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With 671 guest rooms, a 210,000 square-foot casino, more than 3,000 slot machines, a 37,000 square-foot ballroom, a 21,000 square-foot waterfront lawn and more than a dozen restaurants and bars, everything about the Encore Boston Harbor resort and casino is immense. That includes the wager its developer, Wynn Resorts, is placing on its success. The […]

CAPRI, Italy — Luigi Esposito, whose ancestors have lived on Capri since 1810, objects when he hears people describe the island as “the most beautiful place in the world.” “There are many beautiful places in the world,” he said. “So to say this is the best place of all, well, according to who?” Mr. Esposito,

The rise of online reservations has been another key factor. Decades ago, securing a reservation at a hot restaurant in another part of the world meant timing your phone call to coincide with opening hours — sometimes down to the minute — then hanging out on hold. In person, you might need to grease the

The story of Stedsans in the Woods, as told on Instagram, reads like a modern-day fairy tale: a rural retreat deep in the forest of southern Sweden where the sun is always setting over a lake, campfire gatherings glow nightly, and every meal is a nourishing Nordic feast of food foraged and farm-raised. The wholesome

CHICAGO — Audrey Burcham and Grace Troelstrup got up at 5 a.m. Saturday to be sure they’d make it on time. By 7, three hours before a large “Hamilton” exhibition opened here, they were standing at the front of the line with their moms. Audrey, 12, was clutching an Alexander Hamilton doll as well as

A number of airlines experienced delays on Monday when their systems had a technical glitch, causing backups across the country. Travelers vented their frustration on Twitter, blaming airlines like Alaska, American and JetBlue. But the real culprit was Sabre, a relatively unknown software system used by airlines for a variety of simple purposes, like tracking

PARIS — Anticipating huge waves of visitors, officials at the Louvre Museum in Paris have said that reservations will be required for entry to an exhibition this fall to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death. The Louvre — the most visited museum in the world last year, with more than 10 million

Flight attendants are there to make air travel easier for you. There are a few simple ways you can return the favor. HuffPost reached out to flight attendants to learn about their pet peeves with passengers and how travelers can pitch in, so the flight crew can keep everyone safe and happy in the air.

Marriott is pushing more heavily into home-sharing, confident that its combination of luxury properties and loyalty points can lure travelers away from rivals like Airbnb. The world’s biggest hotel company will soon start taking reservations through its website for 2,000 homes in 100 markets in the U.S., Europe and Latin America. It plans to expand

The company’s plan, said Chekitan S. Dev, a professor in the Hotel School of the S.C. Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, “keeps any migration of lodging nights from traditional hotels to home-sharing in the family.” Marriott isn’t the first hotel company to dabble in home sharing. In 2017, Hyatt invested in Oasis Collections,