By Lark Ellen Gould Call it hosp-pet-ality or call it Fido-friendly fall-out from the economic recession. Either way, dogs are here (and there) to stay if the proliferation of dog-friendly hotels and hotel programs is any indication. It’s not unusual to see business properties such as Hilton, Fairmont, Loews and Doubletree hanging pets welcome […]

If your head is buzzing with such terms as “Instagram,” “Pinterest,” “Klout” ratings, “Smithgrams” (your life in six words of less), and “RockMelt,” not to mention Foursquare, Facebook, and Twitter, worry not. You’re not alone. We feel your pain. Rambling through the world of Social Media is like trying to stand up on a wavy […]

By Lark Ellen Gould Where’s the beach? Mexico. Some 1,000 kilometers of it. But at this year’s 37th Tianguis Turistico held for the first time ever not in Acapulco, but in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico pulled out the stops for showcasing just what this country of fun in the sun can do for visitors. High on […]

Travel-Intel cruise guru Bill Becken interviews Torstein Hagen, CEO, Viking River Cruises, about today’s cruise market and its customers. How will the cruise industry, especially river cruising, address and service them? What will future customers look for in cruise products? Hagen gives answers to these questions and others.

Mexico travel deserves its own planet. The choices for resorts in Mexico are as varied as notes on a perfumer’s palette. But one Mexico travel experience deserves a space of its own, a golden distillation in a menagerie of sensual possibilities: Imanta Punta de Mita. A member of the Kurta-Ahlers collection of rarified hotels and […]