You know what you can’t take on a plane, but did you know what you can take on a plane? At an airport conference in Los Angeles a few years back, an airport commissioner spoke authoritatively, if not a little haltingly, about the one item that gets confiscated most by TSA officers at LAX […]

  Looking for something different, dazzling, maybe a bit daring? Virtuoso, the global network of luxury travel agencies, has released the 2017 Best of the Best directory, featuring its exclusive collection of hotels and new experiential itineraries. Here are the top trends and insights gleaned from the effort with some very spot-on recommendations.

Airports are aging – fast – and as traffic through these gateways is fast outpacing their design capacities, overall traveler satisfaction with these facitilies does not seem to be eroding even if the structures are. The North America Airport Satisfaction study released last month by J.D. Power gives the airport experience a solid “B” or […]

Cruise ship new-builds continue to be hot topic in the travel industry and 2017 promises to be a hot year for this hot topic with a number of new ships coming online from such global shipyards as Fincantieri, Meyer Werft, Meyer Turku and STX France. “New ships are the life blood of the cruise industry […]

Solo travelers are coming up in the world. In fact, they represent nearly a quarter (24 percent) of all travelers. According to a 2015 study sponsored by VISA, that number is up ten ticks from the results of 2013. The 2015 Visa Global Travel Intentions Study also found that first time solo travelers rose from […]

A San Francisco Holiday with Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 San Francisco are offering their Holiday Bed & Breakfast Packages, which are ideal for those that want convenient access to shopping, theater productions and the Union Square Holiday Ice Rink.

Gatekeepers, ‘mega meta online travel agencies’, and artificial intelligence may fundamentally disrupt the future of travel distribution. A recently released report commissioned by Amadeus through the London School of Economics finds artificial intelligence, virtual reality and the use of portable technology could change travel distribution as we know it over the next 10 years.

Traveling with kids this holiday season? Give them a little more of what they want and there will be a lot more joy. A recent poll taken by Booking.com captured the pulse of more than 22,500 kids around the world to find out what those who should be seen and not heard had to say […]

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 […]