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An issue with the propulsion motor on Caribbean Princess caused the ship to cut its most recent sailing short and prompted the cruise line to cancel subsequent sailings scheduled for March 18 and March 25.

Fortieth birthdays seem to be often accompanied by a blow-out celebration, a fact that is apparently true even when the celebrant is a watch. The many friends of Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak can wish it felicitations during a four-day exhibition March 21–24 at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan. Besides ...

Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her retired astronaut husband Mark Kelly will take to the high seas this summer as the headliners for a high-end Atlantic and Mediterranean cruise.

At the Detroit Auto Show, a month before Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, Audi unveiled a concept vehicle that had more than a few cold-weather-lovers daydreaming of six more weeks of winter.

Fashioning a custom suit from qiviuk, the wool from the downy underbelly of a rare Canadian musk ox, is a complicated task even for the most competent tailor. The cashmere-like wool is composed of millions of hollow fibers that make it remarkably lightweight and breathable, but also painfully difficult to ...

Madrid’s Villa Magna is offering VIP access to the city’s famed Prado Museum, along with expert art guides, and insight into Spain’s rich art history. Priced from $14,560 a night, the Prado package places guests in Villa Magna’s 1,500-square-foot Royal Suite, which is well stocked with bottles of Spanish cava ...

Charlie Palmer’s annual Pigs & Pinot event may be sold out, but now through April guests of the Hotel Healdsburg in California’s Russian River Valley can have their own Pigs & Pinot weekend with a new, two-night package offered as a part of the hotel’s Epicurean Winter program. Guests who ...

In their first major gathering since the deadly Costa Concordia disaster, cruise industry leaders on Tuesday defended their overall safety record and said they were confident of better days ahead.

An issue with the propulsion motor on Caribbean Princess will likely impact the remainder of the ship's current itinerary, according to a statement from Princess Cruises.

In 1887 William Grant fulfilled a lifelong dream by filling his first cask of Glenfiddich whisky, which has since become one of the best-selling single malts in the world. To celebrate the 125th anniversary of that first cask, Glenfiddich has released Cask of Dreams single malt ($99), a limited edition ...

About 400 miles northwest of Bangkok,Thailand, 137 Pillars House, Chiang Mai, opened March 10. Surrounded by Thai forests with lady palm and mimosa trees, the 123-year-old teak structure was once an eastern outpost for the Borneo Co.

One of the last initiatives of Luigi “Gino” Macaluso, the respected CEO of Girard-Perregaux who passed away last year, was to institute a program for the development of chiming watches. This most prestigious discipline in complicated watchmaking had been the only area of expertise that the company had yet to ...

Waldorf Astoria’s Trianon Palace Versailles, which overlooks the gardens of the Ch

In the wake of an engine room fire that crippled Costa Allegra and sidelined the ship indefinitely as it undergoes repairs, Costa Cruises has announced that it will be redeploying the Red Sea-based Costa Voyager to cover for the out-of-service vessel.

Cruising can be an affordable vacation option if you know how to avoid getting nickeled-and-dimed on board.