Read Your Way Through Hanoi
I highly recommend “Last Night I Dreamed of Peace,” the diary of Dang Thuy Tram, who was killed on the battlefield at the age of 27 while working as a …
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JetBlue (JBLU) earnings Q2 2023
A Jet Blue aircraft takes off from Long Beach Airport in Long Beach, CA. Tim Rue | Bloomberg | Getty Images JetBlue Airways slashed its 2023 outlook and warned of …
How Grand Canyon National Park Works to Prevent Heat-Related Deaths and Injuries
Watching weary day hikes start the long uphill hike from Phantom Ranch, a ranger station at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, Jeff Schwartz has learned to look for telltale …
Going to Europe? Be Prepared for New Visitor Taxes.
When Hester Van Buren, a deputy mayor of Amsterdam, recently proposed a 1 percent increase to the city’s tourist accommodation tax — which is already among the highest in Europe …
Millennial Money: Mystery travel lets you focus on the fun, not the details
Travel planning can be a real chore. Booking flights, deciding on the right hotel and building an itinerary might be fun for some, but others dread it. That’s why some …
The Rudest Things You Can Do On A Train
Summer travel season is well underway, which means a lot of people are taking trains. Although some parts of the U.S. have solid train infrastructure, many Americans do not regularly …
Dancing Till Dawn at a Music Festival in Albania
More than a dozen sweaty people in various states of undress giggled as a capoeira instructor directed us to crawl around on the floor. Make eye contact, he told us …
Wildfires and Heat Transform Italy and Greece Into Tourism Nightmares
As a family sat vigil over a coffin containing the body of an elderly relative, the wooded hills around their apartment building in Palermo burned from wildfires. Winds blew the …
Virgin Voyages uses AI, Jennifer Lopez partnership to boost bookings
Cruise line Virgin Voyages is betting big on its recently launched campaign starring J. Lo — and her digital twin, “Jen AI.” It starts with a commercial, featuring Jennifer Lopez …
A High-Water Year for River Rafting
Midmorning on the Dolores River, you could feel how recently the water had been snow. “It’s probably about 48 degrees right now,” our guide Samy said, as she carefully angled …