La Borde en Sologne, a chateau and spa property, opened Oct. 1 in France’s Loire Valley. The four-star hotel is located between Blois, Chambord and Cheverny in the small village of Vernou-en-Solonge. …
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Travel + Leisure is curating trips for travel advisors to sell
Travel + Leisure is offering commissionable trips to travel advisors with a new booking platform called Travel + Leisure GO for Professionals. It’s a brand extension of Travel + Leisure Go, the…
First Call: New comforts on Lindblad’s National Geographic Islander II
When Lindblad Expeditions revealed in 2021 that it was the buyer of Crystal Cruises’ former Crystal Esprit, the expedition specialist seemed an unlikely suitor for a 48-passenger yacht mostly used for high-end…
Antarctica explorer named godmother of the Silver Endeavour
The former Crystal Endeavor has a new name with Silversea, and now a godmother to usher in a new era for the expedition ship. Silversea named British explorer Felicity Aston, the first woman…
Beating the heat at Rome Cavalieri’s cool pools
August in Rome. We’ve done it twice, and both times it was distinguished by incredible sites, awesome pizza and oppressive summer heat. This year, high temperatures in Europe have been well documented,…
Maui’s charm shines through at these vacation rentals
Although all of the islands are cracking down on unpermitted vacation rentals and adding regulations on new ones, there is no dwindling supply of vacation homes, bed and breakfasts and unique retreats…
The trick to selling luxury travel
Until the year 2000, Steve Cohen felt he was doing pretty well as a chamber magician, lining up private gigs in wealthy people’s homes in Chappaqua, N.Y., pulling in about $2,000 per…
Crystal Cruises names senior VP of global sales
Crystal Cruises named Silversea alum Matias Lira senior vice president of global sales and guest services. Lira, who most recently was vice president of passenger services and consumer sales for Silversea,…
Explora Journeys unveils restaurants and bars on new ship
MSC Group’s Explora Journeys has unveiled the restaurants and bars that will be on the Explora I, the luxury line’s first ship. There will be 18 distinct food-and-beverage venues on the 922-passenger…
Oceania Cruises will continue to waive NCFs for top sellers
Norwegian Cruise Line will no longer pay commission on the full cruise fare, but sister brand Oceania Cruises will keep its program going. “There are no plans to make any changes at…