Rates From $149. Basic Built at the site of the former 1920s-era Cedar Hotel, the Viceroy Chicago has a distinctive architectural twist: it melds the reconstructed brick and terra cotta facade of the old hotel with a new 18-floor pleated glass high-rise tower. The reimagined hotel, operated by the Viceroy Hotel Group and the company’s…
As virtual and augmented reality apps continues to develop, it’s becoming more likely that travelers will interact with these technologies, whether before or after their trips. “We’re seeing lots of people play with different forms of what I call ‘content excitement,’” said Mike Croucher, the chief architect at the technology company Travelport. Examples of that…
Once upon a time, we traveled by map. In the United States, the map, whether it be a Conquistador sketch, a Rand McNally atlas or a foldout picked up at a Union 76 station, the sort you never fold the same way twice, is holy. Maps are the only way we know our country is…
Think of it as India’s happy place: The state of Goa, which occupies a sliver on the country’s western coast, is where residents of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and other cities converge for long weekends and lazy holidays filled with sun, sand and revelry. These days, the beguiling beaches might look like they’ve been colonized by…
“When I heard Mickey sold the ski area,” Dave Hahn, a longtime member of the Taos Ski Valley ski patrol said, “I remember thinking, ‘That’s funny, a lot of us thought we owned it.’ ” He was kidding, of course, but there was a poignancy to Mr. Hahn’s remark. Taos locals and longtime visitors to…
The 52 Places Traveler The 52 Places Traveler heads to the country’s Pacific Coast expecting breakneck development and instead finds a place that’s in no rush. By Sebastian Modak Feb. 19, 2019 Image Santa Catalina is famous among certain circles for La Punta, a challenging break off a rocky beach that attracts surfers from all…
GOA — Elisabeth Ramnacher, a German who prefers to go by the name Yogini, wanted to show her employees what Goa used to look like back in its hippie days. The only trouble was, she couldn’t find a picture of herself with clothes on. When hippies traveled overland from Europe to India decades ago, Goa…
Rates From 225 Australian dollars (about $170 at current exchange rates). The Basics The former headquarters of Paramount Pictures Australia (a subsidiary of the fabled Paramount Pictures Corporation, the Hollywood motion-picture company) was given new life in 2013 when the Paramount Coffee Project and Golden Age Cinema & Bar opened in the 1940 Art Deco…
Air travelers who want to will soon be able to choose a gender option other than “male” or “female” when buying their tickets. The new “undisclosed” or “unspecified” options are meant to make things easier for travelers and airlines as a growing number of local, state and national governments issue identification documents with alternative gender…
The 52 Places Traveler On the first stop of his yearlong journey, the 52 Places Traveler makes it his mission to get off the beaten path and into the island. By Sebastian Modak Feb. 15, 2019 Image On a Monday night in San Juan, La Terraza de Bonanza is filled by lovers of plena and…