Ski tips

World Ski Awards – the only global initiative to recognise and reward excellence in ski tourism – has revealed the winners of its 11th annual programme.

There is ‘snow’ better time to take off to the slopes, as the first major snowfall of the season has hit the Alps, and Jet2.com is offering 10% off all ski flights for this winter too. 

Val Thorens, the highest ski resort in Europe at 2,300m, has again been named ‘Best Ski Resort in the World’ at the annual World Ski Awards, the only global initiative to recognise, reward and celebrate excellence in ski tourism. 

Ski season is starting early in some places as resorts across Europe have welcomed bumper snowfall.

With miles of white-sand shores and turquoise waters, Turks & Caicos is home to some of the world’s most prized beaches. The editors of Forbes Travel Guide searched the 40 islands and cays that make up the Caribbean nation to find the most luxurious beachside havens. Here are the best hotels and resorts in Turks & Caicos.

Vacation rental marketplaceHomeToGoreleased results of its annual 2023-24 Ski Season Report. The report assesses the top 48 ski destinations in North America, evaluating them based on traveler interest, affordability and other factors.

Nothing could be further from the image most people have of Saudi Arabia than a winter wonderland. And yet the country is building exactly that within the mountains of Neom, its €461 billion ($500 billion) ‘city of the future’.

Winter is knocking on the door, and for ski enthusiasts, that can only mean one thing—it’s time to embrace the powdery slopes. But as the excitement builds for ski season, so does the concern about the cost. Skiing isn’t cheap.

It’s a big world out there. It’s surely snowing somewhere.

In a country with a staggering amount of vertical angles, the Swiss are practically born on skis. Even the dinkiest hamlet has a ski lift in the Alps, so the question is not so much where you can ski but how. Whether your idea of ski heaven is a remote log chalet or a party-hard resort, virgin or veteran, black run or blue, Switzerland has a slope to suit when the flakes fall in winter. 

The ancient peaks of Italy’s Dolomites are dramatic silver-grey canvases for the elements, reflecting the ever-changing hues of the skies. Come winter, fresh powder dusts the UNESCO World Heritage-listed mountain range and the area becomes a sprawling playground for snow-lovers. Encompassing 12 diverse ski resorts and over 745 miles of pistes, the Dolomiti Superski area enables visitors to combine picturesque skiing with the rich cultural heritage of South Tyrol, Trentino and Veneto.

Use our insider’s guide to the region’s most popular spots – and a few more-off-the-beaten-track destinations, too.

Get ready, skiers: Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, is getting a brand-new hotel perfect for Hyatt loyalists: the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley.

The Alps tend to tower to mind when you picture skiing in Europe, cutting across France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.

As every skier knows, there is something more fearsome than even the iciest cliff face: the cost of a ski trip.

As India’s outbound travel market gears up to reach $45 billion by 2032, there is a growing focus on high-spending travelers coming from the country.

United Airlines is gearing up for what it's calling "record-breaking demand for winter travel."

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the vacation rental hemisphere. As travelers prepare for the busy holiday travel season, Airbnb released its annual winter travel trends, destinations, and unique stays that travelers are searching for and booking this upcoming season.

Belmond's Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is set to launch an extravagant new rail itinerary that combines riding one of the world’s most storied trains with a glamorous European ski trip.

Each year, there's an unofficial race to see which ski resort will be the first one in the United States to start turning its lifts up and down the mountain.

Pristine white peaks all around, and skis crunching over crisp snow. If any holiday feels like escapism, it’s a ski holiday. But climate breakdown is increasingly threatening to poop the party.