SATA Airlines is a “Surfer Friendly Airline” with free surfboard transportation fees to boards under 4.9 ft. to Portugal, allowing two pieces of luggage per person with maximum of 50 pounds each. If the surfboard exceeds the maximum weight, excess luggage rates apply. “Since surfers are a fast-growing customer group and the Azores as become …
This fall, visitors going to see the volcanic beauty of the Azores – nine European islands just 4 hours from Boston – can take a round-trip, nonstop flight from Boston to Ponta Delgada on São Miguel Island for just $549, which includes all taxes and fees. This price is offered for travel between November 8 …
Veteran African travel outfitter Great Safaris is launching a new unique travel experience in 2014. On their new African Elephant Safari and Cruise, travelers will visit the Victoria Falls on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, cruise the Chobe and Zambezi Rivers on a luxury cruise boat and explore South Africa’s Kruger National Park atop …
In light of leadership changes in five U.S. Cabinet departments—all of them vital to the travel and tourism industry—NTA is intent on building positive, productive relationships within those agencies. “The decisions reached within these five departments are crucial to the continued growth of U.S. tourism, and we want to work with them every step of …
Swedish Full-Body Massage is a form of massage therapy that relieves tension in the muscles and connective tissues that have stuck together to form knots and adhesions. This type of massage therapy uses slow and firm or, vigorous and bracing movements to target tense and contracted areas found especially on your neck, shoulders, and back. …
On Friday, August 31, Wine Spectator Magazine will name Restaurante 1621 as a winner of the Award of Excellence. The magazine is recognized as one of the leading consumer and business publications in the world. This American magazine has a readership of more than 2.5 million people. The Award of Excellence was granted to 2,842 …
On October 12, 2013, the Azuero Peninsula will open a new chapter with the official inauguration of the Cubita Boutique Resort & Spa, a first-of-its-kind project in the Republic of Panama. The brainchild of Panamanian finance specialist Ivan Eskildsen and wife Maria Amelia Pezzotti, Cubita Boutique Resort & Spa represents a unique marriage of world-class …
Atelier Ace, the creative crew behind Ace Hotel, has announced their first foray into Central America with the new American Trade Hotel in the historic district of Casco Viejo, opening this year. It’s not an Ace Hotel, but it is a new member of their family. As a luxury hotel, it’s a new territory for …
Encompassing four large European-style buildings of 30,000 square meters, the Jin Jiang Hotel in Shanghai boasts a grandiose historic feel along with excellent service. West of the Bund (4 km) and east of the Hongqiao airport (14 km), the Jin Jiang Hotel is not only cheaper than its competitor across the street but offers many …
For the 100th time in history, the North Pole was reached on July 30, 2013. The voyage by Poseidon Expeditions/Expedition Cruises aboard the nuclear icebreaker 50 Years of Victory (Russian name: 50 Let Pobedy) achieved the feat. Icebreaker expedition cruises offer the experience of discovering high Arctic regions and the North Pole. The achievement on …