Sotheby’s London To Host Art Auction For Freedom From Torture Charity

Over the centuries, Sierra Leone has been a place of refuge. The Limba peoples were drawn by whispers of a land untouched by turmoil in Africa’s Sahelian kingdoms, and other tribes set out for there too, including the Mende, Loko, Susu, Fula, Temne and Sherbro. It was a place that embraced diversity, setting the stage for a journey of culinary exploration and growth that’s shaped the food history of Sierra Leone — or ‘Salone’ as many of its people call it. 

Allegiant Air will begin flying to Orlando International Airport next May, operating service to Asheville, N.C.; Allentown, Pa.; and Knoxville, Tenn.

Low-cost airline Allegiant Air is expanding across the country with 12 new routes, including flying to Orlando’s main airport for the first time.

If you’re eager to see the world, why hold out for the ideal travel companion? Solo journeys create indelible memories.

Allegiant is filling in its route map, adding 12 new routes and one new airport. The additions — which all start in May 2024 — will beef up the carrier's presence at 22 airports from Los Angeles to Newark.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Wednesday, November 15. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Jamaica is poised to welcome a brand new mega-resort, it was announced at the World Travel Market (WTM) in London last week.The country's Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett and his team met with international hotel group, Lopesan, which revealed it's seeking to develop a 1,000-room luxury resort on the island.Details about the resort remain scarce for now but Bartlett said the development would generate over 2,500 direct and indirect jobs, and positively impact farmers, manufacturers, small businesses and other stakeholders.Lopesan currently boasts more than 17,000 hotel rooms across Europe, Asia and the Caribbean.The announcement comes ahead of the official opening of the recently renovated $30 million Royalton White Sands resort in Trelawny next month.Additionally, the island will celebrate the openings of two major resorts before the summer of 2024. The new Princess Resort in Hanover will open 1,000 rooms and the RIU Palace Aquarelle resort will add 753 more in Trelawny, creating around 2,500 new jobs.

A major international hotel group, Lopesan, with over 17,000 hotel rooms across Europe, Asia and the Caribbean, called on Minister of Tourism,  Hon. Edmund Bartlett and his team yesterday (November 7) at the World Travel Market (WTM) in London, United Kingdom, to announce that they are urgently seeking to develop a 1,000-room luxury resort on the island.

Sandals Resorts International Executive Chairman Adam Stewart was named the 2023 Executive of the Year at this year’s Travvy Awards.

Whether it’s in pursuit of a new community, better weather, or a new adventure, there are many reasons people pack up their lives and become expats. And it seems like the idea of moving to a new country is more appealing than ever—and gone are the days when it was reserved for retired people. With remote work becoming a more viable option for people of all ages experiencing wanderlust in their hearts, the possibility of the expat lifestyle is now more within reach than ever.

The first day of World Travel Market London 2023 – the world’s most influential travel and tourism event – kicked off with some key international gatherings.

Months after Gwyneth Paltrow put her Montecito mansion’s guesthouse up on Airbnb, Martha Stewart is readying herself to get in on the action. The famed homemaker and entrepreneur has long kept a large piece of property along Pea Pond Road in Westchester County, New York; driving past it, as I often did going between my parents’ house in Connecticut and my Poughkeepsie college, you can catch a few glimpses of classic farmhouses and vast greenhouses hidden behind the stone wall. Now, ahead of Thanksgiving, a gaggle of lucky guests can get a closer look during a one-night-only stay.