Luxury

History seeps from the walls of the Old War Office in Whitehall, London, Winston Churchill's former workplace.Once the beating heart of Britain's military empire, the headquarters from which some of the most consequential decisions 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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The era of unabated "revenge travel" may be coming to a close.New reports show that, after years of inflation and rising travel costs, travelers may finally be curtailing their travel plans.A new report by the research company Morning…
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Yearning for a good night's sleep?Join the club.Globally, more people searched about sleep this year than ever before, according to data released by Google Trends last week. People are turning to the internet to learn about bedtime…
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The Maharajas of India's past built magnificent palaces as a symbol of their power.But in 1971, India abolished "privy purses," or governmental payments made to these rulers. Several of them transformed their vast estates into heritage…
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Many travelers are accustomed to nightly tourism taxes tacked on to their hotel bills.But daytime taxes are a new ask.Venice's city council on Tuesday approved a long-awaited regulation to tax day visitors 5 euros ($5.38) to visit the…
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