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Portland, Oregon, may have claimed a spot on TPG's list of best places to travel in 2025, but just over the border, Washington's second-largest city, Spokane, boasts an exciting new reason to spend a few days visiting the Evergreen State: The Louie at Davenport Hotel.

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TAP Air Portugal is making it easier to plan an epic getaway to Europe and beyond this winter with a flight deal that has roundtrip tickets starting at just over $400.

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Singapore has the most powerful passport in the world for 2025, claiming the top spot with more easy access than any other country.

Two bodies were discovered in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue plane on Monday after a flight from New York to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the airline said in a statement on Tuesday.

Last year, open water swimmer Amy Appelhans Gubser became the first person to swim from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands, a craggy, mostly uninhabited archipelago off the Pacific coast that is known for its frigid, shark-infested waters. The 55-year-old fetal cardiology nurse coordinator from Pacifica, California, completed the 29.6-mile distance in 17 hours, three minutes. “It was so foggy that I only knew when it was daylight because the sky was a lighter gray,” she says.

Getting to the airport without having to pay for parking or an overpriced ride-share is an inspiring way to start a travel day. Even despite its often lackluster public transit, North American cities – including many in the United States – actually have incredibly convenient trains and buses to their international airports. Ray Delahanty, on his YouTube channel City Nerd, broke down the best and worst airports based on transit access across the continent.

2025 is poised to be another colossal year for travel and tourism and many of those trips will include travel professionals such as advisors and suppliers and traversing the globe to meet and share ideas and insights.

Although U.S. citizens primarily use Global Entry to get expedited entry back into the U.S. from abroad, travelers can also use it for expedited entry benefits in limited countries.

While the vast majority of travelers flock to the island of Hawaiʻi’s western coast for its array of resorts, sunny skies, shops, and restaurants in and around Kona, visitors searching for a more laid-back experience should focus on the east side's rugged and verdant valleys, wealth of waterfalls, and ample rain. It’s here—along the Hāmākua Heritage Corridor that runs from Hilo to the Waipiʻo Valley Lookout—where crowds are minimal and your pace slows to island time. Along the way, you’ll drive past sea cliffs, through old sugar plantation towns, and opt for scenic detours winding along the coastline among the thriving farms on Mauna Kea’s windward slopes. There’s no rush to get where you’re going, so enjoy the drive.

Traveling to the United Kingdom is about to get more expensive thanks to the country’s plans to implement a new electronic travel authorization (ETA) fee this week.