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By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Do you yearn for long days and short nights? Then this could be the best day of the year for you and fellow…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Do you yearn for long days and short nights? Then this could be the best day of the year for you and fellow…
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Emma Watson likely wasn’t expecting to be at the center of the latest viral dress discourse…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Most people don’t get to buy the first home they ever daydreamed about, but Aerin Lauder, granddaughter of the…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Tse, CNN Paris (CNN) — Pharrell Williams’ debut as men’s creative director for Louis Vuitton was nothing short of spectacular,…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Do you yearn for long days and short nights? Then this could be the best day of the year for you and fellow…
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Li Cunxin, who found international fame for his remarkable rise from rural China to become…
Continue ReadingBy Glory Ngwe, CNN (CNN) — Whether it’s the ripped jeans and studs of 1970s punk or the heavy make-up of 1980s new romantics, the visual…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to the soft-leathered, leg-outstretched world of the absolute top-tier aviation elite,…
Continue ReadingIssy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A Rubens painting lost to history and misidentified for almost 300 years has re-emerged with the help of X-ray…
Continue ReadingBy Kate Springer, CNN (CNN) — Travel has come a long way since the age of Silk Road caravans, daunting sea voyages and steam locomotives -–…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — When RMS Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912, she was the largest passenger ship in service and considered to be…
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Seoul/ Hong Kong (CNN) — A 19-year-old Korean man who tried to open a plane door mid-flight tested…
Continue ReadingReuters Bhutan will lower the nightly fees it charges tourists who stay more than four days in an attempt to boost visitor numbers that are still a…
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Kent (CNN) — When Ingrid Newkirk co-founded People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in 1980, fur was a status symbol.…
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — This summer, Canadian firefighter Markus Pukonen is due to arrive back in his home city of Toronto, seven…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — It was a somber week in tourism as five explorers were lost in the “catastrophic implosion” of a…
Continue ReadingBy Patrice Gaines, CNN (CNN) — Marvin C. Ross was just 8 years old the first time he watched Willis Spells, his neighbor in Dorchester, South…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Out of the post-pandemic travel chaos, a hero has emerged. Unassuming and undercover, this hero has spent much of…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — CNN Travel has your back when it comes to your vacation needs. Confused about tipping? Read our guide.…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — You’re out for a hike on a glorious fall day. Suddenly, you spot a bear. And the bear has spotted you, too.…
Continue ReadingVideo by Sofia Couceiro and Teodora Preda, text by Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — When this year’s all-woman team arrived on…
Continue ReadingBy Martha Alexander, CNN (CNN) — The countdown to this weekend’s Glastonbury Festival is on; the stages are built, headliners are on their way…
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Picture Captain America. Maybe you see the blue-eyed, blond-haired man from the comics, or maybe you see Chris…
Continue ReadingJack Guy and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have found an octagonal sword dating from more than 3,000 years ago at a burial site in…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Thirty years ago, the conceptual artist Gary Simmons arranged eight pairs of gold-plated basketball sneakers in…
Continue ReadingBy Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — The rain-lashed isle of Islay off Scotland’s west coast is not always easy to get to. Temperamental ferries run…
Continue ReadingBy Elissa Garay, CNN (CNN) — Most sustainability experts will scoff at the idea of “sustainable” and “airlines” in the same sentence.…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Tom Latkovic woke up in disbelief. He’d found the woman of his dreams and somehow, less than 12 hours later,…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN How do you sign if you’re holding an ice ax? Do guides refuse to work with you if you can’t hear? What happens if you…
Continue ReadingScarlett Conlon, CNN Capannuccia (CNN) — If stealth wealth and craft-core have united fashion’s latest style tribes through a quiet-luxury…
Continue ReadingBy José da Silva In keeping with his works suddenly appearing in public spaces, the UK street artist Banksy announced just after midnight on…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN How do you sign if you’re holding an ice ax? Do guides refuse to work with you if you can’t hear? What happens if you…
Continue ReadingBy Claire Hannum Tottori Prefecture, Japan (CNN) — Sprawling heaps of golden grains of sand rise in peaks toward the hot sun. From the base of…
Continue ReadingBy Josh Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — There is an old joke in Paris that the top of Montparnasse Tower has the prettiest view in the French capital.…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Streaming giant Netflix is taking its content “from screen to table” with a new popup restaurant opening on…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In sun-dappled scenes shot across the German countryside, boys and girls in navy Scout uniforms hike through the…
Continue ReadingBy Dirk Gerritsen, Bora Lancee and Coen Rigtering (CNN) — Part of the joy of travelling comes from experiencing the unfamiliar – a different…
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Wallwork, CNN (CNN) — Whether eaten at a white-cloth-covered table, a greasy countertop, or on a stool on the side of a busy street,…
Continue ReadingHarvey Biggs, CNN New York (CNN) — As Qantas counts down to the 2025 launch of its record-breaking passenger flights connecting Sydney to New…
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite and Henrik Pettersson, CNN (CNN) — Two activists on Wednesday smeared red paint and then glued their hands to the…
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Sweet crayon drawings by a very young King Charles III will show a different side to Britain’s royal family when…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — A number of the UK’s most prominent LGBTQ+ actors, musicians, politicians and athletes have opened up about their…
Continue ReadingAurore Laborie, CNN (CNN) — Exactly 1,000 years ago this month, construction started on a magnificent island building off the coast of France…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — The last portrait completed by Gustav Klimt became the most expensive artwork ever to sell at…
Continue ReadingJack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Comic artist John Romita Sr., best known for his work on “The Amazing Spider-Man” and co-creating characters such as…
Continue ReadingCaolán Magee, CNN London (CNN) — An “incredibly rare” Roman mausoleum has been discovered beneath a south London construction site,…
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Bali’s governor has announced a ban on tourist activities on its mountains with “immediate effect,” in a bid…
Continue ReadingFrancesca Perry, CNN (CNN) — Decked out in specially designed “spacesuits,” a group of artists has been going from neighborhood to…
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — The US aviation system is set for a record-breaking summer, with the Transportation Security Administration…
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, Yoonjung Seo and Paula Hancocks, CNN Hong Kong/ Seoul (CNN) — Friends Rowan Joss and Katie Myles’ recent trip to South…
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, Yoonjung Seo and Paula Hancocks, CNN Hong Kong/ Seoul (CNN) — Friends Rowan Joss and Katie Myles’ recent trip to South…
Continue ReadingTara Subramaniam (CNN) — Having recently become the world’s most populous nation, India has sparked much speculation about whether it will…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Attending the 2023 Tony Awards in New York Sunday night, Lupita Nyong’o arrived in timeless formalwear: a sharp…
Continue ReadingSilvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — There are fireworks, flaming outdoor candles, a silver bell to summon the waiter – and just one elegantly set…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The path of totality. That’s where you’ll want to be on April 8, 2024, to take advantage of the last…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — The United States has been charging visitors for electronic travel authorization since 2009, and now the…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Melted ice cream, cockle popcorn and a no-egg-white omelet are among the most unusual hotel room service…
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger, CNN Paris (CNN) — Can humans and rats live together? That’s what city leaders in Paris are trying to find out. The…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — While the average width of an airplane seat has been shrinking for decades, bodies are getting larger…
Continue ReadingBy Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Three words a crowd of Florida beachgoers didn’t expect to hear during their Sunday in the sun: “It’s a…
Continue ReadingAmy Woodyatt and Oscar Holland, CNN London (CNN) — Swiss luxury watchmaker Omega says it has been the victim of “organized criminal…
Continue ReadingBy Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Three words a crowd of Florida beachgoers didn’t expect to hear during their Sunday in the sun: “It’s a…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines has defended imposing weight requirements on flight…
Continue ReadingTina Burnside (CNN) — An inflatable emergency slide accidentally deployed inside of a Delta Air Lines plane while on the ground at Salt Lake…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — This week marks 10 years since K-pop sensation BTS burst onto the South Korean music scene in a flurry of chunky…
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — One of two giant rubber ducks on display in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor was deflated on Saturday to protect it…
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy (CNN) — An ancient stone site in western France has been removed to make way for a new hardware store, sparking criticism of…
Continue ReadingBy Blane Bachelor, CNN (CNN) — Not since the 1970s has Steve Perillo, CEO and third-generation owner of New Jersey-based tour operator Perillo…
Continue ReadingBy Junko Ogura and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — Two airplanes have “highly likely collided” with each other at the Haneda Airport in…
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps, CNN Maldives (CNN) — Click on the website of any given luxury resort in Maldives and you’ll likely find an entire page…
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps, CNN Maldives (CNN) — Click on the website of any given luxury resort in Maldives and you’ll likely find an entire page…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — A 55.22-carat ruby has become both the largest and most valuable gem of its kind ever to sell…
Continue ReadingMayumi Maruyama Minobu, Japan (CNN) — Tucked deep in the mountains of Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan has tatami…
Continue ReadingBy Paula Hancocks, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Think you always get the bad seat when taking a flight? Then spare a thought for Lee…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — On Monday, Pete Davidson attended at the New York premiere of “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” — the…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN High heels no more: Australian airline Qantas has just released new guidelines for its employees regarding grooming and uniform…
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — It was the summer of 1989. Hong Kong’s humidity – already oppressive – was intensified in the dark,…
Continue ReadingBy Paula Hancocks, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Think you always get the bad seat when taking a flight? Then spare a thought for Lee…
Continue ReadingMayumi Maruyama Minobu, Japan (CNN) — Tucked deep in the mountains of Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan has tatami…
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers in Washington state are praising the resourcefulness of a 10-year-old girl who survived on her own for…
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Archaeologists have unearthed dozens of Roman tweezers in Britain, revealing the ancient culture’s…
Continue ReadingRichard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — It’s the biggest city in the world, a vast metropolitan area that’s home to more than 37…
Continue ReadingMarianna Cerini, CNN (CNN) — Flipping through Franck Bohbot’s photos of Californian arcades is like stepping into a time machine. In one, a…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN Hamburg, Germany (CNN) — A new airplane seat concept that allows wheelchair users to stay in their own chair…
Continue ReadingBy Benjamin Sutton Françoise Gilot, a tireless artist who defied simple categorization — and efforts to define her merely as a footnote in the…
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — On the first day that Richa Moorjani walked onto the set of “Never Have I Ever,” she realized she was a part…
Continue ReadingBy Richard Collett, CNN (CNN) — “I like to put it simply,” says Randy “R Dub!” Williams, a late-night “slow jams” DJ from San Diego…
Continue ReadingXiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — Since being launched in 2007, Paris’ public Vélib’ rental bikes have proven a hit with tourists and locals…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — What do late former US president George H. W. Bush, ’60s muse Jane Birkin and rapper Wiz Khalifa all have in…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos, Tara John, Michael Conte and Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — An Air India flight sent to the remote Russian city of Magadan to…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — The United States has been charging visitors for electronic travel authorization since 2009, and now the…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN Hamburg, Germany (CNN) — Air New Zealand’s Skynest, the upcoming reimagined economy-class seating which promises…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — When the golden light of the evening sun slants long across a vineyard’s even green rows and dances upon…
Continue ReadingNadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A team of archaeologists from a Dutch museum has been banned from carrying out excavations in Egypt’s rich…
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Forget Fraser Island. The world’s largest sand island is now officially known by its traditional name,…
Continue ReadingBy Maheshpreet Kaur Narula, CNN (CNN) — At first glance, you may think you recognize some of these iconic photographs. The poses, clothing, and…
Continue ReadingJack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists in Spain have discovered prehistoric paintings in hard-to-reach caves in the east of the country using…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos, Tara John, Michael Conte and Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — An Air India flight sent to the remote Russian city of Magadan to…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In just 10 minutes, photographer Terry O’Neill snapped one of the most recognizable celebrity portraits of the…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN Hamburg, Germany (CNN) — Would you sit directly below another airplane passenger? It might not sound particularly…
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