Travel industry trends often reflect the id of humanity: what the collective we desires most when unburdened from daily stressors and responsibilities. In 2024, that includes other-worldly art and design, like at China's Aranya; active...
Deep in the desert of AlUla, a one hour and forty-five -minute flight northwest of Riyadh, unselfconscious whooping echoes around the red-rock canyons of Sharaan Nature Reserve. Local tour operator Pangea Adventures Club packs Travelers...
The 1956 Winter Olympics made Cortina d'Ampezzo into a world-famous resort, and the ski town has also been home to the annual Women’s Alpine Ski World Cup championships since 1993. Now, the ski resort will co-host the 2026 Winter...
Pigeon Forge is home to Dollywood and a gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It also has a reputation for cheesy motels with heart-shaped hot tubs and kitschy souvenir shops. So when The Wayback, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel,...
A 67-story tower nearly two decades in the making, Fontainebleau Las Vegas finally opened last December at the northern end of the Strip. The $3.7 billion dollar hotel, casino, and convention center ups the ante for opulence in Sin...
New York City has bounced back since its pandemic-related closures, and the proof is in the fresh crop of design-forward hotels that have opened in the last year. They’re whimsical and fun yet still ultra-luxurious, with no expense...
The seven-story Manchester hotel is an homage to Lexington’s first bourbon distillery—opened on this very plot in 1865. The arched interiors are a nod to the former rickhouses where stacked barrels once rested; now 125 guest rooms...
Saddle up: there’s a new shelter in town. The luxury boutique hotel Bowie House, one of the latest additions to the Auberge Resorts Collection, pays homage to its local roots with Texas-sized charm. Back in the day, when cattle thundered...
In 2016, Business partners Bruce Loshusan and Hans Febles discovered the unexpected during a casual beach walk along Eleuthera’s deserted blush pink sands: an abandoned boutique estate with a storied, glamorous past. Known as The...
The newly renovated Anantara Convento di Amalfi doesn’t merely reflect the local History—it’s carved from it. Set in a 13th-century Capuchin convent built into the cliffside, the 52-room boutique hotel is an elegant showpiece...
With hundreds of hotels in Paris, Le Grand Mazarin still manages to stand out for its luxury and aesthetic. While you might miss the discreet entrance in Le Marais, inside guests are instantly transported to architect and designer...
Formentera is the smallest Balearic island and is everything that its splashy sibling Ibiza is not: wild and unspoiled, with no airport, so arrival is only by sea—the epitome of slow Travel. Dunas de Formentera, which opened this...
In a city well familiar with five-star hotels, the new Raffles London at The OWO layers on a new level of luxury. The palatial 120-room property was meticulously refurbished—over eight years and to the tune of $1.76 billion—from...
When famed shoemaker Christian Louboutin set his sights on designing his first hotel, he created a universe as joyful and obsessively crafted as his iconic heels. The 13-room Vermelho, located in a three-story villa painted white and...
Looking beyond Tbilisi and the Kakheti wine region for a fourth addition to its clutch of boutique hotels, The Communal Company turned to the small city of Kutaisi (population: 180,000), the unofficial cultural capital that is reclaiming...
There was a time when ruby-red Mavrud wines were so coveted, bottles were earmarked exclusively for Albania’s party elite. After the fall of communism in 1990, wine-producing towns such as Leskovik—located 180 miles from the capital...
When Amsterdam locals and tourists want to escape to the countryside, all they have to do is cross IJsselmeer Lake; the Landelijk Noord region is a 15 minute drive from Central Station, and also accessible by boat. Last March, Dutch...
Bardiya National Park, a lush 374-square-mile jungle paradise in the Tarai and a less-crowded alternative to Chitwan National Park, has seen its Royal Bengal tiger population soar to a record-breaking 125 felines over the last decade....
In the rolling hills of New South Wales’ northern hinterland is a rollicking 55-acre Eden where good taste is an art form. Fashion designer Jamie Blakey and hotelier Julia Ashwood are the masterminds behind Sun Ranch, a luminous...
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a joint session of Congress, Washington must finally face reality: its emphatic embrace of Israel’s war in Gaza is not advancing U.S. interests or promoting regional stability—to...
President Joe Biden’s decision to abandon his re-election bid amid growing concerns over his age has completely upended the 2024 presidential contest, which now appears to be between former President Donald Trump and current Vice...
