NEWS Maltese Falcon


Inside Travel Group, parent of InsideJapan and Inside Asia, carried a record 16,000 passengers in 2025, with sales up 22% year on year. InsideJapan launched an overtourism strategy last March – dubbed ‘under-tourism’ – promoting the lesser- visited regions of Yamaguchi, Nagasaki,


Toyama, Nagoya and Aomori. Rob Moran, Inside Travel Group’s head of sustainability, said InsideJapan sent travellers to more than 200 destinations in 2025 – helping


Jumeirah releases its first yachting itineraries


Hotel brand Jumeirah has made its “strategic entry” into luxury yachting with a series of itineraries on board superyacht Maltese Falcon. The 88-metre vessel, which has recently undergone an


“extensive refit” following its debut in 2006, features a full-beam master suite and four double cabins, as well as a wellness area with a massage room and fitness studio, an outdoor cinema projected onto one of three large sails, and a rotating sunbed on the flybridge. The superyacht is set to operate a series of 12-person


voyages around the Mediterranean and Caribbean following its inaugural sailing from Antigua last month. Standard itineraries are a week long, although voyages can


be tailored depending on clients’ requests. Maltese Falcon, a Jumeirah Privé Experience, will be the second


offering alongside Jumeirah Thanda Island in the Jumeirah Privé portfolio, which was established as a “curated collection of escapes that combine ultimate privacy and exclusivity with the world-class service and amenities of the brand”. jumeirah.com


to revitalise local economies and preserve culture. “The aim of this strategy is to help disperse travel to places and communities that have the capacity and desire to welcome more visitors, but ultimately improve the traveller experience,” he said. “Our target for 2025 was to double the previous year’s room nights booked >VÀoÃà oÕÀ wÛi Õn`iÀ-ÌoÕÀiÃm Ài}ionà to 1,000 nights, and we have exceeded that goal.” The group is exploring a similar approach in South Korea, India and Thailand and plans to double


under-tourism room nights again in 2026. insidetravelgroup.com


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