Seasonal Travel

Cool ice-skating rinks in America

The Rink at Rockefeller Center in New York City offers 90-minute ice-skating sessions through Jan. 9.Freezing temps, sleet and snowfall signal winter is upon us. Tame those wintry tempests by gliding around on an outdoor ice skating rink.


The year’s top 10 travel stories

2008 saw the deaths of several young all-business class airlines, including Eos, Maxjet and Silverjet, and the year ended with big mergers in the pipeline — including Delta’s absorption of Northwest, which the U.S. Department of Justice approved in November.It was another tumultuous year in travel. Financial turmoil triggered a global slowdown that left an industry uncertain, among other events. Let’s take a look back.


29 places to go in 2009

Located in the center of Turkey, approximately 450 miles from Istanbul, Cappadocia is a Salvador Dali painting come to life. This bizarre, lunar-like landscape is dotted with extraordinary “fairy chimney” rock formations, dramatic gorges, troglodyte houses, subterranean chapels, underground cities that once sheltered early Christians, and exquisite hotels carved out of the area’s abundant soft stone. While you may have less travel budget in 2009, there are still plenty of places to discover that won’t break the bank. Get out and explore these 29 places before the crowds do ... in 2010.


Destinations worth your time and money in ‘09

Mexico’s Mandarin Oriental Riviera Maya, one of ForbesTraveler.com’s ‘must’ picks, is set on 36 secluded acres on the coastline. Looking ahead to a year that is going to be “challenging” for travel, as it is for every sector of the economy, we’re going to be particularly picky about where we go and what we do.


Last-minute New Year’s trips

Now is the time to plan a last-minute New Year's trip: Expensive hotels have slashed their prices and most are offering all sorts of special perks.


Top 10 places to ring in the new year
Whether counting down to 2009 at celebrations like New York’s annual Times Square party, your adrenaline will race as 2008 winds down in our favorite New Year’s spots.

New Year’s Eve celebrity parties

Want to party with the celebrities on New Year’s Eve? Try the bash at Mansion in Miami Beach, which Lindsay Lohan, right, is co-hosting with gal pal DJ Samantha Ronson.Strap on your party shoes and welcome 2009 with some of today’s hottest young celebrities in some of America’s hottest destinations


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