
Jennifer Leigh Parker
Freelance Senior Writer at Forbes
Writer, editor, @Forbes travel columnist. Find me over on Substack
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1 week ago |
forbes.com | Jennifer Leigh Parker
In the cruise industry, there are corner office CEOs. And there are ‘in the details’ CEOs. Natalya Leahy, the new Chief Executive at National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions, is squarely in the latter category.
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3 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Jennifer Leigh Parker
As part of its annual travel report released Monday, the Mastercard Economics Institute (MEI) revealed this summer’s most popular destinations and, to no one’s surprise, Tokyo took the top spot. According to MEI’s analysis, Tokyo and Osaka will be the top two trending global tourist destinations this summer, fueled by the country’s long-term currency depreciation. Paris, France, ranks third just behind Osaka.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Jennifer Leigh Parker
Something happened in the High Atlas mountains. Something profound. It’s a feeling others have expressed about this place before, and reminds me of something travel writer Pico Iyer said on a recent Time Sensitive podcast: “I want to come back from any trip a different person from the one who left home. I want to be upended. Startled.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Jennifer Leigh Parker
It wasn’t in the spa, covered head to toe in skin-toning jasmine and rose-infused mud. Or cozied up to the fireplace with an ice cold martini in the Great Room. Or on a morning hike along the Raritan River, which curls around the American Tudor estate originally built by the oil heiress Kate Ladd and her husband Walter in 1912, and recently reopened as a luxury resort called Pendry Natirar.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Jennifer Leigh Parker
3 hours agoTears were rolling, emotions were high, and the little girl was having none of it. Her cries echoed, and it seemed like there was no stopping her anytime soon. But just when it looked like the situation was about to spiral, an unexpected solution emerged. She was handed money, and in an instant, the crying came to an abrupt halt. Suddenly, the world was a better place, and her teary tantrum turned into calm curiosity.
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