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Rum and Cigar Festival Elevates St. Barts to New Levels of Luxury Island Lifestyle
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Rum and Cigar Festival Elevates St. Barts to New Levels of Luxury Island Lifestyle

 It’s a tiny island with a big reputation as one of the most chic destinations in the Caribbean. Legendary St....

Tips for Traveling with Your Pet
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Tips for Traveling with Your Pet

A survey by a North American hospitality company reveals that over half of pet owners say they plan to travel...

Discover the Mystical 'Blue Holes' of The Bahamas
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Discover the Mystical 'Blue Holes' of The Bahamas

There are more ‘Blue Holes’ in The Bahamas than anywhere else in the world, as well as the deepest Blue...

These Famous Spa Destinations are Now UNESCO Sites
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These Famous Spa Destinations are Now UNESCO Sites

In 2021, UNESCO created a new, transnational World Heritage site: 11 towns in 7 European countries that collectively make up...

Celebrate World Elephant Day Watching this New Film About Rehabilitating Elephants to the Wild in Kenya
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Celebrate World Elephant Day Watching this New Film About Rehabilitating Elephants to the Wild in Kenya

Whether African or Asian, elephants around the world are revered for their majesty, intelligence, and as an example of astonishing...

Places to Celebrate Britain's 'Football' Heritage
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Places to Celebrate Britain's 'Football' Heritage

This month, English fans of ‘footy’ had lots to celebrate. Despite a heartbreaking loss in the finals of the Euros,...

New Museum in Denmark Celebrates the Fantastical World of Hans Christian Andersen
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New Museum in Denmark Celebrates the Fantastical World of Hans Christian Andersen

Many of us have spent hours of our own childhoods or alongside our favorite kids immersed in stories like the...

New Ships Put the ‘Luxe’ in Luxury Expedition Cruising to the Remote Oceans of the World
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New Ships Put the ‘Luxe’ in Luxury Expedition Cruising to the Remote Oceans of the World

It’s one of the biggest trends in cruising. Not getting bigger, but getting out there. In style. Expedition cruises used to be...

Miami Heats Up This Summer with Three Hotel Openings
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Miami Heats Up This Summer with Three Hotel Openings

Miami has always been one of the hottest destinations on the continent, with art, design and architecture creds, a blistering...

Celebrate the Māori Lunar New Year and the Southern Dark Skies in New Zealand
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Celebrate the Māori Lunar New Year and the Southern Dark Skies in New Zealand

New Zealand is in celebration mode in July with the arrival of Matariki. It's a constellation of stars that rises...

Two New Luxury Brands for the Secluded Turks & Caicos Islands
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Two New Luxury Brands for the Secluded Turks & Caicos Islands

They are among the Caribbean’s best kept secrets. The forty islands and cays that make up the Turks and Caicos...

You’ve Missed Danube Day But You Can Still Discover Europe’s Record-Breaking River
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You’ve Missed Danube Day But You Can Still Discover Europe’s Record-Breaking River

Every year on June 29th, eighty-one million people in 14 European countries celebrate the single river that ties them together...

Cruising From the US is Back!
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Cruising From the US is Back!

It’s official. Cruising has returned to ports in the U.S. While many cruise lines have already started sailing with North...

Now You Can Discover Your European Family Heritage While Sailing on a River Cruise
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Now You Can Discover Your European Family Heritage While Sailing on a River Cruise

It’s news that marries two of the fastest-growing styles of travel: river cruising and family heritage travel. AmaWaterways has partnered...

Celebrate This Island’s Sweet Harvest at its Annual Summer Mango Festival
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Celebrate This Island’s Sweet Harvest at its Annual Summer Mango Festival

On some islands, they like to tell you how many beaches they have, or days of sunshine. On Nevis, it’s...

The World has a New Ocean to Explore
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The World has a New Ocean to Explore

Get out a sharpie – there’s a new ocean to label on your map of the world. Or globe, if you...

Discover 'Japan's Machu Picchu'
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Discover 'Japan's Machu Picchu'

 In Japan, it’s called the ‘Castle in the Sky’, but international travelers who’ve discovered historic Takeda Castle have compared it...

Plan your Travel with Discovery Tours Est. 1995
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Plan your Travel with Discovery Tours Est. 1995

When you go on a Discovery Tour, no matter where you're headed, we want to make sure we're doing a...

Top Tips for G7 Leaders - and Travelers Like Us - to Experience Cornwall
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Top Tips for G7 Leaders - and Travelers Like Us - to Experience Cornwall

The leaders of the world’s seven biggest democratic economies are meeting in Cornwall, England, and it’s putting the Southwest region...

New, Luxury Water Park Makes a ‘Splash’ in the Bahamas
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New, Luxury Water Park Makes a ‘Splash’ in the Bahamas

If you’ve never put the words ‘luxury’ and ‘water park’ together in a sentence before - let alone a vacation...

How Can Travel Lovers Celebrate World Tapas Day?
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How Can Travel Lovers Celebrate World Tapas Day?

This is something we can get on board with! A few years ago, Spain declared the third Thursday of June ‘World...

'Revenge Travel' is the Latest Trend - And Here's How to Get Some
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'Revenge Travel' is the Latest Trend - And Here's How to Get Some

“Living well is the best revenge,” said a 16th-century poet, and that line may be the inspiration for one of...

The Travel Insurance That's Trending Post-COVID
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The Travel Insurance That's Trending Post-COVID

Planning travel is fun, and it even gives us a mental health boost by giving us the pleasant anticipation of...

6 Iconic Road Trips to Rediscover Europe While Luxury Hotel-Hopping
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6 Iconic Road Trips to Rediscover Europe While Luxury Hotel-Hopping

As travel restarts, for many travelers, Europe is calling. We have a lot of catching up to do, and to...

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