Local tips

Activist investor TCS Capital Management on Tuesday urged Yelp Inc to either explore a sale or a merger with online-services company Angi Inc , sending shares of the service-recommendation site 10% higher in premarket trading.

When pressed about an analytics company report that found 38 percent of Airbnb hosts offered only one listing, an Airbnb spokesperson countered this week, without elaboration, that “the vast majority of active Airbnb hosts are sharing just one home as single-listing hosts.”

It’s trendy for hotels to try to create a live-like-a-local experience for travelers, but Sommerro House in Oslo, which launched in September 2022, will prompt its rivals to level up their games.

Skift Research reported in 2013 that the role of hotels had evolved along with a booming interest in experiential travel. A growing number of hotels were promoting themselves as a travel experience instead of simply a place to sleep.

Scrawled across Barcelona’s opera house, along the city’s renowned La Rambla boulevard, is expletive-laden graffiti urging tourists to “go home”.

Safety and sustainability appear to be key elements shaping the business of adventure travel for members who responded to the 2023 Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) Industry Snapshot Survey. 

A man who managed to evade guards on his quest to jump off the Eiffel Tower with a parachute was arrested by French police and is now facing the consequences of his daring antics. 

Some tourists have been encouraged to cancel their planned trips to Maui after fires devastated parts of the island, but one food truck owner said telling tourists to stay away could do more harm than good.

Europe's most active volcano erupted Sunday, forcing one of Sicily's main airports to close amid summer travel. 

Ask A Local is a new series where we ask clued-up insiders to share their top tips for the place they call home.

Packed with iconic museums and monuments, together with low-key treasures cherished by locals, Paris is a city that emanates "la belle vie" (the good life).

Henry Miller once wrote, “The light of Greece opened my eyes, penetrated my pores, expanded my whole being.” Greece can be enlightening — and nowhere more so than its capital city, Athens. But it’s also true that, in the summer, it can feel burning hot, with an average temperature of 84 degrees Fahrenheit.

A French man known for taking part in extreme sports has died from what appears to be a fall from a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong, local police confirmed to Insider.

Ask A Local is a new series where we ask clued-up insiders to share their top tips for the place they call home.

Air New Zealand has this week announced a new in-flight menu that places emphasis on local flavors and ingredients that are unique to New Zealand. A Taste of Aotearoa is onboard Business Premier cabins now and will be available on all long-haul flights specifically out of New Zealand. The creative menu features local food producers and fresh and locally sourced ingredients.

To the modern traveler, “living like a local” has become the name of the game. There is little patience for tourist traps, and convenient hotel restaurants fail to sate the appetites of the culture-hungry traveler. As the world becomes more connected, travelers are looking for authentic experiences and are turning to social media to find them.

When Kevin Maloney started to plan his trip to Iceland, a friend mentioned a new service called ViaHero. “I knew there was a lot to see in Iceland and I had a short period of time. I didn’t want to spend a lot of personal time doing the research,” Maloney says. “My goal was to have an expert map it out for me.”

Your visit to the City of Light can either be a checklist of guidebook suggestions or something so much more special. See Paris like a local and design your trip around these unique Paris experiences.

I am, by my admission, not a fashion girly.

As travelers across the US and beyond realize the importance of sustainability, more people are choosing to vacation closer to home.

It was a breezy Caribbean day, and the smell of fried dough and melted cheese flowed through the restaurant kitchen of La Vista at Aruba Marriott Resort and Stellaris Casino. I was there for a cooking class to make pastechi, a traditional Aruban breakfast staple similar to an empanada or Jamaican patty. And it was a delight.