World’s Newest Underwater Sculpture Park Revealed in Saint Lucia
A new phenomenon just in the 21st century: a handful of underwater sculpture gardens, museums, and installations have been built in seas around the world. And in winter 2026, Saint Lucia in the Eastern Caribbean gets added to the list of seaside nations with attractions designed to get travelers below the surface of some of the most beautiful waters in...
Dreams Resorts Introduce “MasterChef Junior” Family Culinary Vacation Experiences
Family beach vacations in the Caribbean just got a whole new flavor! Dreams Resorts & Spas is expanding its collaboration with a hit culinary competition series that puts kids in the hot seat! MasterChef Junior: Next Course is being introduced in 2026 at select resorts throughout Mexico and the Caribbean. The fresh programming will inspire the next generation of chefs –...
Mane Attractions: The World’s Cutest Ponies
Warning: This travel story contains excessive amounts of shaggy manes, fluffy forelocks, tiny hooves, and irresistible four-legged charm. You may experience an uncontrollable urge to book a trip and ride off into the sunset. Move over, cat videos. There's a new contender for the internet's cutest animal obsession. And this one comes with a passport.Ponies have a special talent for stealing...
The New Language of Travel Trends: Which Speaks to You?
The latest travel trends come with their own new terms and appeal to every generation of traveler. Are any of these approaches to travel calling your name? Nonna-maxxing: Grandma Knows Best Move over, celebrity chefs. The hottest new travel influencer may be an Italian grandmother. Nonna is Italian for grandmother, and "maxxing" is internet slang for taking something to the next level. Put...
VIDEO: You Can’t Book a Room on this River Cruise Ship
Take a video tour of the new cruise ship – the first of a whole new cruise line - that’s based on a premise you might find surprising. It means you can’t book a single room on this ship! Transcend Cruises launched in 2026 with a very different idea: charter-only river cruises in Europe. If you thought that chartering a river cruise...
3 Ways to Chase the Northern Lights
The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, are Mother Nature’s own light show, one of travel's most mesmerizing natural phenomena that nothing man-made can beat. Electrically charged particles from the sun interact with Earth's atmosphere, creating shimmering curtains of green, purple, pink and occasionally red that dance across the night sky. Standing in the glow of this mystical Arctic phenomenon is on...
Holland America Line Hosts 1st Pro Pickleball Invitational on a Private Island
The pickleball takeover of cruising seems complete with news that Holland America Line is set to host the first-ever Professional Pickleball Association – yes, there’s a Professional Pickleball Association! – competition on a private island. The Professional Pickleball Association Invitational takes place in March, 2027 on Holland America Line’s private island beach resort in The Bahamas, Half Moon Cay, during a...
Sea Turtles, Cenote Symphonies, and Carnival of the Senses: Caribbean Resorts Go Hyper Local
A new generation of Caribbean resorts is delving deep — sometimes literally — into the nature, culture and traditions of their destinations to go far beyond the beach and offer experiences that truly deliver on the promise of ‘a sense of place.’ Three new and returning resort experiences in Mexico, The Bahamas and Saint Lucia illustrate the shift towards hyper-local coastal...
Royal Caribbean Group Buys 50% of Sandals Resorts- A Game Changer for the Caribbean and Global Cruising?
Caribbean cruising - and beyond! - may have changed forever. Royal Caribbean Group -which also owns Celebrity Cruises and Silversea - and Sandals Resorts International announced that the cruise company has purchased 50% of the Caribbean all-inclusive resort chain. It's a deal worth 3 billion USD, and it's sending a tidal wave through both the cruise and all-inclusive resort worlds. Here's why...
The Only Country Celebrating the Autumn Equinox as a National Holiday
Many cultures have fall festivals, but only one makes the arrival of astronomical autumn a national holiday: Shubun no Hi. What’s more, Japan does it twice a year, also making March’s Vernal Equinox Day the holiday Shunbun no Hi. Shubun no Hi, or Autumnal Equinox Day, falls around September 22 or 23, when the sun crosses the celestial equator and day...
