First luxury cruise line to sail elusive Northwest Passage in 2016

Luxury cruise to Embark on Unprecedented 32-day Arctic Expedition. The fabled Northwest Passage 805 km north of the Arctic Circle is a legendary route that, until recently, remained an elusive passage frozen in Arctic ice. The effects of global warming have disintegrated parts of the route and opened up the passage for tourists. Crystal Cruises … Read more

Cruisers’ Choice Awards

Each year, the community of Cruise Critic followers rewards the innovating experiences on board and ashore in dining, entertainment, fitness, and design. Cruise enthusiasts wanting to create travel memories of a lifetime, can check the list with this year’s winners. This list serves as a seal of approval from consumers who have sailed on these … Read more

Catering to the individual traveler: personalized travel is the new definition of luxury

Top Seven Travel Trends from 2013 Virtuoso Travel Week.    Virtuoso luxury travel network announced Top Seven Travel Trends from Virtuoso Travel Week, one of luxury travel’s preeminent events. From the top seven travel trends revelead “catering to the individual traveler: personalized travel is the new definition of luxury” emerged as the overarching trend. The … Read more

Cruise liner offers first luxury hypoallergenic staterooms

Hypoallergenic Luxury Accommodations To Debut On Crystal Cruises. Allergy sufferers can check their discomfort at the door – of 70 Crystal Serenity doors, that is – when ultra-luxe Crystal Cruises launcheds the cruise industry’s first hypoallergenic staterooms. Already renowned for the highest  standards of sanitation and comfort, Crystal is introducing a whole new category of … Read more

Innovative choices for gourmandizing: floating beeroisseur menu

Award-winning beers coveted by true connoisseurs in a new beeroisseur menu. Rarest Samuel Adams Utopias on board Crystal Cruises’ 2013 European cruises. For true aficionados looking for extra-special tastes, Crystal Cruises ultra-luxe line introduced Connoisseur menus, including the new Connoisseur beer menu, with extremely limited, uniquely produced, and perfectly aged stouts, ales, blondes, and other … Read more

Best in luxury: hotels, airlines, lounges, golf resorts and more

  Dubai’s Burj Al Arab, Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney, Le Touessrok in Mauritius, Waldorf Astoria (New York), and Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris have emerged as the favorite hotels of the world among readers of Ultratravel luxury travel magazine published by The Daily Telegraph. Burj Al Arab, the standard bearer in the luxury industry, … Read more