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Browsing Festivals

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Travel & Hospitality

Stat: Brazil’s 2026 Carnival projections signal rising global appeal

Brazil’s 2026 Carnival was expected to attract more than 65m participants across the country, according to estimates from the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Embratur.

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Food & Drink

Co-op recycles festival plastics into staff uniforms

Grocery retailer Co-op hopes to transform plastic bottles tossed away at festivals into a useful, longer-term resource: uniforms for store staff.

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Culture & Media

Lost Horizon is a real festival in a virtual world

The team behind Glastonbury’s Shangri-La is creating world’s largest music and arts festival in virtual reality.

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Fashion

Need to know | 24 : 10 : 17

In today’s daily digest: Coinflash makes cryptocurrency investment easy, how to brew a healthier tea, air pollution a deadly global killer and other top stories.

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Viewpoints

What’s the deal with men-free music festivals?

As a Swedish festival plans to exclude men, we ask whether physically separating people based on gender should be considered an act of progression.

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Retail

Ticketmaster pioneers ultrasonic smartphone tickets

US – The initiative enables concert-goers to verify their mobile ticket using their smartphone’s ultrasonic sound transmission.

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Culture & Media

The party is over

UK – New research reveals that fewer British adults are frequenting nightclubs.

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Marketing & Branding

McDonald’s accepts festival rubbish as payment

McDonald’s in Sweden has turned music festival rubbish into treasure for both the brand and its customers.

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Food & Drink

SXSW: Doritos pushes fans to the limit at South by Southwest

Doritos offers consumers tickets to see Lady Gaga at SXSW