
Viking is planning on entering the expedition cruise market in January 2022 with Viking Octantis.

Just as Austin is like no other city in Texas, the new Omni Barton Creek is like no other resort. The latest labor of love of Omni Hotels Owner Robert Rowling reaches new heights, literally and figuratively, in Texas Hill Country.

‘We see water as a destination,’ says Jean-Francois Ferret, as he plans for SLH’s future.

Some of the world’s iconic properties sparkled at a Manhattan reception for travel advisors last week, which highlighted hot new properties, destinations and amenities.

Neither natural disasters nor intestinal bugs are a match for the joy of a Caribbean cruise. Eighteen months after Hurricane Maria, the islands are in demand again.

At $6,000 a month, you can see the world onboard the first of four Oceania ships that have been lightened and brightened.

Wall Street said the deal, which closed for $3.2 billion, underscores the growth of the luxury travel market.

Designed to evoke the great ocean liners of the past, the $900 million, 4,134-passenger, 18-deck Seaview is the 15th ship in MSC’s rapidly growing fleet.

‘We will succeed in North America,’ the company vows, hiring a new SVP for the trade as it quadruples its ships homeported on U.S. soil.

There are several properties opening in the coming months in the Great White North offering visitors new and varied accommodations options.