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(CNN) — This week, all eyes have been on UNESCO, the France-based body that bestows the ranking of “World Heritage Site” on some of the world’s most beautiful, historic and otherwise important places. In many years, the announcement of new additions to the UNESCO list is a cause for some excitement, at least in the

In this article AAL An exterior view of an American Airlines B737 Max airplane is seen as a man walks at Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport in Dallas, Texas on December 2, 2020. Cooper Neill | AFP | Getty Images Labor unions representing 40,000 American Airlines pilots and flight attendants say the carrier has failed to

Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty Images You’ll probably have to use cryptocurrency to pay off that ransomware hacker who froze your laptop, but where else might you put all your bitcoin, ethereum and other digital coins to actual use? Tesla may still be unsure about accepting bitcoin for its electric vehicles again, yet cryptocurrency

In this article SAVE Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie told CNBC on Friday that he’s urging all passengers and employees to get Covid shots, even though the low-cost carrier has no plans to implement vaccine requirements. “Rising case counts with regard to the delta variant obviously is a concern for everybody,” Christie said on “Squawk Box.” The

(CNN) — It was October 2012 and Mae Edilyn Lumba Fortuna had temporarily left behind her busy life in Manila to vacation on the Filipino island of Boracay. With her friend Ivy in tow, Fortuna spent her evenings out dancing and her days lazing on Boracay’s spectacular White Beach. This particular morning, Ivy didn’t feel

In an aerial view, the Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas (L) prepares to set sail from Port Miami during the first U.S. trial cruise testing COVID-19 protocols on June 20, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Royal Caribbean Cruises shares fell more than 4% Friday after six passengers on board its

(CNN) — Devising a superyacht concept that stands out from the rest is no easy feat nowadays, as designers continue to push against the boundaries, with more and more innovative vessel designs. The 100-meter vessel is designed to be made entirely of dry carbon fiber, making it 50% lighter than other similar sized yachts made

Travelers may not be able attend this year’s Summer Olympic Games, but they can still experience Japan virtually. As the global pandemic marches on, tourist attractions and enterprising tour guides are finding ways to emulate the look, feel and taste of a trip to the Land of the Rising Sun. Sightseeing and shopping For 2,000

In this article AAL LUV Flight attendants hand out refreshments to a packed Delta Airlines flight traveling from Ronald Regan National Airport to MinneapolisSaint Paul International Airport on Friday, May 21, 2021. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Verbal attacks. Seat kicking. Throwing trash at crew. Those are some of the incidents

People wait for passengers at one of the International Arrivals halls at London Heathrow Airport in west London on February 14, 2021 JUSTIN TALLIS | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — U.S. and EU travelers that have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will soon be allowed to visit England without having to quarantine, the

(CNN) — Stepping into Pandora Cheng’s qipao rental store in central Hong Kong is like stepping back in time. A brown leather Chesterfield sofa sits in one corner beside a gramophone, opposite row-upon-row of tailor-made qipaos, the traditional high-neck Chinese dress. Cheng offers tourists in Hong Kong “dress-up experiences” that use fashion as a way

People move through LaGuardia Airport (LGA) before the start of the Fourth of July weekend on July 02, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Air travel consumer groups want Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to take a harder stance on U.S. airlines. During a virtual meeting Tuesday, the groups asked the Transportation Department

(CNN) — Hans Öqvist was a twenty-something university graduate living in Uppsala, Sweden. It was the mid-1990s, and Öqvist spent his weekends roaming the city’s cobbled streets, dipping into thrift shops to look for odds and ends to fill the flat he’d just moved into with his then-girlfriend. Rummaging through a store one day, Öqvist

(CNN) — The 2021 summer travel season started out full of hope and promise, but by the day, two words are threatening to dismantle it all. Delta variant. This more transmissible variation of the coronavirus was first detected in India in February, just when the United States and some other places around the world were

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In this article AIR-NZ Travelers who are on the fence about flying again may want to check out a new list of the world’s best airlines. The airline safety website AirlineRatings.com published its list of “Top Airlines in the World,” which traditionally ranks carriers by safety, in-flight service, passenger comfort and flight routes. But this

(CNN) — Which countries are tightening their Covid corsets and which are letting it all hang loose? CNN Travel reveals all in our latest weekend round-up. Here’s what we learned in pandemic travel this week: 1. It’s all kicking off in Australia A man who’d arrived in Western Australia from Brisbane was arrested and charged

(CNN) — Deep in the dense green forests of Germany’s Mittelgebirge central mountains lies a remarkable railway that has survived war, political upheaval, Cold War tension and repression, economic hardship and repeated threats of closure. Little known outside Germany, the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen — Harz Narrow Gauge Railways, usually abbreviated to HSB — is one of