A luxury river cruise in Myanmar should start with a luxury stay at The Strand and then set a course along the Irrawaddy with the same saturation in comforts and conveniences. The venerated hotel recently launched a namesake river cruise option in Myanmar, travelers seeking a slow, luxurious river cruise to Mandalay can now do […]

The MGM National Harbor is readying to become a shining property on the banks of the Potomac, just minutes from the nation’s power center in Washington D.C. and thousands of miles from anything that even hints of MGM Mirage Resorts in Las Vegas. When it opens December 8, the $1.4 billion property it will have […]

No place celebrates the holidays better than the Disney Resorts and it is, once again, the season to be merry and bright on Main Street as Disneyland in Aneheim lights up the night with the wonderful “World of Color”. This year, park guests will have music, dance, food and heartwarming holiday fun inspired by cultural […]

Skiing Like a Pro in Switzerland: Alpina Gstaad Package The Alpina Gstaad is the newest luxury hotel to open in 100 years in the Swiss Alpine village of Oberbort and is launching a new uber-luxe ski and snowboard package for this winter season. The four-day, three-night Adrenalin + Zen experience includes a helicopter ride from Saanen […]

Consider this: Do you remember the last time you were in love? And do you remember how details like how much money you were spending in those moments simply did not matter? Just as people in love are more than willing to open their pocketbooks, the same is true for travelers. Falling in love with […]

  If you are heading to Iceland for business or pleasure, keep these odd facts in mind. Most of the people in Iceland believe in elves. That said, it is one of the oldest democracies on the planet; police do not carry guns, and the country does not have mosquitoes. Indeed, landing in Iceland, an […]

You might say the airlines have won. Travelers have finally adjusted to the new reality that everything, from seat selection to peanuts, is going to have a cost. And that cost has a name: “Personalization.” So passengers thinking they are getting ripped off by having to pay for items that have hertofore have always been […]

  Adventure and luxury rarely combine so well as they do in Costa Rica. The Central American country that is barely the size of West Virginia holds half a million species of wildlife – some 4 percent of the world’s index of living species. And it also holds nearly as healthy a selection of the […]

Ahhh, the group tour – steady, safe, oft-maligned but far and away the best way to travel if you have a fixed window for time and money and want to pack in the places for the fewest pesos. But what is a group tour? They come in all shapes and faces, go to all corners […]

Officers in charge of hotel operations on cruise ships have seen it all: First-time cruisers who come onboard big-eyed as they take in their impressive floating surroundings; repeat cruisers arriving with plans to see and do everything; the joyful buzz as everyone begins a cruise vacation of a lifetime. Whether a cruiser is a newbie […]