Mandarin Oriental Miami, Azul restaurant and The Spa at Mandarin Oriental Miami are all recipients of the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Award for 2013, making the hotel one of only six properties in the United States and the only hotel in Florida to earn the highly coveted triple Five Stars. The Spa has earned the Five-Star …
SilverLining Cruises and Tours has announced its special ‘Limited Edition’ Jane Austen tours for 2013, with three departure dates to choose from. The tours take participants through the historic landmarks that served as the backdrop for the novels written by the legendary British author. The tours will be led by Jacqueline Klaassen, a native of …
Destination weddings are special and different. They don’t happen all of the time. They are a lovely way to invite family and friends to a place that will hold special meaning in everyone’s hearts. Somewhere away from the mundane that will be remembered as the place where something extraordinary happened – your wedding. Sedona, Arizona …
Celebrate the 150th birthday of American railroad hero Jonathan Luther “Casey” Jones on March 14 at the Case Jones Home & Railroad Museum in Jackson, Tennssee. Jones, who lived in Jackson with his wife and three children, was a railroad engineer who became an internationally known icon due to his heroic last ride on April …
Delegates attending the 14th Annual Caribbean Tourism Organization Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC-14), will get to explore some of Trinidad and Tobago’s most exotic and historic sites as part of the conference experience. A full day of study tours has been planned to reveal the diversity of the host country and the various sustainability models being …
The International Tourism Trade Fair, FITUR, has closed its doors with a series of favorable participation figures that confirm the show’s status as a key event for the tourist industry. More than 200,000 people passed through the halls at Feria de Madrid. In the case of members of the industry, the number of visitors increased …
AmaWaterways has announced an impressive roster of wine hosts for its 2013 “In Celebration on Wine” theme cruises. The cruise line will host 21 wine-themed itineraries through Europe’s world-renowned wine regions this year, each hosted by a different wine expert from the U.S. or Europe. The 2013 season features new excursions on Portugal’s Douro River …
Faith-based travelers hold the key to Jordan’s growing tourism industry, Kevin Wright told 150 local travel professionals during a workshop in Amman, Jordan, on Saturday. Wright, NTA’s director of growth markets, was invited to speak by the USAID Jordan Tourism Development Project. “As more people travel on faith-based trips than ever before, Jordan is well-positioned …
Vacationers visiting the new CaribbeanTravel.com website will soon be able to register to win a free Caribbean vacation per month, plus be eligible for the Grand Prize one-week “Caribbean Vacation of the Lifetime” at the conclusion of the year-long promotion. The website provides a central place to experience the Caribbean region featuring 33 destinations, hundreds …
The 15th annual LA Times Travel Show brought together more than 22,000 celebrity speakers, travel professionals, industry leaders, members of the media and consumers at the L.A. Convention Center, February 22-24. Headliners Rick Steves (author and host of “Rick Steves’ Europe”), Arthur Frommer (publisher of more than 340 Frommer’s travel guides), Phil Keoghan (Emmy Award-winning host …