A Western Idyll: The Rocky Mountaineer Between Colorado And Utah

Sam Gilliland, who was the CEO of Sabre Corporation for 10 years, is taking the top role at Accelya.

Star Alliance, the largest airline alliance in the world, changed the flight game in 1997 when United Airlines, Air Canada, Scandinavian Airlines, Thai Airways International, and Lufthansa agreed to join forces.

California-based climate risk technology company Sensible Weather is expanding out of the U.S. into Europe following a new partnership with Ireland’s Campsited.

BWH Hotels — the official corporate name of the company long referred to as Best Western — is a global hotel business with about 4,700 hotels spread across 19 brands in more than 100 countries. It provides various services, including budget accommodation, boutique hotels, and extended stays.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch - a five star ski-ski out destination in Beaver Creek and they’ve kicked off their big birthday with the debut of a multi-year transformation of guest rooms and common spaces and new dining concepts. The changes are impressive and nicely suited to today’s mountain traveler, but what people are most excited about is the resort’s après ski ambiance.

I visited Banff, Canada, this past July and it is easily the most impressive place I've ever been.

Answering the decades-long call of Native American tribes and environmentalists alike, President Joe Biden earlier this week created a new national monument buffering parts of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Meaning “where tribes roam” to the Havasupai people and “our ancestral footprints” in the Hopi language, Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni covers 917,618 acres across three distinct sites north and south of the natural wonder. Home to wildlife like bison, elk, mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, and rare cactus species, the protected area encompasses plateaus, canyons, Colorado River tributaries, and countless culturally and spiritually significant sites for the Indigenous peoples of the Southwest.

Located in the centre of New Zealand's North Island, the town of Taupo sits sublimely in the shadow of the snow-capped peaks of Tongariro National Park. Fittingly, this 40,000-person lakeside town has recently become one of New Zealand's most popular tourist destinations, as hikers, trout fishers, water sports enthusiasts and adrenaline junkies have started descending upon it.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park has closed a park road due to bear activity during a time when the animals are foraging for food.

Marguerite Humeau lives 4,500 miles and a world away from where she’s building her latest artwork. The French-born, London-based creator had never experienced “such vastness” before she stepped onto the wide-open landscapes that define the San Luis Valley, a high alpine desert in southern Colorado, in early 2022. “The valley opens up and you have nothing else—the sky and the horizon and the fields,” she says. “It’s transforming.”

Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas challenged me to a gravel race last year in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Okay, it wasn’t a direct challenge. But I knew the Alfa Romeo driver would be competing in the 2022 STB GRVL event. Ergo, if I signed up for the same race distance, we’d compete against one another. Obviously, I had no choice but to accept his challenge and to ultimately crush the Finnish driver’s spirits on the 60-mile Red Course.

Each season brings something different to Denver, whether it’s glittering snow in winter or vibrant foliage in autumn. Perched at 5,280 feet above sea level, the Mile High City’s weather is one of the primary considerations for deciding when to visit — though Denver also offers plenty to do indoors if Mother Nature is not cooperating.