LA, as the song goes, may be a great big freeway, but LAX, the world’s fifth busiest airport, is a great big runway these days with more and more airlines finding their way to the glittering city on the Pacific. In the last 12 months, five new international airlines began flying into Los Angeles […]

Virginia has always had its eye on the wine. Ever since Thomas Jefferson tried to turn Monticello into an American magnet for French claret, wine has been the focus of a succession of wealthy land barons who thought they could vanquish the ubiquitous Phylloxera and turn the rolling hills of Old Dominion into the Loire […]

Las Vegas opened their latest gargantuan project on the Strip last month, and it was one packing punch that should go way beyond wins at the gaming tables. The 20,000-seat T-Mobile Arena opened with all the fanfare Las Vegas can offer April 6 with plans to go beyond the bounds of hosting sports teams and […]

Mother’s Day Adventures for Very Special Moms You only have one mother and she won’t be healthy, strong, adventurous and mobile forever. So here are some thoughts for a Mother’s Day to be celebrated like no other and to be remembered for the rest of her life. Mother’s Day is May 8. Forget the flowers. […]

Always-connected, highly-mobile millennials are forging new norms for leisure and business travel, making technology, in-the-know experiences, and adrenaline-rush adventures rather than cookie-cutter vacation packages some of the most striking hallmarks of their world view and values.

TripAdvisor’s family travel site has released its annual list of the Best Beaches for Families — naming the best beaches in the nation, specifically for families traveling with kids of all ages. The report notes that families are looking for beaches that are not only safe and clean, but also locations that offer a level […]

A trio of luxury hotel luminaries is making waves with some fresh approaches to hospitality, especially in Mexico and Colombia. Hamak Hotels may be the company to watch this year as hotel veterans Alberto Remirez, Nicolas Dominguez and Federico Carstens actively execute their dreams of creating unusual properties that preserve the age-old traditions and timeless […]

  By Bill Becken Luxury cruise lines naturally look for ways to leverage the acclaimed value and authenticity of their visits to foreign ports of call—stemming from the posts of guests, travel agents, or industry partners. Especially when you consider that, in this respect, some lines are more blessed than others—that is, they have a […]

Perched at the bottom of the Baja Peninsula – that jagged arm that juts south into the Pacific from the crowded borders of California – are the rockin’ town of Cabo San Lucas and its art town neighbor of San Jose del Cabo. Together they comprise what is widely known as Los Cabos. In some […]

  SAS launched its first flight from Stockholm to Los Angeles last month in a move that represents the Scandinavian airline’s fifth direct to from the U.S. and part of its major long distance investment strategy. The route between Copenhagen and Boston will start up in the end of March and in September SAS will […]