Williams tips

Dec 12, 2024 • 6 min read

Paris’ Notre Dame has officially reopened its doors after suffering a devastating fire five years ago, and is ready to welcome visitors.

Winter weather can be a threat to holiday travel plans, though new data reveals that certain airports and airlines are more prone to delays than others.

Every fall, visitors seeking out fall colors throng to hot spots like the Green Mountains of Vermont, the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the Berkshires in Massachusetts.

With summer winding down, "shoulder season" is just around the corner.

When the British hotelier Robin Hutson, 67, took a paint brush to a vintage painting in one of his Pig hotels and replaced the man’s red riding jacket with a less-showy brown one, he transformed the huntsman from a posh gentleman into a rural farmer in one swoop.

Before Vanderbilt mansions like The Breakers and Marble House put Newport, Rhode Island, on the map as an escape for the Gilded Age's wealthy elite, there was Chateau-sur-Mer.

It’s a Monday afternoon in Brooklyn, and I’m by the pool on the fourth floor deck of The William Vale. I’m not an overnight guest—I’ve come on a ResortPass.

The central Italian region of Umbria — with its unspoiled landscapes and ancient Roman ruins — has long been a source of inspiration for artists; in the 15th century, the region even gave rise to a namesake movement that counted the Renaissance painters Pietro Perugino and Raphael as members. It’s against that backdrop that the Babini family — who also own the Hospitality Experience, a hotel group, and the Place of Wonders, a foundation dedicated to preserving traditional Italian craftsmanship — recently opened Borgo dei Conti, a 40-room resort perched on the grounds of a former medieval fortress about a half-hour drive from Perugia. Inside the property’s original neo-Gothic villa are preserved frescoes and wood-beamed coffered ceilings along with Etruscan terra-cotta floor tiling and furniture covered in fabrics handwoven at a nearby textile atelier. Between meals at Cedri, a fine-dining restaurant placed in a former (lemon greenhouse), and L’Osteria del Borgo, an all-day trattoria serving Neapolitan pizzas, guests can visit the wellness spa — complete with saunas, a salt room and an outdoor solarium — or visit the Italian-style gardens of the surrounding 40-acre park.

Delta Air Lines is considering offering a more affordable way to fly at the very front of the plane, as the carrier admitted discussions took place about a cut-rate premium fare class.

Thousands of flights were delayed and canceled across the United States on Monday as Hurricane Beryl crashed into the Texas coast.

During the Gilded Age in the late 1800s, railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt was the richest man in America with a net worth of $100 million, or around $200 billion today — more money than the US Treasury had at the time.

The 2024 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season is well under way - this year featuring a record 24 races, a record in the sport’s 74-year history. Coming off the past two years of great success in Miami, F1 fans are getting revved up once again for another Miami Grand Prix 3-day weekend extravaganza May 3rd - May 5th in Miami Gardens. The excitement for race week is not only on the track but off as well with amazing events and activations highlighting the best of Miami’s culinary culture, luxury hospitality, and fan-focused experiences.

It’s a relief to lay my rucksack down, plunge hot feet into the cool stream and pause to revel in the fairytale surrounds. Foxgloves stand tall against a cornflower-blue sky, ferns look almost luminous, the water glints in the early summer sunshine. A patch of moss-covered ancient forest provides shade, a cuckoo calls in the distance, mountains layer on the horizon.

William Grant & Sons is a behemoth in the world of scotch. Founded by its namesake patriarch in 1887, the company actually remains in the hands of his descendants to this day. For whisky connoisseurs, the portfolio’s liquids are most commonly associated with high end single malt. Indeed, The Balvenie and especially Glenfiddich helped popularize the style on a global scale.

With the recent release of the acclaimed Hulu historic epic TV miniseries Shogun, travelers are itching to explore firsthand the land of samurais, geishas, picturesque villages and urban centers throughout Japan that epitomize the thrilling spirit of Shogun. Based on James Clavell’s 1970s novel, Shogun is the story of William Adams, better known as Anjin-san, who rose to become the top advisor to Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in feudal Japan in the early 17th century.

Congressman William D. Delahunt’s vision led to bipartisan legislation creating Brand USA, America’s travel marketing organization.

Travelers flying with United Business will now be provided with new amenity kits featuring exclusive products from Asutra, the Venus Williams backed wellness brand. 

Venus Williams said it's become her "full-time job" to track down her luggage that American Airlines lost.