Easing through the Bosporus on a holiday in Turkey and eyeing the minarets that crown the jagged cliffs amid ruins of once thriving cities of Caesars and kings, you know you have arrived at the very root of Western civilization. The steel and glass high-rises fade into the din and almost cease to exist. All […]

Each year travel agent members of the exclusive Virtuoso group, a consortia that brings qualified travel sellers together with the world’s luxury travel products, vote in their hot list of recommended hotels. This year, the group’s Best of the Best awards come as no surprise for the categories they serve. The following is an at-a-glance […]

Whether or not you are standing the lines of iPhone Madness or hanging tight with a tried and trusted Droid the power of the palm these days is a formidable player in all walks of business and travel. But navigating the endless and mounting options for what to use and what to delete is a […]

By Lark Ellen Gould Call it “Recession Fatigue,” “Budgeting Blues” or the “Worth It” syndrome, but Americans are trading in their cost conscious habits for some “worth it” time when it comes to planning their vacations. The latest MMGY Global/Harrison Group 2012 Portrait of American Travelers report, which surveys a nationally representative survey of 2,527 […]

“Go ahead! Make my day!” the famous octogenarian actor/director said to the empty chair. If that chair could talk, it might have said “Day? You mean ‘day off?” The fact of the matter is most of the people sitting in chairs, sitting at desks and standing present at their jobs so this nation can tick […]