Category: Travel News

Hotel Maria is poised to open in Helsinki Dec. 15 as a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts’ Legend Collection — the first of the collection’s properties in Finland. Located in the…

Editor’s note: Two days after this column was published, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck outside Marrakech. A statement posted on Kasbah du Toubkal’s website said that although the hotel sustained some damage no…

The hotel Matca, set to open late October in Simon, Romania, will feature 16 rooms and 10 villas as well as a spa and on-site restaurant. Guestrooms will be housed in two…

Pacific Travel Partners, a subsidiary of Aurora Expeditions, has acquired Vantage Deluxe Travel’s assets, including its customer and prospect list and intellectual property. In the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Massachusetts last week,…

Cunard has inked a partnership with two-Michelin-starred French chef Michel Roux, whose menus will be among several culinary additions to the Queen Anne, set to debut in May.  Roux, of London’s Le…

Ponant says its Le Ponant three-mast sailing ship is now a member of Relais & Chateaux, becoming the first sailing yacht to join the luxury hospitality group. Co-branded sailings to Cape Verde,…

Navigating the expedition cruise boom: Insider insights for travel advisorsLindblad’s Rachel Woodward and Global Travel Collection’s Beth Butzlaff talk about the fast-growing world of expedition…

United Airlines has released the first photo, as well as details, of its new domestic first-class seat. The airline expects to install the seat on more than 200 aircraft by late 2026. …

It’s hard to find a better ski-in, ski-out experience than the one offered at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe. Quite a few properties advertise easy slope access, and sometimes that means feeding guests…

Higher spend on luxury travel is the trend that most tour operators say keeps on giving in 2023, with high net worth clients continuing their record spend on extravagant travel.  But there…