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Follow the antique balustrade that guides you to reception on the mezzanine level where a classic fireplace, original chandelier and plush velvet armchairs awaits. This is LABOTESSA, a brand new luxury boutique hotel that opened in the heart of Cape Town earlier this month and is now accepting reservations.
Formerly a 17th-century congressional church turned lifestyle hotel, LABOTESSA is the love child of South Africa natives and childhood friends Johan Du Plessis and Jan Fourie. With six sig...

Sometimes confused with its island cousin Antigua, Anguilla has nevertheless long held a certain cache amongst celebrities and savvy travelers. Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Timberlake, Sandra Bullock, and Beyoncé / Jay Z have all held court here. Even Justin Bieber owned a home on the eel shaped island once upon a time.
It’s not just the electric blue water and diverse culinary scene that set Anguilla apart (although they both serve as major draws), but the prestige that comes with the island’s ...

We’ve all been there. The race to the airport followed by long security lines and ubiquitous flight delays due to “weather” or “mechanical issues.” And once you’re comfortably seated and settling in as best as can be expected at a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet, turbulence starts to fray your last remaining nerve. Sound vaguely familiar? For some, the rush that comes with making it to the gate with seconds to spare can be exhilarating. But for the rest of us, the stress that’s associated wi...

For Naples, Florida residents Jayne and Jack Lahti, picking a cruise is no easy feat.
“We’re not your typical cruisers,” Jayne told HuffPost. “We’ve tried a few different (cruise) lines, and you really start to figure out what you like and don’t like. We mostly cruise because we like the itinerary. It’s a great way to see a lot of places, or even places we may have been but want to see another side of.”
According to a study conducted by Cruise Lines International Association, 26 million passe...

Best Buy offers some of the most competitive prices when it comes to electronics big and small. Knowing how and when to find the best deals can be just as good as knowing when to skip an item entirely. We spoke to personal shopping and money-saving experts to determine what's a great deal and what you're better off buying somewhere else.

Millennials, influencers and fast food lovers rejoice: The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resort officially opened their doors in Palm Spring, California today.
To commemorate the historic event, The Bell has scheduled a variety of taco-themed activities for their guests that include everything from lounging on hot sauce packet rafts in the hotel's Fire! Pool to watching dive-in movies and dancing to sunset performances by artists including Wallows. Of course, there will be plenty of time to #tr...

A 90th birthday is always cause for celebration: A nice big cake, a few dozen candles. But when Britain’s longest reigning monarch, Elizabeth II, turns 90, the world takes notice (and with more than just a pastry.)
According to royal records, Queen Elizabeth II was born at 2:40 a.m. on April 21, 1926 in Mayfair, London, and she’s led a pretty busy life ever since. Over her reign, she’s worked alongside international diplomats and policymakers like Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher; she ...

The brilliance of the Philly cheesesteak is its simplicity — bread, steak, and cheese (if you can call the Cheez Whiz concoction that goes on top that). But that's also why it is imitated everywhere, in ways that some would argue better the original (you didn't hear it from us). So if you're not in near Geno's or Pat's, these 10 places should more than satisfy your craving.
Shorty’s — New York City
Shorty’s bills itself as New York City’s most authentic Philly-style cheesesteak, and their thi...

All due respect to Florence + the Machine, but the dog days are definitely not over and depending on where you are in the northern hemisphere, August is shaping up to be one hot one mother. Despite the instinct to retreat into air-conditioning, August is one of the best months to travel for music and food festivals -- like Fringe Fest in Edinburgh, Scotland, or a lobster festival in Rockland, Maine. And speaking of Florence, she’s headlining at Sziget, one of Europe’s biggest parties of the s...

It’s safe to say Sir Richard Branson knows a thing or two about traveling. Fresh off of a red-eye flight from New Orleans for the opening party of Virgin’s new $80 million property in the emerging South of Market neighborhood in San Francisco, Robb Report had a chance to catch up with the jet-setting billionaire in the hotel’s Shag Room to talk all things cruising, Virgin Galactic and the one thing he wouldn’t even consider going into orbit without.
Talk to me about Virgin Voyages. What are y...

The ability to work remotely while having the flexibility to travel is becoming more important for workers. We rounded up nine jobs that will let you travel the world while getting paid in the process.

Key West is always a good-time kind of town, and while you never really need an excuse to visit, like with any popular travel destination finding an affordable hotel can sometimes present a challenge.

In a destination as over the top as Dubai, narrowing down a list of the best hotels is no easy feat. It’s a city that is anything but boring—from an underwater suite at Atlantis, The Palm to a fa...

Sex isn’t exactly synonymous with cruising. Still, as I’m standing half naked in the steam room aboard the Viking Sea, someone is telling me to “bend over and put my hands on the glass” before I get spanked with water soaked birch leaves by a buxom Transylvanian massage therapist named Paula.

Paula has been hired to perform a ritual, called Nordic Nights, meant to be an educational offering for passengers interested in learning about the bathing practices of, well Nordic people. As we bounce ...

It’s an unusually warm spring night on Chicago's Gold Coast, and tucked behind plush purple drapes in the private dining room of Maple & Ash, buckets of Krug Grand Cuvee and Dom Ruinart champagne are starting to sweat. The James Beard Awards are always an exciting time to visit the windy city, and on the eve of the biggest night in food at an intimate candlelit gathering hosted by LVMH heiress and entrepreneur Stephanie Watine Arnault, sweaty buckets of bubbly are just about the last thing on...