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A brand-new hotel along the Delaware River will open just in time for the summer season, giving adventurers a new place to stay near some of New York and Pennsylvania’s most enjoyable outdoor places. Hotel Darby is a 27-room escape in Beach Lake, Pennsylvania, that will be the perfect jumping off point for float trips on the river, hiking in the Catskill Mountains, and fresh-air adventures in the Poconos. It’s about two and a half hours from New York City....

The U.S. Virgin Islands are making it easier to visit, becoming the latest destination to ease COVID-19 travel and testing restrictions. The new rules, which went into effect this week, dropped pre-arrival testing for vaccinated domestic travelers, according to the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism. The decision put the island more in line with other U.S. states and territories that have recently dropped pandemic-era restrictions. Previously, all travelers were required to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within three days of their arrival, regardless of their vaccination status....

Inside an abandoned warehouse, on the Venetian island of Tronchetto, is a high-tech “control tower,” as it described itself to CNN, with screens filled with maps, graphs, and charts. The purpose of its mission? To combat overtourism. Venice has long been the unofficial epicenter of overtourism, with 30 million annual visitors coming to the city of 50,000 residents — a number that has been dwindling since the population was closer to 150,000 five decades ago, CNN reported....

For most of the year, the largest lake in Napa County, California, looks like any other lake. This beautiful reservoir in the Vaca Mountains — created by the hydroelectric Monticello Dam — is, on any given sunny summer day, full of swimmers, fishermen, water skiers, kayakers, canoers, and other boaters. (Not to mention seaplanes, because there’s a seaplane base located on the lake.) But near the dam, when the water is low, there’s a strange concrete tower that rises up above the lake’s surface....

This week starts off with a nice harmony between the sun (in Taurus) and the moon (in Cancer) that will make us happiest at home. On Sunday and Monday feelings will be big — and so will energy. Don’t be afraid to say no to activities out of the home unless it’s hiking in the mountains by yourself or with very close loved ones. This type of energy may make you feel a little stuck on the couch, but don’t worry, it will shift by the late afternoon on Monday, with the full change felt by Tuesday....

Now’s your chance to live like a hip hop legend. In honor of Black Music Month, Outkast’s Big Boi is listing “The Dungeon” — the home where Outkast and The Dungeon Family got their start — on Airbnb for limited overnight stays. The home in Atlanta was purchased by Big Boi in 2019 and was nicknamed “The Dungeon” after its basement studio where albums like Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik were made. Courtesy of Airbnb...

The 20 Best Duffel Bags for Travel, According to Reviews The Bagsmart Travel Duffle Bag is easy to pack and keep organized for both travel and daily use, making it an impressively versatile option to add to your luggage collection. It’s made from a blend of cotton and 40D nylon fabric, which means it’s durable and easy to keep clean. The bag features several helpful interior and exterior organizational compartments, including a 15....

I first met José Andrés in January 2014 at the Cayman Cookout: a beachside celebration of food and wine headlined by marquee names in the culinary world at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. At a Sunday champagne brunch, Andrés was working the room — a skill that comes easily to the gregarious, Spanish-born chef and humanitarian — and spent time posing for pictures with his fans, myself among them. I wish I could say my second conversation with Andrés — which took place over the phone in late April, seven weeks after our editorial team started working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic — was as joyful and lighthearted....

Austria is lifting its border restrictions for surrounding countries on Thursday, but not including Italy in the decision, according to the Austrian Foreign Ministry. “Our clear goal is also to open Italy as soon as the numbers allow it,” the foreign minister said in a statement shared on Facebook. “We want the full freedom of travel as soon as possible. But we must not put everything we have worked so hard in the last few months lightly at risk....

Premium class perks — from lie-flat seats to swanky airport lounges to unlimited complimentary cocktails — may seem out of reach for many travelers. After all, business class flights easily cost $2,500 round-trip But that doesn’t mean you need a corporate card or hoards of points to experience the upper echelons of air travel. Whether you’re looking for a business class or a first class ticket, travelers can find cheap business class tickets by watching for flight deals, including airline promotions and mistake fares, participating in auctions, and shopping with more affordable airlines....

Due to the omicron variant, Chile has changed its entry requirements once more. Non-resident foreigners entering the country will need to abide by several requirements. Travelers over the age of 6 must be fully vaccinated with two doses of an approved vaccine and must upload their vaccination status to the Chilean health department. Approval of vaccination status may take up to 30 days. Upon arrival into the country, all travelers over the age of 2 must present a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours....

Thinking about visiting Disney theme parks in the next few months? Though Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is already open on both coasts, you’ll soon feel what it’s like to be inside a battle between the Light Side and Dark Side — no lightsaber training required. We’ve finally learned more about Disney’s most-anticipated attraction, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, opening at Walt Disney World on Dec. 5 and Disneyland on Jan....

Did you spend all your money on holiday presents, and you’re now finding yourself dreading another New Year’s Eve on the couch, watching a televised ball drop, or going deeper into the red with a pricey ticket to a big event? With these free events in New York City, you can kick off the new year without doing either. Brooklyn Ball Brooklynites are excited about their first New Year’s Eve ball....

Edition Hotels is ready to take over the hospitality world. In December, the hotel company announced more of its massive expansion plan, with seven hotels slated for opening throughout 2021.“I’ve always been committed to being involved in special projects on a global scale that go to places that no one has been before,” hotelier Ian Schrager shared in a statement. “I’m thrilled to work in partnership with Marriott and the opportunity to see these hotels come to life across the world is a dream come true....

“A 500-seat restaurant where everybody has breakfast on a buffet? That’s doomed,” says Jean-Michel Gathy, architect and principal designer of Denniston. If anyone else had made this statement, it might be met with eye rolls, but coming from Gathy, the authority in luxury hotel design and architecture, it almost sounds like a fait accompli. Courtesy of Aman New York During his 35 years of experience, Belgium-born Gathy has worked with the most prominent ultra-luxury hospitality brands: Cheval Blanc, Aman, Four Seasons, One&Only, Armani, Mandarin Oriental, St....

Writing the perfect email can be a delicate process in the workplace. And it’s not just figuring out when it’s OK to reply all. Boomerang data scientist Brendan Greenley looked at over 350,000 emails and found that many people in the workforce don’t exactly know how to strike the right tone in their messages — which can decrease the likelihood of getting a reply. The biggest issue with email messages came down to two things: greetings and signatures....

Less than 60 years ago, the island of Phuket was full of mangroves, coconut plantations, and local fishing villages sporting the remnants of a once thriving tin industry. In recent years, the palm tree-lined roads and white-sand beaches have been primarily filled with droves of tourists drinking cocktails in the tropical heat and hopping from island to island on boat trips. The pandemic forced everything to slow down and, in some ways, allowed Phuket to go through somewhat of a rebirth, reclaiming a slower pace of life that felt just out of reach before....

There may be no better way for an airline to celebrate its birthday than with epic deals., and that’s exactly what JetBlue is doing for its birthday this week. JetBlue, a T+L reader favorite, is planning a weeklong celebration of its 22nd birthday by dropping new travel deals every single day til Friday. While each day has been filled with deals and perks, Thursday’s JetBlue deal is perfect for the airline’s credit cardholders....

Calling all designers. London is getting its own version of New York City’s High Line park — and they’re looking for a good team to design it, according to Lonely Planet. New York City’s High Line is an elevated park built on an abandoned train line that opened in 2009 and spans about one and a half miles along the west side of Manhattan. London’s new park will be a similar concept, to be built on an old railway viaduct between Camden Town and King’s Cross Station....

Meet the most beautiful, most voluptuous bear in Alaska. Her name is Holly. According to Vox, Katmai National Park has announced the winner of its annual “Fattest Bear” contest, thanks to thousands of human voters who weighed in on Facebook over the last week. The contest has been going on since 2014 and generally happens in the midst of fall as the bears put on their winter weight for hibernation....