12 things that surprised me about my 1st luxury train journey

I had the opportunity to take my first and only (so far) luxury train trip in December of 2019 while traveling around Australia. On assignment for another publication at the time, I was invited aboard one of the first runs of the Great Southern, a then-new line from Journey Beyond, which operates such iconic voyages as The Ghan between…

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American cuts NYC long-haul route just days before Northeast Alliance trial begins

American Airlines promised big growth in the Northeast as part of its tie-up with JetBlue Airways, but one new long-haul route isn’t living up to expectations. Over the weekend, the Fort Worth-based carrier filed plans to cut service between New York and Santiago, Chile, as first seen in Cirium schedules and later confirmed by a carrier spokesperson. The 5,097-mile…

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Multi-destination tourism key to Caribbean’s recovery, ministers say

“When we are united, we, as the Caribbean, are unstoppable.” Those were the sentiments of Kenneth Bryan, the Cayman Islands’ Minister of Tourism and newly-elected chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) as he played host to both the CTO’s Business Meetings and Caribbean Youth Tourism Conference and IATA’s fourth annual Caribbean Aviation Day in George Town in Grand…

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