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Hike, Bike, Sip, Dine in California Wine Country

Active wine lovers can have it all in California Wine Country – the great hikes, the explorations with bikes, and the peerless wine and dine rewards at the end of a glorious day. Good weather and golden rolling vineyard landscapes provide perfect conditions for quick getaways, heavenly honeymoons or easy, sweet vacations – no fuss, […]

Napa Fest Brings the Punch and Packages

Flavor! Napa Valley 2012, a Five-Day Celebration of Wine, Food & Fun as its tag will have it, happens this year from November 14-18 in the heart of California’s golden wine country. Area resorts are getting the jump on the action by offering an array of food, lodging and ticket packages to make the festivities […]

Costa Concordia: The Aftermath

As the monster salvage cranes and industrial pumping machinery prepare to right the ravages of the recent 3,200-passenger Costa Concordia incident, the cruise industry, indeed the travel industry, is still trying to come to grips with what happened – and how. The numbers remain exposed and grim: 17 deaths, 15 passengers still missing. A captain […]

Azamara Update: Interview with Larry Pimentel

  By Bill Becken Luxury cruise industry veteran Larry Pimentel was appointed President and CEO of Azamara Club Cruises® in July 2009. Travel-Intel’s Cruise Editor, Bill Becken, talked to the cruise line chief to find out what trends are afoot for the luxury line and discover what upscale cruise passengers are looking for these days. 

Romance-Perfect Packages

[/caption] This just in: you’ve been planning for this special day for a month, a three months, a year. It’s the spot you have been designing in your head – to pop the question, make the question pop, make a heart pop. But when you get there, the only thing that pops is your temper. […]

Romance at the Bottom of the World

South Australia, the “WOW” state known for its Wildlife, Outback, and Wine experiences, provides some perfect answers for romantic  sojourns to the bottom side of the world. The land anchored by Adelaide is magical indeed opening to the marvels of the rugged Flinders Ranges, the rolling hills of the Barossa wine region with the oldest […]

Wellness Travel for Traveling Well

Ahhh … to Spahhhh. Simply saying it is enough to make neck muscles to loosen and for breath to release in a deep, stress busting sigh. Fortunately, wellness vacations come in all pocket sizes – as simple as a 20-minute meditation in a spot by the ocean and as elaborate as a weeks-long mind-body makeover. […]