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California hotels highlighting art, surfing, or wining and dining fuel your clients' hobbies or passions while away.

The first time I ever stayed in a butler suite, I had no idea how to make use of...

All-inclusive resorts are upping the ante and offering high-end services that cater to clients who want a vacation with...

Sign me up (oh, and your clients, too, of course)! “Just like cruising, shipboard spas have also evolved during the...

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Quirk Hotel, a unique design-driven Destination Hotel inspired by the nearby Quirk Gallery, opened last Thursday in Richmond, Virginia.

As more vacationers catch on to the idea of volunteering for a part of or for their entire vacation, an increasing number of travel companies are creating unique ways for travelers to lend a helping hand, and good news for agents, they're all agent commissionable.

According to Kathleen Doheny, v.p., marketing, Kensington Tours, “Families—including multi-generational families traveling together—are becoming more adventurous. They want to explore the world together.”

Any time is a good time for an update on new products in Latin American countries. Why? Check out these figures: Nicaragua continues to be hailed as the “new Costa Rica”; Colombia’s good notices are expanding touring beyond Cartagena and Bogota; Ecuador’s tourism numbers grew by 14 percent last year; Brazil’s by 10.6 percent; and Chile’s by 5.3 percent. Peru, meanwhile, is earning accolades for great wilderness comforts and award-winning culinary treats.

The first time I reported on German-born Hapag-Lloyd Cruises—several years ago after sailing with the first Europa—I called it the best cruise line American vacationers had never heard of. Now there’s Europa 2, and it’s highly likely that travel consultants and their clients are hearing quite a lot about Hapag-Lloyd thanks largely to a lively marketing campaign.

What is adventure travel? We can debate that answer till the cows come home, but without question, for an increasingly large segment of today’s travel marketplace, the answer is journeys beyond the ordinary.

From Puerto Rico to Guadeloupe, we've got a handful of top honeymoon spots.

An awesome inventory of temples and pyramids left behind by the ancient Maya. Horizons of sacred volcanoes mirrored in pristine lakes. Quiche Maya people weaving and wearing traditional dress. Well-preserved colonial towns and villages. Weekly markets and folkloric festivals—a kaleidoscope of color. Without doubt, few countries in the Americas can match Guatemala in cultural attractions.

The trip began with a local fish fry and ended with a champagne brunch—at the Grand Lucayan, Bahamas, tell your clients to arrive on an empty stomach.

Dive into flavorful tastes only the Caribbean can deliver.

A journey through the Swiss countryside must include culinary stops along the way.

“If any destination is tailormade for family travel, Costa Rica is it.” I wrote that sentence in Recommend’s Costa Rica Specialist Program based on just looking around during many years of traveling in this family-friendly nation. Last July was time to sample the product: The Hunt family traveled in an Adobe Rent a Car’s 4x4 to a trio of kid-friendly wild places: Tortuguero National Park (three nights), the Sarapiqui region (two nights), and Monteverde National Park (three nights). Perhaps a trip report on what worked (most things) and what didn’t (just a few) will be helpful in client trip planning.

Let’s slice it up by neighborhood and take a few morsels from each so you can get a taste of what Miami and South Beach offer your clients.

Resorts on the Hawaiian Islands are merging new attitudes with enduring traditions.

When Del Webb’s Kuilima Resort Hotel & Country Club debuted on Oahu’s surf-centric North Shore in 1972, the famed developer hoped to hit the jackpot by tacking on Hawaii’s premier casino. This trend of sidestepping a sense of place continued for decades as the renamed Turtle Bay Resort fortified internally rather than embracing culture and beauty beyond its gate.