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Win a Year-Long Vacation with IHG

IHG Hotels & Resorts is hosting a contest that will give one lucky US-based traveler the chance to win back a year of missed adventures! Literally, the winner will get 365 days worth of epic hotel experiences at various IHG locations; including InterContinental, Kimpton and Holiday Inn Express.

According to a release from IHG, the contest aims to give guests back the time, memories and travel experiences lost in 2020. It is part of IHG’s new Department of Epic – a program which will help guests bring their travel dreams to life. 

Contest details below:

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LGBT-Friendly Hotel Brands to Travel With

For Travel & Leisure, I researched and put together a collection of 12 of best LGBT-friendly hotel brands based in North America: Read the rest of this entry

New York City’s Newest Hotels

Make the most of your New York City visit by checking into one of the city’s newest properties during your next visit. From the luxurious Baccarat that opened this past spring to The Renwick NYC, which used to be a long-stay hotel sheltering artists, intellectuals and noted authors, these are the new hotels that’ll enhance your visit to the city this fall and winter: Read the rest of this entry

Weekend Road Trip to Providence and Newport, Rhode Island

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Summer is the perfect time to take a road trip in the northeast for the warmer weather in the region and to escape muggy weather in areas like New York city and further south. I recently partnered with Toyota for a road trip in New England, and went up to Rhode Island since was already making plans to visit Providence for a food story I was working on and to check out different areas in the city. Since I would be driving now instead of using the train to visit (which would’ve been easy and comfortable to do leaving from the Tri-State area), decided to also stop by Newport for the beach, biking and mansion exploring.

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Find more road trip moments below – plus Providence highlights for neighborhoods to visit, a hotel to stay at and LGBT nightlife, and how to spend a day in Newport:
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Hotel Review: Unique Luxury Experience at The Norman Tel Aviv

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As the second largest city in Israel, Tel Aviv is known to be the country’s culture hub with modern lifestyle offerings. The city has a memorable nightlife scene, a range of cafes and restaurants of Mediterranean and international cuisine, architectural and historical gems throughout, and white sand beaches that visitors will never want to leave. There’s a number of different places to stay in Tel Aviv, but among them is the city’s newest luxury boutique hotel hotspot, The Norman Tel Aviv.

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