When Sir Richard Branson came to Kenya in 2003, hoping to create a place for others to come and see the wonders of the continent he loves so famously, he knew he needed someone who really had a lay of the land. Leena Gehlot’s family has been involved in the luxury safari industry ... More

When you tell people that you’ve just returned from the most luxurious, mind-blowing trip of your life, and that the exotic destination was not Mauritius or the Maldives, but Oman—a small Middle Eastern country bordered by Yemen and Saudi Arabia, just a boat ride away from Iran—they will stare at ... More

At 27 years old, Irene Forte, the daughter of English hotel tycoon Sir Rocco Forte—whose portfolio of 11 iconic properties includes London’s Brown’s and Edinburgh’s Balmoral—is anything but content to fall back on her vast fortune. While overseeing all training and development for the company’s hotels, she also runs the ... More

In the spring of 1994, I was in my final weeks of high school when nearly a million people died in one of history’s most brutal genocides, 100 days of machete and gunfire attacks as friends and neighbors turned on one another in the Hutu majority’s efforts to eradicate the ... More

The instant calm that washes over you when you hit the beach. The adrenaline rush of falling water. The total relaxation of staring at a placid lake. In his buzzy new book, Blue Mind, marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols investigates the hidden benefits of being in, on, under, or near H20. Mashing ... More

A new trend has emerged in cosmetic surgery. No, it isn’t elbow enhancements. It’s plastic surgery tourism. Americans are turning their tummy tucks and breast implants into full-blown vacations to countries like Thailand and Brazil. There, they can get quality care plus a retreat for as much as ... More

Have you ever heard about that über-fancy ski resort in North Korea? Yes, you read correctly—the secretive and poverty-stricken country opened a multi-million dollar luxury ski resort in 2013, despite the fact that the population of skiers in North Korea is around .02 percent. North Korea's ... More