Destinations

(CNN) — The year is 2030. You’re in a sleek pod-like capsule that’s levitating inside a low pressure steel tube and accelerating across the country at speeds of more than 600 miles per hour. This is Hyperloop, the futuristic transportation method pitched by controversial US entrepreneur Elon Musk, drawing on 100-year-old principals updated for the
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A military plane with 38 passengers on board has gone missing on its way to Antarctica, after losing radio contact with Chile’s air force on Monday evening. In a world of GPRS networks and sophisticated air traffic control systems, how can a plane disappear like this? Typically, the first indication that a plane has gone
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Tristan Davis (@tristans_expeditions) is a world-traveler, travel writer and photographer. He is currently studying a Masters in International Relations at NYU. He is a vegetarian foodie, street food aficionado, and lover of art, history and culture.  Recently having explored the lesser-traveled Western Asia while studying Arabic, he’s put together a list of his must-sees if
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The land of the north and the country where everyone has blonde hair and blue eyes – welcome to Sweden. Question is, does everyone really have blonde hair and blue eyes? If you ask the Swedes themselves they will laugh at you and say no – with a big emphasize on the no, but the
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(CNN) — In response to urging by a civil rights advocacy group, Pinterest and The Knot Worldwide, which owns prominent wedding platforms WeddingWire and the Knot, recently announced they were changing the way they feature wedding venues that romanticize former slave plantations. Within days of the news, two other major wedding sites, Zola and Brides.com,
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How well do you know our home planet? © Dima Zel / Shutterstock Do you know the name of the world’s third-highest mountain? Or in what year the euro was introduced as legal tender? Pit your wits against our toughest travel quiz to date – a thirty-question, all-encompassing behemoth of world trivia, with questions taken
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United Airlines‘ next CEO helped orchestrate a stunning turnaround of the one-time industry laggard. His challenge: keeping it up. Scott Kirby, United’s current president who left American Airlines in 2016 and landed at its Chicago-based rival in August 2016, on Thursday was named CEO Oscar Munoz’s successor, a shift that’s set to take effect in
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Another installment of our ‘Local Insider Series’ – this time bringing good ol’ London into the limelight. Emma Beynon, Marketing Manager for BUNAC is a born and bred Londoner, and wanted to give us the goss on where’s hot in town nowadays. And she doesn’t just talk about east London. I count myself very lucky
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(CNN) — ‘Tis the season to go crazy figuring out what to buy all your friends and family on your ever-growing gift list. Whether you’re dealing with a conscious backpacker, a luxe-loving adventurist or someone who spends more time on business trips than in their own abode, they’d all want something that streamlines their travels,
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Boutique hotels have mushroomed in Budapest in recent years, and on occasion style has taken the place of substance, with low lighting and snazzy colours used to distract from a lack of facilities. However, there are plenty of top-quality boutique properties, from classy renovated mansions and the music-themed Aria in the shadow of St Stephen’s
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Raylin Pellatt (@rayy_baybay), is a major travel enthusiast having visited over twenty four countries (and counting)!. Having recently graduated from Michigan State last year, she’s relocated to Prague and has put together a list of her must-sees for the Czech Republic’s capital city! It’s the ultimate Eastern European city break – what are you waiting
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Louise at the Longshan Temple in Taipei © Louise Bastock Louise Bastock, Assistant Editor at Lonely Planet, recently returned from a trip to Taiwan. Tell us more… When I used to think about Taiwan, the dominant images in my mind would be of its capital city Taipei, specifically the skyscraper-studded skyline against a blue or
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