I speak Portuguese fluently today. I learned it as a 3-year-old when my family moved to Portugal. We came back to Chicago when I was 4....

Today it feels as if everyone is either going to the Azores, or has been to the 9 Portuguese islands. But back 2004, that was not the...

Being Portuguese is a magnificent paradox. It's a culture steeped in both sorrow and joy, stubborn opinions and poetic ideas. An ancient...

In the midset of a tourism boom, sustainable travel destination benefits greatly from having a strong brand. Those that fail to build a...

Today travel is viewed as sustainable first. Sustainable travel is a word we are hearing a lot of these days. Sustainable travel starts...

Let's face the harsh truth — framing the climate crisis to the American public has failed. No, not everywhere, but just enough that we as...

Some 20 years ago just a few hundred thousand Americans visited Portugal. There were few travel agents and tour operators that...

Every year I pick up a pen and say that it has been a good year. And every year it feels true. But, like anything — you can’t just do the...

They say that people in the Alentejo remember what the rest of the world has forgotten. I have to admit I have used that as a lead more...

The thing I never loved about the concept of a bucket list is that it is inexorably linked to death. As in “kick the bucket” plus a list...

Well, we need to start with where we are now. In a perceived post-pandemic era, travel boomed. Undaunted by massive jumps in fuel, air,...

Covid has not been something I wish to celebrate or remember. But here we are. And as I look back at the enormous shift in our lives, I...

We come on the 40th anniversary of the film Wrath of Khan in a time of strife and change. Yet, the classic film that saved the Star Trek...

Every year Louis Karno shares its prediction for the travel market for the coming year. So, 2022 is a real challenge, but a few things...

The world of travel has changed. Remember what happens next in travel and the market that emerges will be very different from the one...

The world of travel has changed. Remember what happens next in travel and the market that emerges will be very different from the one...