When things get tough, the tough get going – to spas, that is. According to a comprehensive wellness travel study released last month by the non-profit research center SRI International, the global wellness market is now worth $3.4 trillion, making it nearly three times larger than the $1 trillion worldwide pharmaceutical industry. Answering the call […]

What does luxury mean? Recent findings of a luxury survey polling U.S. travelers with incomes of $150,000 or more found that a few brand names keep filtering to the top of the A-list.

Mobile check-in is moving to hospitality. Hilton, Marriott and other hotel brands are catching on to the fact that guests on the check-in queue are in a hurry. Whether staying for business or pleasure spending line-time in the lobby is likely not on the “want” list. Recently Hilton hotels took a swipe at solving this […]

Christmas in America can be a glorious thing, no matter whether you are toasting to peace on earth in Napa or checking out the window displays on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Americans spent $83 billion on travel related to the holiday season last year ($17 billion on Thanksgiving and $66 billion on Christmas, […]

Riding the Rails in Luxury, Chicago to FLA Pullman Rail Journeys is running a one-time holiday itinerary from Chicago to the “Sunshine State” for a New Year’s celebration.  Traveling in first-class rail style, the itinerary departs Chicago’s Union Station in restored Pullman cars the evening of Dec. 27, arriving at its southernmost stop of Miami the […]