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by Rich Thomaselli on April 18, 2023 Last up to date: 12:05 PM ET, Tue April 18, 2023 Hard Rock plans to construct an iconic Guitar-shaped resort on the well-known Las Vegas Strip. (Photo courtesy of Hard Rock International)A bit of Las Vegas historical past will come tumbling down over the following a number of months.The iconic Mirage Hotel & Casino is being changed by a Hard Rock property with its simply as well-known neon guitar-shaped resort. The Mirage, with its acquainted effervescent volcano on the Las Vegas Strip, turned one of many first behemoths to be constructed on Las…

by Brian Major on April 18, 2023 Last up to date: 4:35 PM ET, Tue April 18, 2023 Carnival Sunrise docked at Bermuda’s Royal Naval Dockyard. (picture by Brian Major)Despite a number of early season cruise name cancellations, Bermuda tourism officers count on the territory to host 500,000 shipboard guests in 2023, because the vacation spot works to rebuild post-outbreak cruise arrival numbers.Bermuda’s Royal Naval Dockyard, the territory’s important cruise port, has misplaced half of its 20 scheduled cruise ship calls at its King’s Wharf and Heritage Wharf piers primarily based on cruise schedule knowledge reported by the Bermuda Royal…

by Patrick Clarke on April 18, 2023 Last up to date: 5:00 PM ET, Tue April 18, 2023 Rotterdam arrives Rotterdam on April 18 (Photo Credit: Holland America Line)Holland America celebrated its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary with fleetwide events and festivities in Rotterdam and Amsterdam on Tuesday.The cruise line’s flagship Rotterdam VII arrived on the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands following a particular transatlantic crossing that departed Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on April 3. The ship’s arrival on the precise date of Holland America Line’s one hundred and fiftieth birthday kicked off celebrations that includes royalty, native dignitaries, port officers…

by Mia Taylor on April 18, 2023 Last up to date: 5:15 PM ET, Tue April 18, 2023 Exterior of the brand new The Villas at Disneyland Hotel. (Image courtesy Disneyland) (Images Courtesy of Disneyland)Calling all Disney Vacation Club followers. Mark your calendars for May 2. That’s the day gross sales will open to present Disney Vacation Club members for the upcoming Villas at Disneyland Hotel, that are positioned at California’s Disneyland Resort. Sales for most people in the meantime, will open May 30.The Villas are anticipated to start out welcoming members for stays on September 28, 2023. The Villas at…

by Mia Taylor on April 18, 2023 Last up to date: 1:45 PM ET, Tue April 18, 2023 Hyatt Hotels is including a brand new model to its portfolio that can mark the corporate’s first foray into the upper-midscale market within the Americas.The new Hyatt Studios model is being designed to accommodate each extended-stay and short-term vacationers in each the leisure and enterprise phase. The model already has letters of curiosity in growth agreements for greater than 100 Hyatt Studios lodges, for which building is predicted to start in 2023. The first property throughout the new model is anticipated to…

by Patrick Clarke on April 18, 2023 Last up to date: 4:00 PM ET, Tue April 18, 2023 Tauck’s Andorinha riverboat. (picture through Tauck)Tauck is including six new itineraries to its 2024 portfolio of European river cruises, probably the most new river cruises the corporate has ever added to its portfolio in a single 12 months.Each of the brand new river cruises, which begin from $4,990 per individual plus airfare, will characteristic an included dinner ashore in a lavish setting. Notable venues embrace the previous residence of German Empress Victoria Friedrich within the 130-year-old Schlosshotel Kronberg and the Palais Pallavicini…

by Mia Taylor on April 18, 2023 Last up to date: 2:30 PM ET, Tue April 18, 2023 A U.S. visa software. (photograph through iStock/Getty Images Plus/Manjurul)The wait time to acquire a U.S. customer visa for candidates in India has declined dramatically in current weeks—from a mean of 669 days to simply 337 days as of early April.This is essential information as a result of India represents a high supply of holiday makers to the United States, in line with the U.S. Travel Association. The information additionally comes at a time when the journey business group has been calling on…

by Patrick Clarke on April 18, 2023 Last up to date: 1:55 PM ET, Tue April 18, 2023 An AzAmazing Day occasion (Photo Credit: Azamara)Azamara is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its AzAmazing Evenings with the debut of AzAmazing Celebrations.The enhanced, multi-layered expertise of its signature AzAmazing Evenings will carry cultural immersion onboard and on land by evening and day. The celebrations are provided complimentary on most sailings of seven nights or longer.AzAmazing Celebrations will embrace AzAmazing Evenings, the place company can immerse themselves of their vacation spot by evening with particular programming in historic venues offering unparalleled entry to…

by Lacey Pfalz on April 18, 2023 Last up to date: 12:20 PM ET, Tue April 18, 2023 AmaWaterways’ AmaMagna in Passau, Germany. (Photo Credit: AmaWaterways)River cruise line AmaWaterways is sharing information on its expanded sustainability initiatives, from using photo voltaic vitality for onboard air-con to navigation methods that can scale back gasoline consumption. The line’s ships are all receiving enhancements based mostly upon their location, measurement and different issues. The AmaMagna, for instance, will set up photo voltaic panels on the awnings of choose staterooms that can scale back gasoline consumption associated to cooling and heating staterooms. The line has…

by Patrick Clarke on April 18, 2023 Last up to date: 11:50 AM ET, Tue April 18, 2023 JetBlue and Southwest Airlines are providing vacationers large financial savings on flights this spring, with fares accessible from as little as $44 one-way this week.Both airline gross sales run by way of midnight Thursday, April 20. JetBlue’s Spring Into Summer Sale is sweet for Tuesday and Wednesday journey happening between May 2 and June 21, 2023, whereas Southwest’s discounted fares are legitimate on journey happening between May 2 and May 24, 2023, and between August 15 and November 1, 2023.During JetBlue’s three-day…