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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,...

Lake Forest's Deer Path Inn, seen here May 4, is modeled after an old English manor house. The Tudor Revival-style building dates to 1929.

Curbside sushi and daily dance breaks: How one hotel is surviving the coronavirus crisis

By Lori Rackl

May 27, 2020 at 3:21 p.m.

In a typical May, the Deer Path Inn would be hosting weddings at its north...

Commentary: Quarantined on a sailboat in paradise: Our family is waiting out the pandemic, with nowhere to go

By Megan Downey

May 8, 2020 at 5:11 p.m.

My family has been on lockdown in Grenada for more than a month, on a...

Help! Airbnb isn’t following its own COVID cancellation rules. Travel Troubleshooter investigates.

By King Features Syndicate

May 7, 2020 at 10:02 a.m.

Airbnb does not appear to be following its own extenuating circumstances policy for coronavirus refunds....

Images of Norwegian Encore cruise ship during inaugural sailing from PortMiami on Nov. 21-24, 2019.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings filing raises flag it could face bankruptcy

By David Lyons

May 5, 2020 at 3:13 p.m.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., amended a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on...

Italian mountain retreat banks on summer recovery

By Associated Press

May 5, 2020 at 2:52 p.m.

CASTIONE DELLA PRESOLANA, Italy (AP) — As Italy gradually emerges from its two-month coronavirus lockdown,...

Airbnb is laying off 25% of its workforce as it confronts a steep decline in global travel due to the new coronavirus. In a letter to employees, CEO Brian Chesky said the company is letting 1,900 of its 7,500 workers go and cutting businesses that don't directly support home-sharing.

Airbnb laying off 1,900 employees due to COVID-19 travel decline

By Associated Press

May 8, 2020 at 11:26 a.m.

Airbnb is laying off 25% of its workforce as it confronts a steep decline in...

Italian mountain retreat banks on summer recovery

By Associated Press

May 5, 2020 at 1:54 p.m.

An Associated Press photographer ventured into towns in Italy's hard-hit Bergamo province along the Orobie...

Go Away With … Dorian Missick

By Jae-Ha Kim

May 5, 2020 at 12:47 p.m.

"As someone who was on a plane every weekend, I thought I was tired of...

Crew members scramble to clean the Carnival ship Fascination in early April at PortMiami as idled cruise lines scrambled for new financing and managements devised plans to safely resume service in the midst of the coronavirus crisis later in the year.

Carnival Cruise Line to start phasing in service from Miami, Port Canaveral on Aug. 1

By David Lyons

May 4, 2020 at 11:25 a.m.

Carnival Cruise Line intends to start phasing in service from PortMiami, Port Canaveral and Galveston,...

This Airbnb refund should be approved. Why isn’t it? Travel Troubleshooter investigates.

By King Features Syndicate

May 4, 2020 at 10:23 a.m.

My husband and I have a COVID-19 refund situation different from those you have featured...