Almost every traveler knows New Orleans. It’s a prime destination for incredible food, live music and luxe hotels, plus it has an easy-to-reach airport. But once you’re seasoned with all that Crescent City know-how, consider sampling some spicy Cajun culture beyond the French Quarter. Here are three easy side trips from New Orleans where you can dive deeper … Read more
Don’t call it a “melting pot”—Toronto prefers “mosaic.” That’s because the open arms of the Queen City welcome citizens of varied nationalities and ethnicities just as they are. More than 140 different languages are spoken by the city’s 2.8 million residents, each of them contributing to its incredible diversity. And somehow they all seem represented, … Read more
With tourism and business travel rebounding, particularly on the high end, smaller U.S. cities are looking to grab their slices of the travel pie through specialized marketing.
The city of Merida and its home state of Yucatan have seen a boom in high-end leisure arrivals — and a wide range of products and providers catering to them.
Gansevoort Hotel Group upped the accommodations ante on the Dominican Republic’s north coast with the debut of the upscale but still all-inclusive 48-suite Gansevoort Dominican Republic at Playa Imbert.
A look at the top 15 domestic and international destinations where many Americans will be headed for the winter holidays this year.
The best part of the “eat local” trend is discovering a city with incredible regional ingredients. In Halifax, Nova Scotia, diners enjoy an embarrassment of riches, thanks to the region’s especially fertile and productive growing season, and the bold restaurateurs who take full advantage of Atlantic Canada’s best. In this island province, seafood is of … Read more
Two things astonished me about Puerto Rico’s second annual ETI, or Expo de Turismo International: 1. More than any other Caribbean meeting that I have attended, this one seemed to be aimed at travel agents; there were 400 of them there. 2. The Puerto Rico Tourism Company takes a big-tent approach, so I met attendees … Read more
Summer vacation is the time to reconnect and relax with family, and recreate some favorite childhood memories together. What does it for you? Is it lying on a beach or around a resort pool, hiking mountain trails, learning history from a national park ranger, exploring a new city, being thrilled by an exotic adventure or … Read more
Dessert Professional magazine announced their Top Ten Chocolatiers at a first annual celebration event on Wednesday, January 27, at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) in Manhattan’s Brookfield Place. Florida’s Norman Love became the first inductee to the Chocolatier Hall of Fame. — USA Today Travel