2020 tips

After years of visiting Europe from LA, I took the plunge and relocated to Barcelona in 2020.

The Four Seasons Hotel New York, which has been closed since the start of the pandemic, will reopen this September.

The standoff between Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and a billionaire hotel owner who built his fortune off Beanie Babies appears to be over.

In the summer of 2020, as a reckoning on racial justice swept the country, Disney said it would rip out Splash Mountain, a wildly popular flume ride with a racist back story.

Spirit Airlines continues to aggressively slash unprofitable routes as the airline scrambles to stop losing money.

Ticket prices to climb the Eiffel Tower are going up next month.

Indonesia has 120 active volcanoes, and Mount Sinabung is one of the most dangerous.

In Part 1 of this wellness and travel report, I look at the new holistic and scientific spaces that have opened up in London.

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In April 2020, United MileagePlus removed its partner award chart. Partner awards continued pricing at the lowest Saver level from the last-published award charts for a while. But over time, United Airlines has slowly raised its unpublished partner award rates. Last month, United devalued first-class partner redemptions, increasing award prices up to 100%. Now, the loyalty program has struck again with another devaluation.

After the devastation of back-to-back hurricanes in 2020, Lake Charles is now welcoming a wave of new developments that will redefine its tourism landscape. Several projects are slated to debut as early as this summer. PORT WONDER: Summer 2024

In this position, Lori Koogler will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the business, including strategic planning, operations, portfolio development and homeowner and guest experience.

The pandemic lockdown in Japan coincided with a flurry of new hotels, especially in Kyoto, where the Park Hyatt, Aman and Four Seasons were joined by a group of independent properties and the first Ace hotel in the archipelago. When the country finally reopened to foreign visitors in October 2022, tourists came flooding back to the city of 800-year-old temples and bamboo forests spoiled for choice of accommodations, at a range of prices. The number continues to grow: Next month, the wellness-focused Six Senses brand will open its first Japanese outpost in the city’s Higashiyama district, home to many of the main tourist sites. Here, a look at five of Kyoto’s newer hotels that are redefining the city’s hospitality scene.

Often when I’ve turned up at various yoga studios in London, the groups I’ve encountered have been overwhelmingly white, svelte and middle class. Perhaps I’ve not found the right class, but as a south Asian woman, it always felt like I was in somebody else’s space.

The airline industry barely survived its last black swan event, the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, U.S. passenger numbers dropped by almost 95%. By June of that year, some 16,000 planes had been taken out of service.

Live music was no more. Patrick Milando could draw no other conclusion. But maybe he could pivot.

In the spring of 2020, at the height of the pandemic, the always bustling Dam Square in Amsterdam was deserted, silent and surrounded by concrete counterterrorism blocks. The Dutch street artist Frank de Ruwe, who goes by the name of Frankey, decided these daunting studded blocks resembled something more innocent — giant Lego blocks — and that the city needed something to lighten the gloom.

A wine appellation is basically a chunk of geography that includes specific rules for making wine. Those who follow these rules can print the name of that appellation on their bottle labels—theoretically increasing sales. Or, paradoxically, sometimes not.

One of America's most beloved cruise operators, American Queen Voyages, has shut down.

Ariane Gorin will succeed Peter Kern as Expedia Group's CEO effective May 13.

Lying in the heart of rural Northumberland, the expansive Grade II* listed Matfen Hall offers wellness, golf, fine dining, spa or relaxing retreat in grandeur and opulence.