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Good news for the seaweed-phobic — Caribbean seaweed may not ruin your beach vacation this year after all. Last year saw a record-breaking volume of seaweed in the Caribbean, and sargassum mats washed up on beaches across the region — (understandably) grossing out a lot of travelers. In January we reported that things weren’t looking…
Hotel Inglaterra, which will join Starwood’s Luxury Collection this year In another step toward thawing U.S. and Cuban relations, the U.S. Treasury Department granted Starwood permission to operate existing hotels in Cuba. In a historic deal the brand will add three properties to its portfolio this year: Hotel Inglaterra, Quinta Avenida (which will become a…
View from La Toretta As a result of recent efforts to preserve endangered UNESCO World Heritage sites and ruins, some major worldwide attractions are now limiting the number of visitors who can enter by day or by year. Italy’s Cinque Terre is the latest to limit the number of allowable visitors — in this case,…
Score two for the airlines, nil for consumers. Two amendments passing through the U.S. House of Representatives last week will hurt the average American air traveler: one lets airlines display fictitious low-ball fares, while the second rejects standardizing aircraft seat pitch. The House accepted an amendment from Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R, FL) that brings the…
Photo by Gage Skidmore When booking, reading about, or admiring a hotel, so often we are preoccupied with the exteriors. Our interest is piqued by style-conscious rooms and state-of-the-art appliances; rarely do we think about the owners, who often end up being far more interesting than the facades! Most hotel owners are happy to take…
Much like in fashion, in the travel industry there is always a trendier destination around the corner waiting to usurp the title as the world’s top getaway. While some destinations remain favorites for many years, others have only fleeting popularity. Here we bring you 7 locales that were once wildly popular; some may still make…
Each year we find plenty of reasons to travel — like checking off bucket list destinations and staying at a new hotel that just opened. While many of those wanderlust to-dos can be accomplished in any year, there are some events special only to 2016. From a wild butterfly migration and historic site anniversaries to…
The potential to make money can lead to controversial practices — and tourism industries have the potential to make a lot of money: a report by the World Travel & Tourism Council stated that worldwide tourism contributed $7.6 trillion to the economy in 2014. It’s well known that tourism can bring many positives to an…
Photo Credit: Day Donaldson In May of last year, it was announced that Ebola, at one point the seemingly deadliest virus to date, was basically no longer a threat. Unfortunately, in that same month, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported an outbreak of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus, in Brazil — and it has continued…
The travel world gave and the travel world hath taken away. That’s the saying right? While we get excited for all the new hotels opening in 2016, it’s important to remember those that are no longer with us. Some major properties have shut down temporarily for renovations and overhauls, but there a number of hotels…