As frozen “nor’easters” ravage the U.S. East Coast, thoughts are wandering down to sunny Florida where most weather challenged city dwellers head for escape. Those lucky enough to catch unimpeded flights to The Sunshine State will no doubt look for some luxury and pampering during their stay. A survey by Luxury-Hotels.com checked out the best room […]

    Wellness was at the heart of the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (#CES2018) in Las Vegas this year with a host of items complementing the fast-growing wellness economy that now accounts for some $3.7 trillion in spending worldwide. Enhancing this trend: a healthy selection of luxury wellness resorts, each offering its own spin on […]

  As Forbes Travel Guide hits its sixth decade in decoding what luxury and service mean in hospitality industry, Travel-Intel spoke with Forbes Travel CEO Jerry Inzerillo to find out just what it takes for a hotel to make the cut.

By David Yeskel Small ship, boutique line Windstar Cruises has always been synonymous with its three sailing ships, gorgeous vessels that give passengers goosebumps when the massive, computer-controlled sails unfurl to the tune of Vangelis’ stirring “Conquest of Paradise”.  But a game-changer for Windstar was actually the line’s 2015 acquisition of Seabourn’s original trio of […]

  Sant Francesc Hotel Singular, a luxury Hotel in Mallorca in the heart of Palma’s celebrated Old City, offers plenty of not-to-be-missed modern panache within the bones of the island’s past.

  This may not seem like a reasonable question, yet hundreds of executives and key decision makers from firms in the luxury market recently gathered at the Time Warner Center on Columbus Circle in New York City to discuss the possibility. The conference: Luxury First Look 2018: Exclusivity Redefined explored a range of topics including […]

Cruising is not just the fastest growing part of the vacation industry. It is now one of the hottest vacations for millennials, who represent a primary and often elusive target for marketers across industries. In the 2018 Cruise Travel Report prepared for Cruise Lines International Association, based on a survey by JD Power, cruising was […]

Luxury stays in Mexico and Latin America can be that much more local if you choose a property that provides a certain immersive experience of the place you are visiting. Two such places: Chablé in the Riviera Maya and Casa San Agustin in the Old Town section of Cartagena in Columbia fit the bill, as […]

Carnival Cruise Lines is ushering in a new era on West Coast cruise departures with its newly expanded cruise terminal in Long Beach, now taking up the whole of the world’s largest geodesic structure.   

Current data shows cruise travel is steadily on the rise with a projected 27.2 million passengers expected to set sail in 2018. In 2017, an estimated 25.8 million passengers cruised compared to a confirmed 24.7 million passengers in 2016, an increase of 20.5 percent over five years from 2011-2016. To meet ongoing demand, more ships […]