All across Europe, families and couples on vacation are seamlessly crossing borders with their beloved dog, cat or even ferret, thanks to the European Union Pet Passport scheme. Now, as a no-deal Brexit looms as a possibility for Britain, free pet travel is under threat. If the U.K. leaves the European Union on Oct. 31 […]
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The 52 Places Traveler Arriving exhausted, the 52 Places Traveler found Puglia the perfect place to go with the flow. Aug. 27, 2019 Our columnist, Sebastian Modak, is visiting each destination on our 52 Places to Go in 2019 list. Before Puglia, he was sampling the coastline (and the focaccia di Recco) in Golfo Paradiso.
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A type of critically endangered frog that is the main ingredient in a smoothie-type health drink in Peru is being saved from extinction with help from a zoo in the Czech Republic. A Titicaca water frog breeding program at Prague Zoo produced its first batch of tadpoles last month. A dozen other zoos in Europe
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“I NEVER THOUGHT I’d actually live in Dublin again,” the photographer Simon Watson says. “I really didn’t.” We are in the spare, sunny kitchen of his red brick house in Monkstown, just outside the Irish capital, where Watson, 49, has lived with his family since 2011. A few years ago, you could still buy power
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HONG KONG — Most of Hong Kong’s newspapers carried the same photo on their front pages Monday: a police officer in riot gear, his eyes wide, pointing a revolver at protesters. The photo, also beamed around the world on satellite television, captured a single, electrifying moment in months of demonstrations, which have often been described
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Moxy and Motto. Autograph, Avid and Alila. Edition, Element and Even. Big hotel management companies have been acquiring or inventing new brands at a dizzying pace in the past several years. But as the long bull market shows signs of fatigue, some industry analysts are starting to ask: What will become of all these upstart
Hotels Have Piled On the Brands. In a Downturn, That Could Be a Problem. Read More »
Campaigning over the future of mass rail transit in Phoenix rolled into the final stretch Monday as more voters returned early ballots weighing whether to halt all expansion of the light rail system. Early mail-in ballots have already pushed overall turnout for Tuesday’s special election higher than one held four years ago at the height
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One of the largest hotel groups in the world announced on Tuesday that it will begin phasing out single-use toiletry products in an effort to reduce plastic waste ― and it’s not alone in making the switch. InterContinental Hotels Group ― which owns more than 5,600 hotels under such brands as Holiday Inn, Regent, Intercontinental, Kimpton
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Think a visit to Ireland means your food options will be limited? Well, think again. For the past few years, the island of Ireland has been experiencing a culinary revival with a focus on food that’s fresh, local, homemade — and, of course, delicious. We teamed up with Tourism Ireland to get the scoop on
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Disney unveiled plans over the weekend for a massive makeover of its Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World in Florida that will include new attractions, new themes and a new look. Some of the attractions, such as a roller coaster themed to the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films and a dark ride based on
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