Upscale travelers are seeking exotic destinations as they escape winter’s hold on North America and transition into Spring, according to Virtuoso, Global luxury travel network. While some perennial warm-weather favorites remain popular, Virtuoso’s proprietary data also reveals a yearning to explore far and wide as it compares destinations with the most year-over-year appeal.

By Mimi Kmet When Stein Eriksen died last December, he left behind a legacy of excellence, having won numerous awards, including gold and silver medals at the 1952 Winter Olympics, not to mention top medals at several World Championships. His namesake luxury hotel — the Stein Eriksen Lodge — at Deer Valley Resort in Utah […]

It’s Bauhaus meets Our House at The Norman in Tel Aviv, mostly because the jet-set boutique hotel welcomes guests as a warm and wealthy uncle might to his decked-out heritage home. The elegant property of 50 rooms and suites is, indeed, historic in this trendy section of Tel Aviv. The 1930s bones and brawn provide […]

There may be only one place to be on St. Patrick’s Day and if you can be in Ireland, The St Patrick’s Festival is truly one of the great spectacles of the world. It’s a weeklong celebration of music, dance and outdoor shows culminating in the stunning St. Patrick’s Day parade through the historic streets […]

Travel Packages: Sleeping with Wolves at the Top of the World Travel packages to the North Pole may be in reach. Polar travel and Northern Lights experts, Off the Map Travel, invite adventurous travelers to Narvik, Norway to spend a night with wolves at the new Wolf Lodge and search for the Northern Lights through […]

In just a few weeks Americans will set off on Spring Break 2016. Time for annual vacations to launch throughout the U.S. as students and workers head to Mexico and the Caribbean for sun-soaked beaches and wild parties. Athough, according to research from Booking.com, those trips are expected to be 4% more expensive than last […]

Attention cruisers: Grab that piña colada and relax on the sun deck, but don’t get too comfortable. Carnival Cruises is now joining in a new trend in the cruise industry of giving passengers a chance to give back on a variety of onboard activities and shorexs.  For many people, cruising takes on new meaning when […]

Vik Retreats has a treat or two in hand for anyone adventurous enough to travel south for the winter. In fact it will be summer in these parts, from the beaches of Jose Ignacio in Uruguay to the rolling, vine-covered hills of the Millahue valley in Chile. The treats here are suites for the senses […]

Cruise travel is becoming the vacation of choice around the world, quickly outpacing leisure or land-based travel. In fact, according to research from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), over the ten years from 2004 to 2014, global cruise vacations have grown faster in popularity than global land-based vacations by a 23 percent margin.

Need a new knee but can’t afford the cost? No worries. If you are living in America, you have many friends in your cohort. As insurance coverage gets ever more murky in a medical system built around the corporate share holders rather than the patients, an ever growing niche in medical tourism is taking notice […]