Visiting the whole island can help stimulate the local economy, still reeling nine months after the fires. At the end of April, I visited the Westin Maui Resort & Spa on the sunny coast of Kaanapali, about 3 miles north of Lahaina. The high-end hotel had just wrapped up a $160 million transformation and invited…

Swiss National Bank cut its holdings in shares of Travel + Leisure Co. (NYSE:TNL – Free Report) by 13.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 145,700 shares of the company’s stock after selling 22,000 shares during the…

Swiss National Bank cut its holdings in shares of Travel + Leisure Co. (NYSE:TNL – Free Report) by 13.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 145,700 shares of the company’s stock after selling 22,000 shares during the…

Have fun! Send pics! We’ve all said, or at least heard, the sentiment, “Have fun! Send pics!” but for me these sentences are particularly meaningful, due to the fact that I suffer from chronic Lyme disease, and, for almost two years, I was housebound much of the time. I didn’t have the breathing capacity or…

It’s that time of year again, when summer and all of its buoyant optimism seems at once both just around the corner and lightyears away. If the very idea of saving, searching and scouring the internet for places to visit in the hope of sunshine then fear not, for we’ve looked to the stars for…

SANDPOINT — Memorial Day travel is back in a big way. According to AAA, 43.8 million Americans, including nearly 262,000 Idahoans, will journey 50 miles or more from home to celebrate the holiday weekend — 1.8 million more than a year ago, and 1 million more than in 2019. “In recent years, travel has recovered…

Skift Take Today’s podcast looks at aviation’s surprise boost, Chase’s new perk, and Saudi Arabia’s luxury focus. Rashaad Jorden Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, May 17. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Listen Now 🎧 Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts Episode Notes Airlines have recently gotten a big…

This year’s Ultimate Travel Guide is dedicated to transporting you to parts unknown. It’s not a cliché to say that when our writers return from their respective voyages, they invariably describe them as ‘extraordinary’ and ‘life-changing’. In this issue, we have dispatched the acclaimed novelist Tahmima Anam to the temples of Japan to uncover the…