I visited St. Lucia about 20 years ago when I boarded a Windjammer Barefoot Cruise on a 200-foot-long tall ship for a one-week sail around five islands. It was pure heaven. But the new Jade Mountain Resort, which opened in December 2006, makes any other St. Lucia vacation pale in comparison. High on Morne Chastanet…
Conde Naste’s Travel & Leisure just named Maxjet #2 on its World’s Best List for International Airlines. And Maxjet just turned two years old. So it’s celebrating with fares as low as $599 each way for Business Class from SFO and LAX to London Stansted — for the price of premium economy. For other major…
Meadowood Napa Valley’s The Restaurant is one of Esquire magazine’s 2007 Best New Restaurants. The 23rd annual awards selected by Esquire’s Food & Travel Editor John Mariani are featured in the November edition of the magazine, on newsstands now.
The beauty of Beaver Creek Resort’s newest development, the Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa, isn’t in its architecture, services or amenities, but in its location. The luxury hotel, to open next year, is being built next to the ski resort’s new Riverfront Express Gondola that will connect hotel guests and those in the town of…
Most people think Springtime in Paris — but why not Thanksgiving in Paris? Context, the network of scholars who lead walking tours in several European cities, is hosting a special Thanksgiving dinner at historic restaurant Le Pharamond on Thanksgiving Day, November 22. It will be hosted and presided over by docent and dining historian Carolin…
Don’t ski but want to see what Aspen is all about? Take advantage of the Touch the Sky Packageat the hip Sky Hotel before the rates rise and the town fills with board-toting tourists. The sleek, slope-side hotel is offering deluxe accommodations for two and complimentary valet parking for $149 through Nov. 21 – less…
I recently returned from a trip to Southeast Asia during which I visited Hong Kong, Bangkok, Siem Reap, and Chiang Mai. Months before the trip, I had contracted with local Virtuoso on-sites to provide airport transfers, drivers and local guides for days of sightseeing, and to arrange the site visits I wanted to make to…
Staying in a jungle lodge with no electricity probably isn’t at the top of anyone’s list of ideas for luxury travel, but a visit to El Monte Sustainable Lodge in Ecuador is a rare treat away from the stresses that come with an electrified life. While there’s no electricity at the lodge complex, individual propane…
Earlier this week, Airbus delivered its first A380 to Singapore Airlines, heralding a new chapter in aviation history. The first flight is set for October 25 from Singapore to Sydney. Airbus predicts flights from Asia directly to SFO in 2008 or 2009. This aircraft can be configured to hold up to 555 passengers, is about…
The November 2007 issue of Conde Nast Traveler celebrates the 20th annual Readers’ Choice Awards. This year, a record 28,000 travelers voted in the Readers’ Choice Survey. The survey is second in size to the U.S. Census. The awards gala took place at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City on Oct. 10,…
Vail Resorts wants to keep its guests in tip-top shape for a day on the slopes. To do so, the company will now serve natural, hormone-free meats and organic dairy products in its on-mountain restaurants at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone resorts in Colorado, Heavenly in California and restaurants in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National…
The Little Nell Hotel, emblematic of all Aspen, Colorado, has to offer, is heading to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Aspen Skiing Co., which owns the luxury boutique hotel at the base of Aspen Mountain, plans to license the Little Nell name to a new ski-in/ski-out hotel-condominium project at the base of the Jackson Hole ski area….