Greetings, all. I haven't gone into hibernation. Rather, I have taken on a new gig covering luxury travel for Skift, the ultimate insid...

Below is a copy of a recent story for CNN. To see the original, complete with images, click on the headline. Silence, please. This is an ...

Well, well, well. I opened my New York Times on June 18 and discovered that my January CNN article on the prospects for tourism to Russi...

Here's my recent Around the World Radio coverage of an AMAzing adventure on an AMAWaterways river cruise through Cambodia and Vietnam...

Vib? Venu? Why modern hotel names are often short, vague and misspelled By Laura Powell, for CNN Updated 10:29 PM ET, Sun March 22,...