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A 118-Year-Old Church Hides Inside This Award-Winning Seattle Hotel

A 118-Year-Old Church Hides Inside This Award-Winning Seattle Hotel

Luxury hotels aren't hard to find in downtown Seattle. Finding one that feels distinctly connected to the Pacific Northwest takes a little more effort. LOTTE Hotel Seattle has built a reputation for doing both. Since opening in 2020, the property has collected some of the travel industry'

Mexico City runs on a food calendar most visitors never learn to read

Mexico City is one of the destinations food travelers are prioritizing this summer. About 69% of travelers turn to street food and food carts to find local flavors when they travel, and few cities reward that appetite like Mexico City. From before sunrise to past midnight, the city runs on

Forget the restaurant reservation — travelers are spending a full week in cooking school

Food immersion travel, building an entire trip around a cooking school or multi-day culinary program, has moved from a niche interest to one of the most requested travel formats of the year. For travelers who want more than a good meal, a week spent cooking with local instructors, sourcing

The best things to grill that aren’t steak or chicken

The average backyard grill menu has narrowed to the same short rotation: chicken breasts, ribeyes and the occasional burger. This summer, that default is getting a long-overdue reset. The cooks paying attention are putting whole fish over the coals, throwing halloumi directly on the grate, grilling peaches until the

Curiosity is replacing the reservation, and the best local meals go to travelers who learn to pay attention first

Food-forward travelers skip the reservation queue and the curated list. Instead, they read a city the way a chef would, following the lunch crowd, decoding a menu’s length and talking to the people who actually live there. The payoff is not just a better meal, but the kind

The new dinner party playbook Americans are using as restaurant prices hit a 4-year high

Dinner used to mean a reservation. Now it means a group text, an assigned course and someone who shows up with a bottle they’ve been meaning to open. For Americans who entertain regularly, the math on dining out has quietly tipped, and a new set of hosting formats fills

In Jackson Hole, quiet luxury meets wide open wilderness

Jackson Hole, Wyoming, leads the nation in short-term rental bookings this summer, with 45.5% of the inventory already reserved as of March 28, 2026. June alone has nearly 60% of the capacity locked up, an increase of 20% over last year. That’s impressive for a community best