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The finest travel brands from across the Caribbean and the Americas have been unveiled at a glittering Gala Ceremony in Saint Lucia. The industry elite travelled from across the region to the paradise island for the World Travel Awards (WTA) Caribbean & The America’s Gala Ceremony 2023 to find out who amongst them had been crowned best of the best.

As the second-largest state in the USA, it’s no surprise that Texas has two national parks, 12 nationally protected areas, and 80 state parks and recreation sites. And there's no better way to explore these outdoor spaces than on a hike.

Donald Trump’s real estate company was convicted on Tuesday of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities, adding to the legal woes facing the former U.S. president as he campaigns for the office again in 2024.

While there’s no shortage of stunning wine regions scattered all across the planet, few destinations can match the prestige of Napa Valley. First launched to international stardom in the wake of the 1976 Judgment of Paris, this sunny California county has earned worldwide acclaim for its high-end Cabernet Sauvignon—yet in the modern era, wine is far from the only amenity that draws visitors to Napa in droves.

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Football legend Lionel Messi has ditched his Paris Saint-Germain kit for Louis Vuitton as he stars in his first solo campaign for the fashion house’s ‘Horizon’s Never End’ campaign.

Star Alliance, the largest airline alliance in the world, changed the flight game in 1997 when United Airlines, Air Canada, Scandinavian Airlines, Thai Airways International, and Lufthansa agreed to join forces.

Walt Disney Co will shutter its immersive Star Wars-themed luxury hotel in Orlando this September, less than two years after it opened, as the media giant cuts costs throughout its entertainment and parks businesses.

As pandemic travel restrictions began to ease in the spring of 2021, foreign tourists returning to Madrid discovered the city’s downtown had undergone a makeover.

So you want to visit the best places in Texas? Then get prepared to embrace the open road because the Lone Star State is far from small!

In Alqueva, rush hour kicks off at 9.30pm. The area’s roads remain as empty at night as they are by day, but 340 miles above, a queue of Starlink satellites is starting to form. “There’s the International Space Station,” says astronomer Nuno Santos, directing his green laser pointer south. “Give the three people on board a wave!”

Bees are an integral part of the ecosystem and around the world, and hotels have taken meaningful steps in the move toward sustainability by celebrating bees in various ways. Take a look – and take a taste.

In Cairo, the pull between culture and commerce is long established. Five thousand years ago, on the fertile banks of the Nile, wealthy Ancient Egyptians commissioned artisans to adorn their tombs for the voyage into the afterlife, crafting funerary pottery, woodwork, amulets and exquisite paintings. Today, souvenir stalls outside many of those same tombs — and in the souks of the capital — still offer designs that take inspiration from those ancient crafts, passed down over the centuries and adapted to sell to visitors.

There’s an easy way to get 1,000 bonus miles on your next coffee run. For a limited time, Delta Air Lines is giving 1k bonus miles when you enroll and visit Starbucks two times in one week. Here’s how to enroll in this bonus offer.

Lincoln, Nebraska, is losing an airline at the end of summer.

Disney World isn't just for kids — it's for service dogs, too.

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The ‘90s were a time of all work and no play—at least, that’s how it looked in the movies. Films like Glengarry Glen Ross and The Associate (led by one Whoopi Goldberg) illustrated the strictly business nature of the time. But in the sea of suits and briefcases came 1998's How Stella Got Her Groove Back, which gave permission for people—but especially Black women—to take a break. Angela Bassett starred as Stella Payne, an uptight, divorced stock broker in dire need of an escape from her daily routine and stagnant love life. Encouraged by her free-spirited friend Delilah (one Whoopi Goldberg), the two booked a vacation in paradise: at the five-star Round Hill Hotel and Villas in Montego Bay, Jamaica. While Stella first inspired Black women 25 years ago, her story reverberates to this day.

An American reality TV star baffled viewers after she revealed she'd packed a suitcase full of soda, as she didn't think she'd be able to get the same taste on vacation.

Air Canada's Aeroplan® Credit Card from Chase is one of our favorite cobranded airline credit cards, offering award flexibility and valuable airline benefits. With its strong earning rate and incentives to spend on the card beyond earning the sign-up bonus, the Aeroplan credit card is worth considering for many points and miles enthusiasts — even those who may never visit Canada.

I hear the balti before I see it. It leaves the kitchen sizzling in a blackened metal bowl. It’s a curry to behold — a thick, fiery swamp of spices. A charred, pillowy naan is placed next to it as cutlery. I inhale, set aside any sense of decorum and start tearing and scooping almost before the server turns their back.