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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,...

The Ahwahnee in Yosemite and the Inn at Death Valley are a splurge. Are they worth it?

By Christopher Reynolds

March 17, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.

Californians tend to hold these truths as self-evident: Half Dome is made of granite. Yosemite...

The Ahwahnee in Yosemite and the Inn at Death Valley are a splurge. Are they worth it?

By Christopher Reynolds

March 17, 2020 at 1:46 p.m.

n the last two years, the Ahwahnee has regained its name after a trademark dispute...

A man looks at a sign at a strip club advertising "coronavirus-free lap dances" March 13, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

‘I’ve never seen Las Vegas like this’: As coronavirus brings change, Sin City feels the effect

By Los Angeles Times

March 17, 2020 at 1:13 p.m.

LAS VEGAS — When Michael Schenk, 37, and his father, Gary Schenk, 67, arrived in...

Hitting the sweet shops of Paris with an award-winning pastry chef as guide

By Sharyn Jackson

March 17, 2020 at 1:02 p.m.

PARIS — In Paris' posh St. Germain-de-Pres neighborhood, John Kraus set his shopping bags on...

Hitting the sweet shops of Paris with an award-winning pastry chef as guide

By Sharyn Jackson

March 17, 2020 at 12:57 p.m.

John Kraus — the owner of Patisserie 46 in Minneapolis and Rose Street Patisserie in...

Go Away With … Sarah Wayne Callies

By Jae-Ha Kim

March 17, 2020 at 12:48 p.m.

Sarah Wayne Callies is known for her roles in the popular series "The Walking Dead"...

The Norwegian Dawn docked at Port Tampa Bay earlier this month in Tampa, Florida. In response to a sharp rise in cruise cancellations in February, Norwegian Cruise Line sales managers recommended that employees do "anything for the sale," including downplaying the coronavirus to customers, according to a sales employee in South Florida.

After encouraging staff to mislead cruise customers about the coronavirus, Norwegian reverses

By Jimena Tavel

March 17, 2020 at 4:00 a.m.

After encouraging sales employees to mislead concerned customers about the risks of taking cruises during...

A Disney Store is seen Nov. 20, 2019, on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago. All Disney stores nationwide will close on March 17. Hotels at Walt Disney World will close March 20, 2020.

Disney World hotels, all Disney stores nationwide closing due to coronavirus

By Associated Press

March 16, 2020 at 1:34 p.m.

Walt Disney World will close all of its hotels in Florida due to growing concern...

Airbnb changes its cancellation policy as more coronavirus cases reported in the U.S.

By Caroline Glenn

March 16, 2020 at 12:01 p.m.

Airbnb announced that, in light of the coronavirus outbreak, it will be temporarily changing its...

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. celebrated the grand opening of Great Wolf Lodge Illinois, a family-friendly resort in Gurnee, June 21, 2018. (Brian O'Mahoney/News-Sun)

Great Wolf to close all resorts, including Gurnee water park, due to coronavirus concerns

By Associated Press

March 16, 2020 at 10:29 a.m.

Gurnee's Great Wolf Lodge has closed because of the coronavirus. Wisconsin-based Great Wolf closed all...