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Retinol is a rockstar in the skincare world, earning the adoration of dermatologists, celebs, and skincare enthusiasts for its many benefits. Wrinkles, uneven skin, and blemishes are no match for the vitamin A derivative, which continues to show up as the hero ingredient in countless skincare products. Despite its continued popularity, retinol does come with potential irritation and side effects. However, Three Ships Beauty hopes to alleviate some of those issues with its Dream Bio-Retinol and Shea Butter Night Cream....

Pack your bags, because it just got easier to take your dream Italian getaway. United Airlines is launching daily, nonstop, seasonal service from Newark Liberty International Airport to Naples International Airport in Italy from May 22 through Oct. 26, Forbes reported, just in time for your spring, summer, and fall vacations. And, lucky you, these actually happen to be the best times to visit Italy (not that there’s a bad time)....

The card game that combines strategy and pure luck is coming to a screen near you. According to Hypebeast, the card game UNO is getting its own game show. The show is being developed by the toy company Mattel, in partnership with Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Greg Lipstone of Propagate Content, and John Quinn, producer of The Price is Right, Variety reported. “UNO is the most popular game in the world and is a fixture in pop culture, making it the ideal franchise to build a reality game show around,” said Adam Bonnett, Mattel Television’s executive producer....

In a matter of weeks, the terms shelter in place, self-isolation, and quarantine have become buzzwords, giving definition to many people’s new reality: staying home. Zoom happy hours have replaced post-work drinks and once-neglected home projects are finally getting finished. But there are only so many Zoom calls to arrange and tasks around the house to complete. When your home begins to feel more like a cell and less like a refuge, it might be time to make an escape....

Editor’s Note: Those who choose to travel are strongly encouraged to check local government restrictions, rules and safety measures related to COVID-19 and take personal comfort levels and health conditions into consideration before departure. I’d been to Nevis twice before, but knowing the island had more mango varieties (over 40) than total COVID-19 cases made me feel comfortable when deciding to return for a third visit in March. But with safety, comes strict protocols....

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I arrived in Slovenia last fall, setting out to complete a new walking route in the country’s mountainous northwest before it opened to the public. As an experienced trekker, I was used to backpacker routes like North America’s Pacific Crest Trail and Te Araroa in New Zealand, weathering cold nights on hard ground. But this route — designed with food lovers and culture buffs in mind — promised something different....

If you’re looking to spend Thanksgiving abroad this year, you can be thankful for bargain fares to some very appealing destinations. Want to be grateful from a gondola in magical Venice? You can, for just $589 round trip from the U.S., according to data from the travel app Hopper. Prefer an island escape and shorter flights? Head to St. Thomas for $366 round trip or to Aruba for $878 round trip....

In the lead-up to last year’s election, both sides threw around a lot of empty threats of moving to Canada. There’s always been something a little funny about the Canada line — perhaps because even the best of us have occasionally regarded our northern ally as something of a precocious younger sibling, a preternaturally cheerful and polite nation where everyone plays hockey and rocks out to Bryan Adams between visits to the local Tim Horton’s....

Booking a trip can be hard to do, especially when you have to shell out tons of money upfront. While there are lots of affordable trips out there, you can’t always go to your dream destination on a shoestring budget. To make things easier, adventure travel tour operator Intrepid Travel is offering customers the opportunity to book their dream vacation for only one dollar. From now until Jan. 30, customers can pick from over 1,000 trip itineraries on the Intrepid Travel website and book them for only $1....

It’s no coincidence that golf courses offer spectacular scenery. Course designers select a locale based in large part on its natural beauty. Then they work with Mother Nature’s gifts, enhancing, preserving, and showing them at their best. Most golfers will tell you they can simultaneously adore and despise the game. They would also agree that even when things are not going their way, they are still fortunate to be playing in some of the most beautiful places in the world....

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … a ladybug bloom? On Tuesday, meteorologists in Southern California got quite a shock when looking at the radar screen. Hovering over San Diego County appeared to be a large storm cloud. However, it was no weather event at all, but rather a massive swarm of ladybugs making their way through the area. Michael Sewell/Getty Images “The large echo showing up on SoCal radar this evening is not precipitation, but actually a cloud of ladybugs termed a ‘bloom,’” NWS San Diego tweeted about the radar screen....

Airbnb’s newest feature is catering to the ‘flexible’ nature of travel these days, allowing travelers to expand on their typical search parameters when it comes to discovering new places. The company’s new Flexible Destinations option allows users to search for unique properties, prioritizing a cool place to stay over a specific location, while the Flexible Matching option will suggest similar listings that fall just outside a traveler’s search (like a set price, for example)....

A newly-discovered asteroid is projected to fly safely by Earth on Wednesday. Discovered April 11, Asteroid 2020 GH2 is anywhere from 43 to 70 feet wide or about the size of a single-family house, according to Space.com. The asteroid is projected to pass by Earth at a distance of 220,000 miles, which puts it about 16,000 miles closer than the moon. It poses no threat of danger to the Earth....

Still don’t know where to stay on your summer vacation? Sweet July has you covered. The summer issue of Ayesha Curry’s lifestyle magazine highlights 14 independent Black-owned hotels across the U.S. that offer one-of-a-kind lodging options for travelers of all budgets. Courtesy of Sweet July “As someone in the restaurant business, I’ve seen first-hand how hard the hospitality industry has been hit during the pandemic,” Curry told Travel + Leisure. “Now that we’re finding ourselves in a world where traveling safely is possible again, I wanted to spotlight these deserving Black-owned businesses to ensure they thrive....

If you’re getting sick of staring at your living room wall while working from home, Bermuda is offering an enticing change of scenery. Last week, Bermuda’s Ministry of Labor announced that the dreamy island is offering a one-year residency for professionals or students whose return-to-office plan is still TBD. Suwaree Tangbovornpichet/Getty Since tourism came to a halt in Bermuda due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government is hoping that an extended-stay program for visitors will increase the island’s residential population and give its economy a much-needed boost....

This year’s World’s Best Awards survey closed on March 2, just before widespread stay-at-home orders were implemented as a result of COVID-19. The results reflect our readers’ experiences before the pandemic, but we hope that this year’s honorees will inspire your trips to come — whenever they may be. If you’ve ever strolled the Old Port of Montreal or wandered around downtown Victoria, British Columbia, you know that the best cities in Canada blend history, culture, beauty, and a certain je ne sais quoi....

Lots of things have been sent up into space: Cookie dough. $23 million dollar toilets. But this might be the first time fast food has boldly gone where no fast food has gone before. According to The Irish News, British supermarket chain Iceland Foods Ltd. (not to be confused with the country of Iceland) launched a chicken nugget into space on Oct. 13 in order to celebrate its 50th anniversary....

The Catskills may have been the setting for the 1987 classic “Dirty Dancing,” but it was the Mountain Lake Lodge in Pembroke, Virginia, that stood in as the movie’s real Kellerman’s Resort where romance sparked between Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze’s characters, Baby and Johnny. Antony Platt/Courtesy of FOX Now, the resort is taking center stage again, as the site of the Fox dance competition show, The Real Dirty Dancing, premiering Feb....

If you can’t enjoy a trip to France in the near future, now is your chance to go to the next best destination: Milwaukee. Of course, you won’t be sipping on sparkling wine while visiting Wisconsin, you’ll be drinking the Champagne of Beers. Miller High Life (nicknamed the Champagne of Beers) is hoping to rename its brewery grounds “The Champagne of Beers Region” — a play on the Champagne region of France, which is considered the only place where true champagne is made....

Frenetic and perpetually buzzing, Hong Kong offers something for everyone. It’s the Asian hub of commerce, culture, food, and art, with a hotel scene to match. It’s also a crossroads, where travelers often have a layover on their way to even farther-flung destinations — which means hotels are always at the top of their game, with plenty of healthy competition in order to attract bookings. Every year for our World’s Best Awards survey, T+L asks readers to weigh in on travel experiences around the globe — to share their opinions on the top hotels, resorts, cities, islands, cruise ships, spas, airlines, and more....