By Lark Ellen Gould Where’s the beach? Mexico. Some 1,000 kilometers of it. But at this year’s 37th Tianguis Turistico held for the first time ever not in Acapulco, but in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico pulled out the stops for showcasing just what this country of fun in the sun can do for visitors. High on […]

Travel-Intel cruise guru Bill Becken interviews Torstein Hagen, CEO, Viking River Cruises, about today’s cruise market and its customers. How will the cruise industry, especially river cruising, address and service them? What will future customers look for in cruise products? Hagen gives answers to these questions and others.

Mexico travel deserves its own planet. The choices for resorts in Mexico are as varied as notes on a perfumer’s palette. But one Mexico travel experience deserves a space of its own, a golden distillation in a menagerie of sensual possibilities: Imanta Punta de Mita. A member of the Kurta-Ahlers collection of rarified hotels and […]

The economic recession may be bad for business but a new report by ASTA shows that travel agents are making more money now than they were before the markets fell. The number of agencies that made a profit in 2011 (55%) has surpassed 2007 levels (53%), indicating continued growth in the travel industry, ASTA’s 2012 […]

By Lark Ellen Gould Riviera Nayarit was barely a blip on the map a decade ago, but since that time, the 200 mile stretch of pristine Pacific coastline just north of Puerto Vallarta has sprung into a corridor of all-inclusives at the bottom end, a pocket of mucho-exclusives edging north and a sprinkling of precious […]

It’s a rare moment in film when the lead actor has to compete with a destination for star credits. But The Hunter, which debuts nationally this week, presents the leading performances in just that manner. While leading man Willem Dafoe gives a restrained and powerful presentation as a lone tracker out to find the mythical […]

If you are an average airline passenger, the middle seat is not looking so bad these days. That is because it is a seat – on an airplane that is flying to the place you hope to go. That does not mean you will get there as expected, at the time you wanted, in a […]

  It takes a lot for a new Bangkok hotel to enter the congested market for luxury hospitality in this swirling city of international commerce and style. But a new boutique hotel is doing just that – and with a flair that begs to be seen by guests who have an eye for fine design. […]

Travel Decisions and Consumer Behavior in the Age of Everything Everywhere An industry study released last month identifies what trend-setting consumer behavior and motivations are afoot for those scrolling for travel deals online and identifies their experience during the destination selection, shopping and booking processes. The study also details the key trends and predictions in […]