As the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love approaches next year, its epicentre in San Francisco is these days less counterculture and more just countering rising property prices.Haight-Ashbury became a flower-child mecca in 1967. Most accounts say the “summer”…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Travel Association’s latest inbound travel numbers indicate that there may not be a “Trump slump” for international travel, even as some key markets are predicted to soften.International travel grew year over year by about 4% in…
More Americans plan to travel this summer versus last, but they will take shorter vacations and spend less money, according to a survey conducted by Generali Global Assistance.Sixty-six percent of Americans plan to travel, a 5-point increase. However, Americans are…
The beautiful waterfront city of Hamburg will gain a new architectural landmark later this year when the 131-room luxury hotel, The Fontenay, opens its doors to guests on October 15th.Considered to be Germany’s most anticipated luxury hotel opening this year,…
Qatar Airways is providing refunds or reroutings for customers who hold tickets for flights to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt or Bahrain.The move comes after the airline suspended all flights to those countries. On Monday, Saudi Arabia,…
Wilderness Safaris has begun a rebuild of its flagship camps situated in Mombo Concession in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. The proposed opening date for both Mombo and Little Mombo camps is end February 2018.“We are thrilled to have begun the…
During my recent trip to Bogota on assignment for Passport Magazine, I flew United Airlines nonstop between this South American capital city and Newark. Here’s a review of my travel experience from Colombia‘s capital.THE ROUTE: Bogota El Dorado International Airport…
Strike me pink, Australia is big. And there are parts of it so beautiful they’ll take your breath away. Most of Queensland’s Whitsundays region, a 90-minute flight north from Brisbane, looks like the backdrop to a Lara Bingle ad.Stretching from…
Los Cabos will serve as host for next spring’s Destination Wedding Planners Congress.It will be the fifth iteration of the annual event and its first time in Mexico.This year’s Destination Wedding Planners Congress was held last month in Phuket, Thailand,…
Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina, a private-island resort in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, has opened four more hillside villas. The resort now has a total of 13.The new villas — Spinnaker House, Drake House, Shoreline House and Leeward House…
