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Fairmont – Sustainable Beekeeping Program

For the past 25 years, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has been committed to protecting its local environments through its award-winning Fairmont Sustainability Partnership. This includes the Sustainable Beekeeping Program that features over 20 honeybee apiaries and 8 bee hotels at Fairmont locations around the world. Over the years, through Fairmont’s

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3 Luxury Vacation Spots for Over 50s
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3 Luxury Vacation Spots for Over 50s

Life is said to begin at 40, but you can also argue that fifty is becoming the new forty. It’s a time to live life as well as reap the fruit of your many years of labor by doing things that you love and that bring you joy. With potentially

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3 Tips to Prepare for a Cross-Country Road Trip with Your Grandkids
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3 Tips to Prepare for a Cross-Country Road Trip with Your Grandkids

This summer, your daughter, son-in-law and their two kids will fly to your town, where you’ll spend a week together before mom and dad take a flight back home. As proud grandparents and self-proclaimed travel enthusiasts, you’ll spend some quality time with your grandkids before you pack up the car

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Hamilton Princess & Beach Club
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Hamilton Princess & Beach Club – Bermuda’s Luxury Urban Resort

For over 130 years, the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club has stood as a symbol of luxury and service. Recently and beautifully renovated and with stunning new amenities, the Hotel continues its unrelenting efforts to ensure that guest stays are impeccable and memorable. Truly a Bermuda classic, the Hamilton Princess

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Bonnie Carroll

Chocolate Aphrodisiac or Simply Bliss at Grand Velas Se Spa?

By Bonnie Carroll—   SE Spa Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit in Puerto Vallarta honored Cacao the ‘Mother of Chocolate’ in March and I was one of the lucky ladies who landed in the mother lode of luxurious chocolate treatments at the beautiful Grand Velas SE Spa.   The Xocolatl SE Spa

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Sandra Glahn

A Week with Dad in My Father’s World: The Galápagos Islands

By Sandra Glahn—  At age 88, my husband’s father had never been to South America. So last year, he had me put together a bucket-list trip for the three of us that included Machu Picchu (Peru), Iguazu Falls (Argentina and Brazil), and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).  A few months ago

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Fairmont Austin, City’s Largest Hotel, Opens Its Doors!

Austin, Texas is preparing to welcome one of their largest hotels yet. The Fairmont Austin stands at 37 stories high with 1,048 elegant rooms and suites ready for visitors to occupy.  The hotel is proudly soaring in the heart of the city’s central business district. Surrounded by the lush greenery

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If you're getting ready for a trip, consider the following tips to create an essential travel beauty kit:
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How to Create Your Own Essential Travel Beauty Kit

It’s a fact of life — you can’t roll out of bed and look as amazing as you did when you were 20. But that doesn’t mean your beauty routine has to be difficult or lengthy as you age. When you’re traveling, it can feel especially tough to pack all

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Fairmont Royal Pavilion in Barbados Completes Comprehensive Renovation

Fairmont Royal Pavilion, Barbados has put finishing touches on an exciting renovation, revealing significant enhancements designed to ensure a welcoming, comfortable and thoroughly luxurious experience for guests. Launched in August and wrapped up in mid-November, the multimillion-dollar project, led by internationally renowned design agency Richmond International, included a complete transformation

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Trees of Hope: Fairmont Gives Back for the Holidays

By Susie Henderson— Christmas trees sparkling with lights and glittery ornaments are a special part of the Fairmont Hotels & Resorts holiday tradition. This season is also the time for giving, and Fairmont’s annual Trees of Hope charitable initiative makes it easy for you to give back. Guests booking the

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Russia
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Cruising and Dancing through the Waterways of the Tsars

Russia is a country of intrigue where misconceptions and surprises abound, and I’ve always been curious about this nation.  But honestly, the disturbing thought of a KGB operative kidnapping and persecuting me did cross my mind.  How would anyone ever find me in this vast motherland of varied topography and

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Traveling Abroad With Peace of Mind
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Traveling Abroad With Peace of Mind

Traveling overseas is one of the most exciting things you can do. This can be a time of relaxation, exploration, excitement, experience, or any combination of these and more. But traveling overseas carries with it a number of risks. Most of these risks are outside of your control. While your

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7 Reasons to Put Visiting Perth on Your Bucket List

By Irene Seah of Perth Tourist Centre— Each one of us has their own bucket list, which mainly consists of the destinations that we want to visit. You have climbed the Eiffel Tower in Paris, travelled to Chichen Itza, took photos with the Leaning Tower of Pisa…What’s next? Well, let

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In Luther’s Footsteps: 500 Years Later
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Sandra Glahn

In Luther’s Footsteps: 500 Years Later

By Sandra Glahn – A renewal of soul and body can result from engaging, rather than disconnecting from, our history. Ancient pilgrims agreed, exploring sacred spaces to experience transformation. As the five-hundredth anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation approaches (October 31, 2017), I journeyed to five German cities,

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5 Ways to Escape the Hustle and Bustle of NYC
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Five Ways to Escape the Hustle and Bustle of NYC

New York is a busy city – with about 60 million people a year flocking to the streets of the Big Apple to see what the fuss is all about. Whether it’s the bright lights of Times Square, the top class shops of Fifth Avenue or the tourist magnets of

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Florida
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Reasons Retirees Are Still Flocking to Florida

Retired individuals often move from their long-time homes and relocate in areas that have warmer climates, lower tax rates, and communities with more senior citizens. Newer retirement hubs in Delaware and Arizona have developed over recent years, but there’s still a large proportion of retirees heading straight to the state

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How to Do the Big Apple Without Going Broke
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How to Do the Big Apple Without Going Broke

New York City is known as many things: the Big Apple, City That Never Sleeps, Empire City and the concrete jungle. Of all the words used to describe one of the most famous cities in the U.S., “cheap” has never been one of them… until now. Though not well known

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Carol Lovegren-Miller

Rafting the Alsek: A Descent into Wildness

By Carol Lovegren Miller— “’Captain Will’, what happens if I push 911 on my satellite phone?” “Nothing, there is no search and rescue in the Yukon.” It is up to you to arrange your own rescue. We knew that our rafting trip in early August on the Alsek River in

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‘GREY-CATION’ BOOKINGS TAKE OFF THIS SUMMER
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“Grey-Cation” Bookings Take Off This Summer

More grandparents will join their families for the much-anticipated holiday in the sun this year, according to a leading travel company. Sun-hat Villas & Resorts has reported a 17% year-on-year increase in the number of bookings for multi-generational holidays – known as ‘grey-cations’. In March, the average booking size jumped by

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