With the coming of winter (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), there sometimes comes a divide amongst travelers: Are you taking a warm winter getaway or a snow-filled adventure? What’s a couple to do if one traveler skis and the other half does not? In response to this traveling issue, many ski towns and resorts have made ramping up their activities for non-skiers as big a priority as providing great powder. In case one member of your party is more bunny slope than snow bunny, the editors and

Mayfield Hotel has opened residential suites targeting business travelers and long-term visitors to Korea.Located in western Seoul, the hotel is 5 minutes and 30 minutes away from Gimpo and Incheon International Airports, respectively. It also offers easy and fast access to major destinations in the city center such as Yeouido and the Kintex convention center. The hotel offers a unique blend of warm hospitality and comfort from nature as it is built in a forest. A total of 57 suite rooms with ni

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NEW YORK (AP) ― From memoirs and maps to beautiful hard-covers suitable for coffee-table display, here are some ideas for holiday gifts from this year’s crop of travel books and publications. (Prices shown are cover list prices.)National Geographic’s “World’s Best Travel Experiences” ($40) looks at wild places, urban spaces, man-made wonders and other extraordinary destinations, from beach paradises to religious pilgrimage sites. There’s even a list of best places for dance lessons, whether you

Following is part of a series on Seoul’s hottest bars and clubs. ― Ed. Though Korea is known to have some of the best night life in Asia, very few bars provide guests with the opportunity to enjoy a drink with a view of night sky and the fresh air. Though many would like to enjoy their drink with a nice breeze and a view of Seoul, they are usually trapped in dark bars and clubs, bombarded with neon lights and the obnoxious smell of smoke. It might be the weather; unlike tropical cities with many

MEXICO CITY (AP) ― For many foreigners, Mexico City invokes images of urban chaos, choking air pollution and pervasive street crime. And it can be an intimidating place for tourists, with maddeningly heavy traffic, a confusing public transportation system and neighborhoods cut off from each other by multi-lane highways plowed through the center of the city.But the capital has changed radically in recent years, and almost entirely for the better. Street crime and air pollution are down and the ci

HAWI, Hawaii ― You don’t get to North Kohala unless you mean to, or you’ve made a wrong turn.All the better for local musicians and artists to hide away and find their Polynesian muses.This lush district at the Big Island of Hawaii’s north shore is isolated from the busy Kona Coast by the ranch-dotted, horse-heaven hill that is Kohala, an extinct volcano. On its windward side, it squeezes up like an accordion into deep and wild valleys navigated only by ancient trails.A two-lane road transits th

The hotel’s Italian restaurant, Verona, presents “Enjoy the American Grill at Verona” promotion of authentic steak menu from Nov. 26-Dec. 31. The promotion will feature various authentic steak grill menus using American prime-grade meat and guests may choose to have a single dish of steak by parts according to their taste. Diners may enjoy the world’s top delicacies of truffles, foie gras and Sicilian olives at Verona. The price starts from 19,000 won per 100g. In addition, there is a lunch set