Travel

The Chicago skyline backdrops the Chicago Jazz Festival at Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion on Sept. 4, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Conde Nast Traveler readers name Chicago ‘Best Big City’ for 10th year in a row

By Robert Channick

October 6, 2026 at 3:25 p.m.

Conde Nast Traveler received nearly 800,000 votes for this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards, which cover...

Olivia Estrada, the on board manager, carries plates of food to the dome car for guests aboard a Patrick Henry Creative Promotions private rail car as it travels from Chicago, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri, on May 19, 2026. Private train cars may seem like a relic of the past, but for some rail fans, nothing beats having — or renting — your own sleeper car. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)

The quiet allure of private rail

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

October 2, 2026 at 6:15 p.m.

Private rail cars traveled 429,000 miles on Amtrak in fiscal year 2025, according to the...

Cary Sabados shops for chocolate at Hotel Chocolat in Lakeview on Feb. 12, 2026. This Lakeview location, opened last April, was the first Chicago store. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago-based Hotel Chocolat going nationwide with airport concessions, grocery stores and new retail markets

By Robert Channick

September 23, 2026 at 12:37 p.m.

This fall, Hotel Chocolat will pop up at 49 airports, hit the shelves at Wegmans,...

Across southern Europe, in places where tourism drives much of the economy, officials are weighing how to entice travelers to come back, even while the pandemic remains a threat. Juggling the sometimes-competing needs of health and business, authorities are introducing measures to reassure visitors that taking a holiday is safe again.

Virus leaves the US travel industry struggling to recover

By Associated Press

June 2, 2020 at 3:10 p.m.

U.S. air travel down almost 90% from a year ago. A ghostly emptiness at Hawaii's...

ARIZONA | Total WalletHub score: 49.3
| Dependency on travel and tourism industry rank: #18
| Aggressiveness against coronavirus rank: #24

The Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association forecast a first-quarter loss of $2 billion in tourism revenue throughout the state. More than 40% of the 300,000-plus Arizonans who work in the hotel and resort industry have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Amid outbreak, officials seek safe ways to draw visitors

By Associated Press

June 2, 2020 at 3:09 p.m.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A week into the summer season that typically drives South Carolina's...

Rick Steves’ Europe: Experience Iceland’s raw beauty

By Rick Steves

June 2, 2020 at 3:09 p.m.

Although we've had to postpone European trips because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly...

Musician and filmmaker Adam Davenport was the first African American EDM artist to chart on Billboard.

Go away with … Adam Davenport

By Jae-Ha Kim

June 2, 2020 at 3:06 p.m.

After graduating from Yale University, Adam Davenport didn't want his career to be defined by...

LORRAINE MOTEL (MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE) | Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, as he stood on the balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Today, the motel is the site of the National Civil Rights Museum, established in 1991.

Important African American landmarks across the country

By Active Times

June 19, 2021 at 3:19 p.m.

Black Americans have made great contributions to our country, and these American landmarks tell an...

Chris, carrying his youngest daughter, and wife Heather Ruth Haddix, pushing stroller, stroll along the boardwalk with their five children. The Dundalk family welcomed the break from sheltering at home. Moderate crowds returned to Ocean City this weekend after Gov. Hogan lifted the Stay-At-Home order. Signs urged visitors to wear masks and maintain social distance. May 17, 2020

‘They’re just doing whatever they want’: Few masks are seen as beach town reopens

By The New York Times

June 1, 2020 at 10:44 a.m.

OCEAN CITY, Md. — Dave Heyburn and Nevada Kaler viewed their weekend on this seaside...

Walt Post, an Orlando resident, shows off his Magic Kingdom castle-inspired hat during the reopening of Disney Springs on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.

Disney World, SeaWorld Orlando get state’s OK to open again

By baiduhai

May 29, 2020 at 4:59 p.m.

It's official: Disney World and SeaWorld are reopening this summer. "I am pleased to announce...

Official: Virus was ‘devastating’ for Nebraska tourism

By Associated Press

May 29, 2020 at 3:10 p.m.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's tourism industry has lost millions of dollars in revenue to...

Left to right: lovelytheband is Mitchy Collins, Jordan Greenwald and Sam Price.

Go away with … lovelytheband

By Jae-Ha Kim

June 19, 2020 at 11:05 a.m.

The indie pop group lovelytheband doesn't do things the standard way. Vocalist Mitchy Collins and...

DUMPLINGS (CHINA) | The common, crescent-shaped Chinese dumpling is called jiaozi. While dumplings commonly contain meat such as pork, chicken or shrimp, there are also vegetarian varieties such as these potstickers filled with onions and peas and served alongside mushrooms and a soy-lime ginger sauce. <a href="https://www.thedailymeal.com/recipes/spring-pea-pot-stickers-morel-mushrooms-and-soy-lime-ginger-sauce-recipe">For the Spring Pea Potstickers with Morel Mushrooms and Soy-Lime Ginger Sauce recipe, click here.</a>

Cook your way around the world with recipes for 49 iconic global dishes

By Daily Meal

June 8, 2020 at 1:04 p.m.

Food is a key part of learning about and connecting with other cultures. Even if...