Choosing a luxury hotel in Bangkok is like trying to find the prettiest wildflower in the field. There are just so many and they are all precious. But if you narrow that search to a boutique luxury hotel on the Chao Praya River – a few doors down from the home of Thailand’s crowned prince, […]

Travel-Intel speaks with Fiji Airways CEO Stefan Pichler about the airline’s push to become viable and bring needed lift to boost tourism to Fiji from the U.S.. Fiji Airways recently rebranded from its former Air Pacific days and brought on Stefan Pichler as CEO to take the new airline into a new decade. Pichler, who […]

By Bill Becken, Contributing Cruise Editor An agent’s more lucrative cruise clients, those well-traveled and well-versed in cruise culture, may care not as much about visiting exotic foreign ports and getting steeped in shoreside culture as the ship experience itself. Having cruised often and enjoyed many shore excursions, the wows travelers seek are in the […]

All Eyes on the Skies for this Perseid Package Central Oregon is often listed as one of the top places in the country to stargaze and this year, Pronghorn, An Auberge Resort – the only five-star luxury branded resort in the Pacific Northwest – is offering a way to enjoy nature’s very own. It’s actually perfect timing, […]

What will the world look like for the traveler in ten years? It could be sooner but if Google’s head of travel, David Pavelko, has anything to do with it, it will look like this: Your IPITA (that’s Integrated Proactive Intermodal Travel Assistant) wakes you from your Paris hotel room slumber in a sexy, non-Siri […]

With tensions mounting in the tenuous bonds between the U.S. and Russia and the former Soviet states, tourism has, surprisingly, not been taking the hits. Travel-Intel talks to Douglas Grimes, President and founder of MIR Corp., one of the leading operators of travel to Russia and the Ukraine for the past quarter century to find […]

The 2014 Flip Flop Report, an annual study by Expedia examining behavior and preferences among beachgoers in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia/New Zealand reveals what comfort there is with public nudity, what opinions lurk on the topic of speedo-style swimwear and what actual fear there is of sharks near the shoreline. The […]

Nicaragua may have been the playground of surfers, adventurers and backpackers over the last few years but the latest word on travel to Nicaragua is “luxury.” For luxury-minded travelers who want to veer ever so slightly off the beaten track Nicaragua offers a world of untainted, uncrowded and unexpected beauty. But it is an Eden […]

Paris in two days? Possiblement. Paris may be the place you will want to park yourself for months, maybe years. But if you have only two days you’ll want to take a Paris Pass with you. This handy little Pass offers spot-on itineraries and access to more than 60 of the city’s must-see attractions.

JetBlue’s new premium seat option, fondly called JetBlue Mint, may be the hottest deal in the air right now if lie-flat seats on transcon flights are in the offing. The premium service that launched in June on flights between LAX and JFK offers a plush five-hour experience for anyone with $599 to spend and a […]