Explora Journeys has altered the fall/winter 2024-25 deployment for its Explora I ship and unveiled sailings for fall/winter 2025-26 for the Explora I and Explora II. The Explora I’s schedule from October…
Matthew Bennett of First Class Flyer on how to obtain those elusive upgrades
Matthew Bennett, founder of the subscription service First Class Flyer, has been in the business of helping travelers fly in premium classes at economy costs since 1996. But these days, with premium…
At more resorts, outdoor activities are happening long after the sun sets
When the Lodge at Spruce Peak, a Destination by Hyatt ski resort in Stowe, Vermont, rolled out a robust lineup of nighttime hiking experiences in 2020, it was largely in response to…
A sobering message at luxury travel conference in Cannes
CANNES, France — Tina Fordham, geopolitical strategist and founder of consultancy Fordham Global Insight, declared three decades of relative global peace and prosperity over during the Opening Forum at luxury travel trade…
Silversea ship to spend all of summer 2026 in French Polynesia
Silversea Cruises will spend the entire 2026 summer season in French Polynesia, saying that demand for cruises in the South Pacific region is high. The 392-passenger Silver Whisper will sail the French…
Chase Travel launches luxury hotel program
Chase Travel (No. 8 on Travel Weekly’s 2023 Power List) will launch a new hotel program, The Edit by Chase Travel, in 2024 for Chase Sapphire Reserve cardholders. Chase described The Edit…
Edition Hotels opens its first Mexico resort
Edition Hotels’ first property in Mexico, the Riviera Maya Edition at Kanai, is open in preview. Nestled within the new resort community of Kanai, the Edition is at the end of a…
The Sun Princess will have a love-themed specialty restaurant
Leaning into its Love Boat roots, Princess Cruises will introduce a love-themed restaurant and lounge on the Sun Princess, a ship that debuts in February. In a partnership with Miami artist Romero…
Portofino’s renovated Splendido casts familiar spell
Often when a famous luxury hotel gets ready for a renovation, the trick is to update the property without making it seem like anything has changed. That’s the case at the Splendido,…
Celebrity Cruises president Laura Hodges Bethge on the line’s direction
Seven months and one day into her tenure as Celebrity Cruises president, Laura Hodges Bethge welcomed her first new ship to the fleet, the Celebrity Ascent. She sat down with cruise editor…