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Small and pretty, Derry offers visitors a welcoming and manageable place to appreciate Northern Ireland‘s intriguing history—and most of its sights can be covered easily on foot. Now a worthy tourist destination with the best city walls in Ireland, Derry was plagued by sectarian struggles for much of the 20th century. When Ireland was divvied […]

United Airlines and American Airlines mishandled more checked bags than any other major U.S. carrier in 2025, while Allegiant Air lost or damaged the fewest, according to a Squaremouth analysis of Department of Transportation data released ahead of the Thanksgiving travel crush. The travel insurance marketplace found United’s network, which includes its regional partners, mishandled […]

Weather was the culprit in roughly one in five delayed flights at major U.S. airports during the holiday months over the past five years, with San Francisco and New York’s LaGuardia faring worst, according to a new analysis from Upgraded Points. The study, which drew on Bureau of Transportation Statistics data covering the 60 busiest […]

Celebrity Cruises opened bookings Tuesday for Celebrity Xcite, the sixth ship in its Edge Series, which will debut in 2028 on seven-night Caribbean sailings from Miami as part of the line’s largest Caribbean deployment to date. The 2028–2029 program spreads Celebrity’s fleet across four Florida homeports and marks the first time the line will put […]

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the carrier will “pursue all available remedies” to reverse Heathrow Airport’s decision to move Delta out of Terminal 3 and away from joint venture partner Virgin Atlantic, escalating a fight that has been building since the airport disclosed its terminal reshuffle last week. “Heathrow Airport Limited’s decision to […]

JetBlue has started daily nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio, giving advisors in two Midwest markets a new one-stop path to the airline’s Caribbean and Latin America network. Indianapolis is a brand-new city for JetBlue, while Columbus is a return after an earlier exit. Both routes fly on Airbus […]

Belize City’s Fort George Hotel has joined Marriott Bonvoy’s Autograph Collection, and it is using the affiliation as motivation to roughly double its room count ahead of a new tower opening later this fall. The waterfront property in the Fort George neighborhood currently has 64 guestrooms and suites. The addition of the Signature Sea View […]

Air Premia is giving up seats to win over long-haul flyers. The South Korean carrier has retrofitted one of its Boeing 787-9s to stretch economy seat pitch from 31 inches to 33, trimming the aircraft from 344 seats to 326 in the process. The reconfigured jet returned to service on October 31. The 18-seat cut […]

Royal Caribbean has put its summer 2028 Caribbean and Mexico season on sale, with 11 ships sailing from Florida, Texas, Puerto Rico, and the Northeast between April and October 2028. Crown & Anchor Society members can book now ahead of the general opening, so advisors with loyalty-member clients have a head start on cabins. Four […]

Porter Airlines has once again come out on top in the USA Today Readers’ Choice Awards, taking the title of world’s Best Economy Class for the third consecutive year. The Toronto-based carrier finished first in a field of 20 international airlines. The Readers’ Choice program spans travel, food and drink, and things to do, with […]