Despite wars, natural disasters, world economic recession, political upheaval and population unrest, people are still traveling and at greater numbers than ever. In fact, record 467 million tourists took to the road in the first half of 2012, and world tourism remains firmly on track to reach one billion travelers by the end of the […]

While that most famous of circumnavigators, Phileas Fogg, inspired the notion of sailing around the world in 80 days, most people, including cruise lovers, are lucky if they can take a two-week vacation. In response to an increasingly time deprived society, many members of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), including luxury and specialty lines, report […]

Easing through the Bosporus on a holiday in Turkey and eyeing the minarets that crown the jagged cliffs amid ruins of once thriving cities of Caesars and kings, you know you have arrived at the very root of Western civilization. The steel and glass high-rises fade into the din and almost cease to exist. All […]

Each year travel agent members of the exclusive Virtuoso group, a consortia that brings qualified travel sellers together with the world’s luxury travel products, vote in their hot list of recommended hotels. This year, the group’s Best of the Best awards come as no surprise for the categories they serve. The following is an at-a-glance […]

Whether or not you are standing the lines of iPhone Madness or hanging tight with a tried and trusted Droid the power of the palm these days is a formidable player in all walks of business and travel. But navigating the endless and mounting options for what to use and what to delete is a […]

By Lark Ellen Gould Call it “Recession Fatigue,” “Budgeting Blues” or the “Worth It” syndrome, but Americans are trading in their cost conscious habits for some “worth it” time when it comes to planning their vacations. The latest MMGY Global/Harrison Group 2012 Portrait of American Travelers report, which surveys a nationally representative survey of 2,527 […]

“Go ahead! Make my day!” the famous octogenarian actor/director said to the empty chair. If that chair could talk, it might have said “Day? You mean ‘day off?” The fact of the matter is most of the people sitting in chairs, sitting at desks and standing present at their jobs so this nation can tick […]

  Traveling to China? Put a little Tao in that. Travel to China can be wild and vexing. And that is why WildChina, an intelligent tour company specializing in unusual trips through China, has created extraordinary ways of showing “the way.” It’s no secret that China is large – as large as Europe, in fact, […]

As the summer winds down, ALTOUR’s most recent travel index is seeing consumers eager to book their next vacations at least 6 months in advance. The luxury travel company’s bi-monthly survey of hundreds of leisure travel agents also shows an increase in bookings for escorted tours and foreign independent travel (FIT). ALTOUR agents have also […]

By Lark Ellen Gould While vacationers have been cruising the Nile since time immemorial leisure travelers have not been able to traverse the scenic and critical waters between Cairo and Luxor for nearly two decades. Enter Arab Spring, a spate of elections and time away from headlines to build a new state, and voila! Egypt […]