Luxury Travel

Looking for hotspots these days means mostly international, and that means growth hubs like China, and still very nascent Latin American market.

There's apparently no discussion of a global recession inside this convention, where suppliers and travel agents debate which river cruises and space travel options are best for the young and affluent clientele.

The Jumeirah group paid almost $425 million in 2005 for the property and spent millions refurbishing it and turning rooms into condos. The latest sale excludes most of those condos.

The government's plan to draw revenue from rich tourists is a blow to the hotel industry in an already wavering economy and may be enough to drive tourists into other Indian states, or even countries.

Florida and California demonstrate that being (geographically) tall and thin does equal luxury and collectively take up seven of the top ten slots.

Prêt a Manger's parent company has investments in many industries so the purchase of Compagnie du Ponant's three-ship cruise line isn't too far-fetched. No word on whether its all-inclusive price packages includes a sandwich-making station.

Soho House is hiding on a bit of a high this year with new openings and refurbishments helped along by a cash infusion by billionaire/man-about-town Ron Burkle.

Thai authorities down want to make things more expensive, they just want travelers who have more money to come and spend as much of it as possible.