I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I didn’t transition to using a hard-shell suitcase until I purchased my first suitcase from Away (The Carry-On) in 2021. Until then, I had long used the same soft-shell, black-and-gray carry-on bag that I inherited from the luggage closet in my parent’s basement many years prior. I love my Away suitcase…
Some of the most interesting hotels I’ve stayed in are innovative updates of existing structures that had previous lives. There was the imposing Hotel Katajanokka in Helsinki — which once served as the city’s main prison — and The Murray in Hong Kong — one of the city’s first skyscrapers, which housed government offices for decades before getting a stunning…
Spain has introduced limits on the number of tourists who are allowed to visit its natural attractions, including beaches, national parks and islands.
Lufthansa is gearing up to take delivery of its 1st Boeing 787 tomorrow. According to a post on the airline’s Instagram story
After being down for a year, one of Hong Kong’s most well-liked tourist attractions, the Peak Tram, has reopened with a fresh new design.
Editor’s note: TPG’s Gene Sloan accepted a free trip from Norwegian Cruise Line to attend the unveiling of Norwegian Prima. The opinions expressed below are entirely his and weren’t subject to review by the line. Norwegian Cruise Line is just hours away from unveiling an all-new class of ships — its first in nearly a decade. The world’s fourth-largest…
When you factor in both car and staffing shortages, there has perhaps never been a better time to ensure you’re enrolled in the loyalty program with your rental car company of choice. Given that many car companies’ loyalty programs offer skip-the-counter — and thus skip-the-line — benefits, TPG has reported on how this can be a crucial step toward…
If you’ve been looking for a great award sale to Europe, we’ve got an under-the-radar deal for you — with widespread availability throughout the next 11 months. Flying Blue (the loyalty program of Air France and KLM) usually charges 50,000 miles for a round-trip economy seat to Europe. We’re currently seeing prices as low as 30,000 miles. For context,…
I grew up in New England and spent most of my childhood vacations road-tripping with my family in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont. These days, as a New Yorker, I still like to head north to get a break from the city. Vermont’s dense forests and rolling mountains remind me of home — and there are so many great…
Nigeria released some funds owed to international air carriers to try and avert a crisis in the aviation sector amid warnings of flight suspensions from operators including Dubai’s Emirates airline. The Central Bank of Nigeria released $265 million to settle ticket sales owed to airline operators, it said late on Friday.
