Travel

For more than eight years, the world sailing speed record has remained unbroken. [...]

For those with the means, a private island in a tropical destination is the ultimate place to isolate from the global pandemic. [...]

Qatar Airways is retiring half of its fleet of Airbus A380s, the world's largest passenger plane. It's the latest nail in the coffin for the double-decker superjumbo [...]

Fanciful wallpaper, new work by Marie Watt — and more. [...]

John Wilson Ocean Drive in Dunedin will be closed after rare New Zealand sea lions made their home at a nearby golf course and started "regularly crossing the road to get to the beach," according to local officials. [...]

Nearly half of the states have measures in place for visitors, from testing to quarantine requirements. [...]

If you are still using your phone’s camera only for selfies and quick videos, you’re barely touching its potential. [...]

The lagoon city has famously suffered overtourism in recent years. Now Venice is fighting back with a state-of-the-art system tracking visitors' movements. The ultimate goal? To change tourism for the better. [...]

One of the most famous avenues in Paris, the Champs-Élysées, is set for a facelift that will see it transformed into a green, pedestrian-friendly space, after Mayor Anne Hidalgo gave the go-ahead for a major renovation project. [...]

Can we resume international trips in 2021 despite a pandemic stronger than ever? There's hope: Summer vacations abroad may happen in a big way this year. [...]

China has unveiled a new high-speed bullet train designed for extremely cold climates. The CR400AF-G train can operate at speeds of up to 350 kilometers per hour in temperatures as low as -40 degrees Celsius. [...]

The world's largest snow and ice festival is underway in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin, attracting visitors to its vast illuminated sculptures for its 37th winter, albeit with some Covid restrictions in place. [...]

John Cruise-Wilkins is a man on a mission. Like his late father Reginald before him, he believes there is great beauty to be found beneath an unprepossessing stretch of road in northern Mahe, the main island of the Seychelles. [...]

The $29 fares are mainly available for flights on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. [...]

This will be the last issue of this newsletter with me at the helm. I've truly enjoyed and long and colorful career cranking out the content and advice for you all, and seeing the big beautiful world in the process. [...]

Like many of my trips, my path to becoming a travel writer took a circuitous route; the road I took was "the one less traveled by," to quote Robert Frost's famous poem. [...]

There's hope that 2021 will bring back some sense of normalcy to our lives, and for many of us that means getting back on planes. [...]

Hyatt Hotels will add its third Hyatt Regency location in San Francisco. [...]

One of the most frequent questions I get it how I got started and how I ended up with what many people (including me!) think of as one of the best jobs in the world. [...]

In route news, BA still flies to London, UA suspends; dozens of nations shut down air routes from the U.K.; Singapore Airlines adds SFO flights; Japan Airlines will resume SFO-Haneda while ANA eyes a return to San Jose. [...]