The world’s best airlines for 2023, according to Skytrax
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to the soft-leathered, leg-outstretched world of the absolute top-tier aviation elite,…
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Rubens painting ‘lost’ for centuries could sell for $7.7 million
Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A Rubens painting lost to history and misidentified for almost 300 years has re-emerged with the help of X-ray…
Continue ReadingTitanic’s tragic history has captivated generations
By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — When RMS Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912, she was the largest passenger ship in service and considered to be…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean man who attempted to open plane door mid-flight tests positive for drugs
By Gawon Bae and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Seoul/ Hong Kong (CNN) — A 19-year-old Korean man who tried to open a plane door mid-flight tested…
Continue ReadingThe future of travel: 10 concepts that will change the way we experience the world
By Kate Springer, CNN (CNN) — Travel has come a long way since the age of Silk Road caravans, daunting sea voyages and steam locomotives -–…
Continue ReadingBhutan reducing its daily tourist tax for visitors who stay longer
Reuters Bhutan will lower the nightly fees it charges tourists who stay more than four days in an attempt to boost visitor numbers that are still a…
Continue ReadingWith fur out of fashion, PETA sets its sights on wool, leather and down
By Sarah Kent (CNN) — When Ingrid Newkirk co-founded People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in 1980, fur was a status symbol.…
Continue ReadingThis man is traveling the world on non-motorized transport
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — This summer, Canadian firefighter Markus Pukonen is due to arrive back in his home city of Toronto, seven…
Continue ReadingHash: The barbecue dish that’s a delicious South Carolina secret
By Patrice Gaines, CNN (CNN) — Marvin C. Ross was just 8 years old the first time he watched Willis Spells, his neighbor in Dorchester, South…
Continue ReadingThis country is 99% water. But the 1% is paradise
CNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — It was a somber week in tourism as five explorers were lost in the “catastrophic implosion” of a…
Continue ReadingThe women who run Antarctica’s ‘penguin post office’
Video by Sofia Couceiro and Teodora Preda, text by Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — When this year’s all-woman team arrived on…
Continue ReadingUnseen photos of Glastonbury from 1971 show just how much the festival has changed
By Martha Alexander, CNN (CNN) — The countdown to this weekend’s Glastonbury Festival is on; the stages are built, headliners are on their way…
Continue ReadingHe felt like an outsider in his own country. So he dressed up as Captain America to change how others see him
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Picture Captain America. Maybe you see the blue-eyed, blond-haired man from the comics, or maybe you see Chris…
Continue ReadingHow simple luggage trackers became the hottest travel accessory
Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Out of the post-pandemic travel chaos, a hero has emerged. Unassuming and undercover, this hero has spent much of…
Continue ReadingIreland will pay you $90,000 to move to a beautiful island home
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — CNN Travel has your back when it comes to your vacation needs. Confused about tipping? Read our guide.…
Continue ReadingHow to survive a bear attack – or better yet, avoid one altogether
By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — You’re out for a hike on a glorious fall day. Suddenly, you spot a bear. And the bear has spotted you, too.…
Continue ReadingArchaeologists find a 3,000-year-old sword so well preserved it’s still gleaming
Jack Guy and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have found an octagonal sword dating from more than 3,000 years ago at a burial site in…
Continue ReadingSteeped in history and race, Gary Simmons’ ghostly artworks are timeless — and all too timely
By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Thirty years ago, the conceptual artist Gary Simmons arranged eight pairs of gold-plated basketball sneakers in…
Continue ReadingToolbelts, cardboard bags and ‘crogs:’ Fendi makes a case for carpenter-core
Scarlett Conlon, CNN Capannuccia (CNN) — If stealth wealth and craft-core have united fashion’s latest style tribes through a quiet-luxury…
Continue ReadingThey fell in love backpacking through Europe then they lost each other. Here’s how they’ve ended up married for 24 years
By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Tom Latkovic woke up in disbelief. He’d found the woman of his dreams and somehow, less than 12 hours later,…
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