If you want to keep up with the Joneses, you might want to head where they are heading this fall for their Autumn getaways. It just so happens that the upscale travel network, Virtuoso, has taken the guess work out of answering this quest by examining some $35 billion in booking transactions to come up […]

What’s to love about airline travel these days? Economy seats are cramped, flights are packed, and passengers pay an ever-expanding number of fees for things that used to be free …. the upshot? It’s pretty much the story with all the airlines, according to Consumer Reports in its latest investigation and airline ratings survey.

China is one fiery dragon on the forefront of everything that moves the world these days and tourism stands at the center of its vision. As visitor numbers, both inbound and outbound, show no sign of slowing, one tour company in particular is making sure that those who want to see and experience the real […]

  Take a History Lesson Start with a visit to The Grand Palace, undoubtedly one of Bangkok’s most famous landmarks. Walk the expansive complex, which not only includes the former residence of the Thai monarch, but is also home to Wat Phra Kaew, the Temple of the revered Emerald Buddha. The Golden Mountain (“Phu Khao […]

Coming off a record-setting winter travel season, Colorado is preparing to offer visitors in search of some of America’s best powder, some options for an excellent winter vacation. In destinations across the state, travelers can expect new and worthy experiences. Following is a sampling of what’s new this winter in Colorado.

Just as the weather begins to cooperate, several travel companies and resorts are revving up the promotions to get travelers back onto their bucket lists. Travel-Intel offers up just a sampling of what travel opportunities are out there this fall. 

Travel’s best was given its definitive list by Virtuoso luxury travel network for the tenth year standing last week. Its Best of the Best standouts included the gorgeous and beloved Borgo Egnazia, Savelletri di Fasano in Italy, which was named the coveted “Hotel of the Year.” Virtuoso surveyed its 390-plus agencies and more than 11,400 […]

Will wellness tourism become the next big thing in travel? According to the latest figures by the Global Wellness Summit, travelers take 586 million wellness trips each year — representing15 percent of global tourism, second only to cultural tourism in revenues. And wellness travelers spend 130 percent more than the average traveler. The analysts forecast […]

While there are few luxury hotels in the Galapagos, there are even fewer luxury hotels in this island chain some 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador that can utter the term “eco luxury lodge” — and mean it. Pikaia Lodge can. Pikaia remains future forward in design, engineering, tourism know-how: just about everything but […]

A new Etiquette Study released by Expedia, shows what it takes to turn a night spent in a hotel into a night spent in hotel hell. Some 18 percent of the 1,018 travelers questioned admitted having to ask to switch hotel rooms because of “noisy neighbors,” among other issues. The ten least popular fellow hotel […]