Art tips

Jun 13, 2024 • 4 min read

Accor's Orient Express brand — which is perhaps best known for trains but has expanded its sights to hotels and superyachts in recent years — now has a new, ultraluxury partner.

Jun 13, 2024 • 7 min read

Jun 12, 2024 • 12 min read

Hong Kong is one of Asia's leading financial capitals, but there's much more to this city than boardrooms. Perfect for exploring before, during, or after a business trip, its unique fusion of cultures, lush hiking trails, shopping centers, historic temples, and world-class food scene gives corporate travelers the perfect blend of work and play. 

Customary travel wisdom says spending a few hours in a city’s airport doesn’t “count” as experiencing the place itself. That’s because American airports today are often viewed as transitory hubs removed from space and time—like a mall or suburban highway strip—visit one and you could be anywhere in the US.

Jun 11, 2024 • 4 min read

It's more than just a diamond jubilee and legacy chatter these days for Accor's Sofitel. This 60-year-old brand is just getting started with a new era of growth and renovation.

Cruising down a quiet, traffic-free river, surrounded by scenic riverfront views is an ideal way to see Europe. You can sip your wine while watching picture-perfect scenery breeze past – taking in castles, medieval villages and fields of flowers. 

One of Europe’s most glamorous, star-studded corners, the sun-kissed Côte d’Azur can take a toll on your wallet. Yet there are many ways to enjoy its largest city, Nice, without having to spend all your euros. 

Atlanta is one of the fastest-growing cities in the US, and even though residents have been saying “we full” for years, it doesn’t stop locals from welcoming visitors into our vibrant neighborhoods. 

Lithuania is the happiest place in the world for children and those under 30, according to the World Happiness Report 2024.

Roughly two hours south from the hustle of Hollywood (depending on LA traffic), oh-so laid-back San Diego offers a different Californian experience.

Don’t tell winter, but summer is my favorite season in Colorado.

The question of when is the best time to visit Paris was answered by Audrey Hepburn in the 1963 classic Sabrina: “Paris is always a good idea.” A spring stroll through the Jardin du Luxembourg, a summer evening along the Canal Saint-Martin, a fall morning whiled away sur la terrasse avec un café, twinkling holiday markets in the winter—it all sounds so fabulous that one single trip can’t cover it all. But if you’re someone who strategizes around attending (or avoiding) big events in the French capital, or would like to cash in on prime deals for hotels and flights, there is of course a slight science to it all.

You’d be forgiven, as a visitor to the Lake District, for imagining that the governing attractions are daffodils, Grasmere gingerbread, Herdy (the bleating fell-side variety and the brand), mountain watercolours and lake steamers. So fixed have these associations become with the region that it’s now the victim of its own twee, commercial image.

A big city covered in trees and big on both warm weather and Southern hospitality, Atlanta is a treat for any visitor.

Atlanta is a lively hub for arts, culture and entertainment, and the number of reasons for that are growing by the day – the city has become an epicenter for film, hip hop and exciting new culinary trends that build on its strong southern roots.

I moved to Nice for love, but it didn’t take long for me to fall in love with the city too.

In New York City, summer is the season for festivals and festivities, rooftops and sidewalks, long lunches and longer weekends. The city’s pace may slow down, but the influx of tourists picks up. The New York City Tourism Bureau estimates that the five boroughs will welcome 64.5 million visitors in 2024. So, it’s safe to assume that many of the city’s most famous attractions will be packed.

While the Belle Epoque facade and beautiful bones of the iconic 1913 Le Negresco hotel are well preserved, inside, its vast art collection, Michelin-starred dining, and ultra-luxe guest rooms and suites marry classic with contemporary.