
Travel Packages with a Creative Twist
Paws Up adds Grandma to Luxury Ranch Packages With a new “Grannies Gone Glamping” package, the Resort at Paws Up (35 miles from MSO) is making it easier to bring the whole brood out West for a family vacation that will include adventure for kids and pampering for granny.

What Do Travelers Want? New Survey says “More!”
American Express Travel is taking the pulse of travelers and coming up with some insightful trends in travel. A new survey, released this week at a yearly conference held this month in Orlando, FLA spots three new prime movements in travel, according to consumers, that were not necessarily so significant in the past: the demand […]

Ebola Watched by Airports and Travel Agents
Ebola may be cutting into travel plans despite facts of geography and containment. While the virus is mostly limited to countries in West Africa, namely Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, American travelers are postponing plans to head to East and South Africa on safari.

Two New Odes to Art & Life in Chile and Uruguay
At Vik Retreats, fast becoming a force for vacations in Uruguay and Chile, you might say life imitates art. The passions of Connecticut-based financier-turned-hospitality-and-lifestyle magnate, Alexander Vik, have produced three exquisite lodging properties – and soon to be four – that make an art of fine living in feats that take the raw elements of […]

Carnival LIVE Rocks the House at Sea
By David Yeskel In a continuing effort to ratchet up the quality of its onboard entertainment offerings, Carnival this year introduced the Carnival LIVE Concert Series, an initiative that appears to be paying dividends among the line’s core passenger base while also appealing to first-time cruisers. While onboard Carnival Inspiration’s 4-day Baja Mexico cruise from […]

Virgin Hotels: Sneak Peek
Coming to Chicago in January, the first glimpses of this next opus by Sir Richard Branson comes with a cascade of well-placed rumors: shampoo that smells like Beyonce’s hair; dryers that come with “beard” settings; chambers within chambers; stratospheric threadcounts and everything managed from the touch of an app.

Managed Travel 2.0 Creating Busy Corporate Buzz
Managed Travel 2.0 is quickly becoming a topic in board rooms and corporate travel departments these days as companies such as Uber and Airbnb dig in to the landscape of mainstream travel. For corporate travel managers, who control roughly half of the $292.3 billion travel industry in the United States today, the concept can be […]

Fall Travel Deals and the Romance of the Road
Christmas at The Draycott in London: Bear Included Christmas in London is idyllic enough but with the opening of the highly-anticipated children’s movie Paddington, based on the Paddington Bear, it will be a special hit this year with families. The Draycott Hotel will be complementing this release with special Paddington Packages that will allow guests […]

Free Wi-Fi on Cruises? Still have to Wait for It
Wi-Fi on cruise ships has long been the topic of jokes, complaints and slow – often very slow and painful – drains on passenger wallets. And even slow and expensive Wi-Fi has been has been a treat until recently as ships suffered unsteady and high priced satellite communications to keep passengers […]

Disney Dawns its Dark Side During October
Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA is a particularly brilliant time to see just what the world’s best visionaries of animation and entertainment can produce. Through Friday, Oct. 31, guests can see just how scary things can get with special Halloween transformations of the theme park’s Haunted Mansion and Space Mountain; as […]
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