For Good, For Travel is a new nonprofit that aims to educate travel advisors on sustainability and encourages them to donate to sustainability-focused organizations in destinations where their clients travel. The nonprofit is headed by Tim Morgan, co-founder of The 1000 club of top travel advisors. “There is a real[…]
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Auberge Resorts Collection has expanded its presence in the Northeast with the opening of Wildflower Farms, Auberge Resorts Collection in New York’s Hudson Valley. Located in Gardiner, approximately 90 minutes from New York City, Wildflower Farms is situated across 140 acres, encompassing a farm, orchard, gardens, fields and wooded areas.[…]
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World Travel Inc. and U.K. company Clarity Travel Management have launched a joint venture, One Global Travel. The company unites travel management companies around the world in a “community” to better service World Travel clients in local marketplaces. Clarity and Exton, Pa,-based World Travel (No. 20 on Travel Weekly’s 2022[…]
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Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers will reopen on Wednesday for what it describes as “limited commercial operations.” Flights will operate between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Security checkpoints will open at 7 a.m. and close at 5:30 p.m. The airport cautioned that services within the[…]
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Russia has lost its seat on the governing council of the United Nations’ aviation organization. In a vote held Friday, Russia fell six votes short of the 86 needed to remain on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council. The vote was held among the 193 member states of ICAO,[…]
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WASHINGTON — The travel industry is calling wait times for visitors to obtain U.S. visas, which has swelled from 17 days on average in March 2020 to 247 days this summer, “shameful” and a roadblock to a full travel recovery. Concerns were raised at U.S. Travel Association’s Future of Travel[…]
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Priceline hopes to capitalize on consumer appetite for the experiential with the launch of Priceline Experiences, offering more than 80,000 activities users can book. Priceline Experiences also enables the OTA to offer its customers a more complete trip-planning experience without having to leave Priceline.com. Denise Bialek Denise Bialek, Priceline’s senior[…]
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August in Rome. We’ve done it twice, and both times it was distinguished by incredible sites, awesome pizza and oppressive summer heat. This year, high temperatures in Europe have been well documented, leaving many visitors — especially those traveling with children — wishing for a hotel with shade and a[…]
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It’s aperitivo time. Do you know where you are? If you’re at the Rome Cavalieri, a Waldorf Astoria Hotel, hopefully you’re at the Chandon Garden Spritz Lounge. This alfresco dining area, which opened this year, is set up adjacent to the hotel’s swimming pools and is an ideal place to[…]
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Hotels are not necessarily known for great food, but Auberge Resorts Collection is turning that perception on its head in Austin with Lutie’s Garden in the historical Commodore Perry Estate. Lutie’s, which opened last year on the 10-acre, urban resort, has rocketed to the top of the city’s fine dining[…]
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