baby upside down and getting into argument with them' - now he is charged with GBH
This is the shocking moment a British tourist brawled with locals at a Maltese hotel after seeing them pulling a woman by the hair and dangling a baby upside down. Liam Stacey, 29, confronted the group - including three brothers – before one of...

Malta joins International Code for Protection of Tourists and hosts landmark conference on tourism law
Malta has become the 29th country globally, and the 6th in Europe, to adhere to the International Code for the Protection of Tourists (ICPT). The move marks a significant step in strengthening global commitments to travellers’ rights and consumer...

Changing the way we plan holidays
Malta has a new player in the travel sector with the launch of PrimaHolidays.Travel, an online platform designed to bring together flight and hotel options into one integrated system, showing live availability and current pricing. The company is...

A Barnesville teacher who fled Russians after WWII, 'Mr. Malta' earns Hall of Honor induction
BARNESVILLE, Minn. — Exceptional, distinguished and “a legend in his own time” are how former students remember a respected and beloved teacher in Barnesville Public Schools. Rudolfs Malta, known as “Mr. Malta” by all, will be inducted...

Malta to host the World Travel and Tourism Council Global Summit in 2026
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has officially announced that its 26th Global Summit will take place in Valletta in 2026. The announcement was made during the closing ceremony of this year's edition, in Rome, on Tuesday afternoon. The...
470,643 tourists visited Malta in August
Total inbound tourists for August 2025 were estimated at 470,643, an increase of 11.5% when compared to the corresponding month in 2024, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said. During the month under review, a total of 450,599 inbound tourists...

Retired Chinese ‘legend’, 57, studies in Malta, despite family concerns
A woman from China has been hailed as an academic pioneer for embarking on a new chapter in her life by travelling to Europe to study at the age of 57. The woman, who uses the alias Yujia Sister on social media, flew from Shanghai to Malta in...

Nominations now open for Gozo Tourism Awards 2025

Delta launches new flights from US to popular European vacation spot
By EMMA SALETTA, US AUDIENCE REPORTER Published: 01:42 EDT, 1 October 2025 | Updated: 01:42 EDT, 1 October 2025 Delta is expanding its European lineup with seven new nonstop routes — and Porto, Portugal, is leading the charge. Starting May 2026,...

All aboard for the perfect family holiday with MSC Cruises
Family holidays are the stuff of lifelong memories, but finding something that satisfies toddlers, teens, parents, and grandparents can feel like navigating some pretty choppy waters. So thank goodness, then, for MSC Cruises, which has perfected...