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The ultimate football and music experience may just be a hotel stay away. Members of Hilton's loyalty program, Hilton Honors, can now use their points to bid for tickets, and even a one-of-a-kind experience, at NFL star Travis Kelce’s upcoming Kelce Jam in Kansas City, Missouri. This year, the music festival will feature artists such as Lil Wayne, Diplo, 2 Chainz, IRIE and E-V. The event takes place on Saturday, May 18 at Azura Amphitheater in Kansas City — and Hilton reward members can bid on a a total of 5 different experiences at the festival. There are five packages available — each being offered as an auction item — with bidding starting at 200,000 points. Members will have the option to bid on this through April 25.«The Ultimate Kelce Jam Experience with Travis Kelce,» for starters, features a meet and greet, photo op, and private football toss with the NFL star. The package also includes VIP passes to the music festival, but does not include airfare or hotel accommodations.

It's official: Scandinavian Airlines will become a full-fledged SkyTeam member Sept. 1.

Saturday morning, 10am, and I’m sitting at a café table on a cobbled street in the Beşiktaş neighbourhood of Istanbul, sipping a glass of çay (Turkish tea) and waiting for breakfast. By the café entrance, a plump, grey-haired man in a crisp white apron is sharpening a knife, before slicing through what is generally acknowledged to be the largest doner kebab in Turkey. The kebab weighs 100kg, a meaty monster slowly cooking from the outside in. Our guide, Sinan, tells us that Black Sea (Karadeniz) doners from this area are always the best – all of it will be gone by mid-afternoon.

Delve into Local Strolls, a series where writers reveal their favorite walks in their hometowns. Each route offers a snapshot of urban life, guiding you to lesser-known attractions and cherished local spots. Here, Alexa Moore takes us on a two-mile-long amble through the historic streets of Georgetown, Washington, DC.

If you’re a traveler or a foodie, you have probably heard of the Michelin Star rating system given to restaurants.

Princess Cruises has developed a ship-within-a-ship suite category on the recently debuted Sun Princess and its sister, the Star Princess, which is due out in October 2025.

It’s inevitable: Every spring when we pull together the Hot List, our annual collection of the world’s best new hotels, restaurants, and cruise ships, a staffer remarks that this latest iteration has got to be the best one ever. After a year’s worth of traveling the globe—to stay the night at a converted farmhouse in the middle of an olive grove outside Marrakech, or sail aboard a beloved cruise line’s inaugural Antarctic voyage—it’s easy to see why we get attached. But this year’s Hot List, our 28th edition, might really be the best one ever. It’s certainly our most diverse, featuring not only a hotel suite that was once Winston Churchill’s office, but also the world’s largest cruise ship and restaurants from Cape Town to Bali. We were surprised and inspired by this year’s honorees, and we know you will be too. These are the Hot List's restaurant winners for 2024.

It took a star to welcome the sun.

Princess Cruises has pushed back the inauguration of its newest ship and canceled several sailings for next year in the process.

Lyme Regis’s charms have always been resolutely genteel and old-fashioned, from its sedate regency seafront to its fondness for fossil shops and all things antique and literary.

On the night of April 20, two of Earth’s interstellar neighbors will hang out in the evening sky — and you can admire them with your own two eyes, or better yet, a pair of binoculars.

Michelin and Mickey Mouse now coexist in one spot, thanks to the Michelin Guide Florida.

The next new Princess Cruises ship won't be arriving as soon as planned.

The next few weeks are busy with meteor showers, including the Lyrids’ peak this weekend — a show that could bring eye-popping fireballs, depending on the conditions. The Lyrid meteor shower, which peaks overnight from April 21-22, is the first of two spring meteor showers; the second, the Eta Aquariids, will peak in early May.

Michelin announced its 2024 stars for Florida— Miami, Orlando and Tampa— at a ceremony held at the Tampa Edition last April 18. For its third edition, 26 restaurants made the list (14 in Miami, 7 in Orlando, 5 in Tampa), with nine new entries this year.

It's a big moment for Hawaiian Airlines.

What’s the secret to a perfect guacamole recipe? Tequila — more specifically, a fine blanco that adds an earthy, citrusy, peppery zest to the beloved guacamole dip.

Small-ship specialist Windstar Cruises is finally back in growth mode.

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Santa Monica, California is the site of a new museum devoted to science fiction. SCI-FI WORLD: The Experience, is arriving in the beach city May 27th, bringing props, replicas and images from Star Trek, Star Wars, DC and Marvel films, Doctor Who, and more.

Ten new restaurants have another great reason to book a table.