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Nov 11, 2024 | 
sandiegomagazine.com | Michele Bigley |Cole Novak
Determined not to flip the kayak, I paddle hard, straight into the swell, following my guide Lillie Mulligan’s lead. The offshore wind drives a brisk fog atop the San Diego-Scripps Coastal State Marine Conservation Area, challenging our forward momentum. “Paddle harder,” Mulligan yells as our kayak ascends a wave. I pray we don’t topple over onto a stingray, thinking maybe kayaking isn’t the best tactic to get acquainted with our coast.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
time.com | Travis Levius |Michele Bigley |Bailey Berg |Annabel Illingworth
By Travis LeviusJuly 25, 2024 7:07 AM EDTIn 2016, business partners Bruce Loshusan and Hans Febles discovered the unexpected during a casual beach walk along Eleuthera’s deserted blush pink sands: an abandoned boutique estate with a storied, glamorous past.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
time.com | AnneLise Sorensen |Michele Bigley |Bailey Berg |Annabel Illingworth
By AnneLise SorensenJuly 25, 2024 7:07 AM EDTSaddle up: there’s a new shelter in town. The luxury boutique hotel Bowie House, one of the latest additions to the Auberge Resorts Collection, pays homage to its local roots with Texas-sized charm. Back in the day, when cattle thundered through Fort Worth, the city earned its nickname “Cowtown.” Now, it's a culture town. The hotel mirrors Fort Worth’s zeitgeist. Bowie House’s soul is the west; its spirit transcends that.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
time.com | Kathleen Rellihan |Michele Bigley |Bailey Berg |Annabel Illingworth
By Kathleen RellihanJuly 25, 2024 7:08 AM EDTThe 1956 Winter Olympics made Cortina d'Ampezzo into a world-famous resort, and the ski town has also been home to the annual Women’s Alpine Ski World Cup championships since 1993. Now, the ski resort will co-host the 2026 Winter Games 70 years after its Olympic debut. But visitors can beat the Olympic crowds to the Dolomites.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
time.com | Adam Robb |Michele Bigley |Bailey Berg |Annabel Illingworth
By Adam RobbJuly 25, 2024 7:07 AM EDTThe seven-story Manchester hotel is an homage to Lexington’s first bourbon distillery—opened on this very plot in 1865. The arched interiors are a nod to the former rickhouses where stacked barrels once rested; now 125 guest rooms extend between the ground floor Granddam restaurant to rooftop bar Lost Palm.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
time.com | Michele Bigley |Bailey Berg |Annabel Illingworth |AnneLise Sorensen
Laura Dannen RedmanJuly 25, 2024 7:08 AM EDTDeep in the desert of AlUla, a one hour and forty-five -minute flight northwest of Riyadh, unselfconscious whooping echoes around the red-rock canyons of Sharaan Nature Reserve. Local tour operator Pangea Adventures Club packs travelers into luxury off-road vehicles that race and rumble on the unlikeliest of safaris—though the word “safari” should be taken here with a grain of sand.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
time.com | Brad Japhe |Michele Bigley |Bailey Berg |Annabel Illingworth
By Brad JapheJuly 25, 2024 7:07 AM EDTA 67-story tower nearly two decades in the making, Fontainebleau Las Vegas finally opened last December at the northern end of the Strip. The $3.7 billion dollar hotel, casino, and convention center ups the ante for opulence in Sin City with art installations from the likes of Urs Fischer and Gonzalo Lebrija and an airy columned game floor adorned with a glimmering golden chandelier.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
time.com | Devorah Lev-Tov |Michele Bigley |Bailey Berg |Annabel Illingworth
By Devorah Lev-TovJuly 25, 2024 7:08 AM EDTPigeon Forge is home to Dollywood and a gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It also has a reputation for cheesy motels with heart-shaped hot tubs and kitschy souvenir shops. So when The Wayback, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, opened last November, it stood out as a modern, design-forward property bringing a new sense of luxury to the area.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
time.com | Peter Neville-Hadley |Michele Bigley |Bailey Berg |Annabel Illingworth
By Peter Neville-HadleyJuly 25, 2024 7:10 AM EDTThe seaside community of Aranya, about 2.5 hours from Beijing by high-speed rail, is luring in young Chinese visitors with its minimalistic design and otherworldly serenity. The “lie flat” youth in China, who’ve rejected the rat race like those “quiet quitting” in the U.S., come for space, slowness, and spirituality reflected in structures that sometimes merge with sand and sea.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
time.com | Devorah Lev-Tov |Michele Bigley |Bailey Berg |Annabel Illingworth
By Devorah Lev-TovJuly 25, 2024 7:07 AM EDTNew York City has bounced back since its pandemic-related closures, and the proof is in the fresh crop of design-forward hotels that have opened in the last year. They’re whimsical and fun yet still ultra-luxurious, with no expense spared. From the luxe Fifth Avenue Hotel with its eclectic rooms and upscale dining to the resurrected Hotel Chelsea, the scene has never been stronger. Still, one new spot stands out from the rest: Warren Street Hotel.
