Despite its size, Marriott International remains as agile as ever, expanding further into vacation rentals, serviced apartments, affordable midscale hotels and even luxury cruising in recent years. It has also been making…
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2022 Readers Choice Awards Winners: A night of celebrationThe 20th anniversary of the Readers Choice Awards is our biggest year yet to celebrate the best of the best in travel.
2022 Readers Choice Awards Winners: A night of celebrationThe 20th anniversary of the Readers Choice Awards is our biggest year yet to celebrate the best of the best in travel.
Seeking stormy seas on a transatlantic crossingA winter transatlantic crossing on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 will meet its fair share of wind, waves and rain. For some passengers…
Seeking stormy seas on a transatlantic crossingA winter transatlantic crossing on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 will meet its fair share of wind, waves and rain. For some passengers…
Playa unveiling two Jewels in the D.R.
Playa Hotels & Resorts is expanding its midscale Jewel Resorts brand, with two new Jewel-flagged all-inclusives coming to the Dominican Republic. The first, the 620-room Jewel Punta Cana, will open on Dec….
Explora Journeys partners with Steinway on pianos and performances
Startup luxury cruise line Explora Journeys has partnered with Steinway & Sons, which will supply three Steinway Spirio player pianos for the Explora I. Starting this summer with Explora I’s maiden journey…
Semiprivate airline JSX charts growth with new routes and planes
One day earlier this month, I showed up at approximately 8:20 a.m. for a flight out of Phoenix on the semiprivate carrier JSX. Just two hours and 10 minutes later, having already…
Silver Nova’s debut pushed back one month
While construction has begun on Silversea Cruises’ second Nova-class ship, the debut of the first has been pushed back one month. Silversea president Roberto Martinoli pointed to “worldwide issues” that have affected construction…
A new food festival comes to Puerto Rico’s Ritz-Carlton
Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, has announced its inaugural Las Verbenas Food and Wine Festival from December 3 to 4. “We took inspiration from Puerto Rican ‘verbenas,’ or traditional festivities held across…
Get ’em while they’re hot: Lines offering holiday season escapes
Nicole Edenedo For some people, there’s nothing better than spending the holiday season with boots on their feet and a cup of hot cocoa in their gloved hands while the temperature tumbles….
Picking favorites at Rome’s Hotel de la Ville
I’m not exaggerating when I say I still can’t figure out my favorite thing about the Hotel de la Ville, Rocco Forte Hotels’ newest property in Rome. It might have been the…