As the summer winds down, ALTOUR’s most recent travel index is seeing consumers eager to book their next vacations at least 6 months in advance. The luxury travel company’s bi-monthly survey of hundreds of leisure travel agents also shows an increase in bookings for escorted tours and foreign independent travel (FIT). ALTOUR agents have also […]

By Lark Ellen Gould While vacationers have been cruising the Nile since time immemorial leisure travelers have not been able to traverse the scenic and critical waters between Cairo and Luxor for nearly two decades. Enter Arab Spring, a spate of elections and time away from headlines to build a new state, and voila! Egypt […]