As Virtuoso wrapped up their 2014 annual conference in Las Vegas earlier this month, the meeting of luxury travel minds did not conclude without a few heady observations gleaned from the consortium’s 340 member travel agencies representing come 8,900 travel advisors and upwards of $12.5 billion in annual sales. Affluent Travelers Under the microscope: where […]

While you might not be calling out hidden Mickeys in the carpeting there, the new Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort is all about the Mouse House. The property opened August 1 minutes away from the Disney theme parks and Orlando’s shopping and dining attractions but still brings the Four Seasons upclass […]

Choosing a luxury hotel in Bangkok is like trying to find the prettiest wildflower in the field. There are just so many and they are all precious. But if you narrow that search to a boutique luxury hotel on the Chao Praya River – a few doors down from the home of Thailand’s crowned prince, […]

Travel-Intel speaks with Fiji Airways CEO Stefan Pichler about the airline’s push to become viable and bring needed lift to boost tourism to Fiji from the U.S.. Fiji Airways recently rebranded from its former Air Pacific days and brought on Stefan Pichler as CEO to take the new airline into a new decade. Pichler, who […]

By Bill Becken, Contributing Cruise Editor An agent’s more lucrative cruise clients, those well-traveled and well-versed in cruise culture, may care not as much about visiting exotic foreign ports and getting steeped in shoreside culture as the ship experience itself. Having cruised often and enjoyed many shore excursions, the wows travelers seek are in the […]