Hospitality and leisure industry

SAND HARBOR, Nev. -- Lake Tahoe tourism officials were surprised, and a bit miffed, when a respected international travel guide put the iconic alpine lake straddling the California-Nevada line on its list of places to stay away from this…
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ACAPULCO, Mexico -- The keyboard and drums from a musical show thump just yards from a mountain of storm debris and fractured hotels left by Hurricane Otis three weeks ago. On the northern end of Acapulco Bay, hairdressers and masseuses…
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There are rankings of the best hotels in the world.But a new list, released by the members-only group LTI – Luxury Travel Intelligence, ranks hotel brands rather than individual properties.The ranking analyzes many hotels within a brand in…
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For the past two years, property developer Matt Rogatz made a weekly five-hour round trip from his home in northern Chicago to Green Lake, Wisconsin — population 1,005.Before that, the only thing he knew about the small town was that his…
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Many hotels claim to be eco-friendly.  But are they?  A quick-and-easy test is to look for two items, said Sonu Shivdasani, founder of Soneva and Six Senses hotel brands.First, sustainable hotels should not have branded water of any sort,…
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In some African cultures, the combination of rain and sunshine means that a leopard and a lioness have given birth to a cub.  I was hoping that this was the case as we traversed Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve in a four-wheel drive…
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Pent-up travel demand — which drove global travel recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic — is over, said Intercontinental Hotels Group CEO Elie Maalouf."People started traveling really by the end of 2020 as restrictions started to lift,"…
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Danish traveler Torbjorn Pedersen says he is the first person to visit every country in the world — without flying.It's a feat that took 10 years to accomplish — with average costs of around $20 a day, he said."In some countries like…
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From overtourism to no tourism — and back again.Many cities have come full circle to worrying about too many tourists rather than too few.   The rise of budget airlines, short-term home rentals and cruise ships are part of the problem, said…
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HONOLULU -- The area around the Maui town largely destroyed by wildfire two months ago was scheduled to welcome back travelers on Sunday as the mayor and Hawaii’s governor pushed ahead to restart tourism to boost the economy despite…
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