What exactly went wrong on Flight 253, and how can such terrorism attempts be prevented in the future? That's the question NPR's Luke Burbank asked Barbara S. Peterson, senior aviation correspondent and On the Fly blogger here at Condé Nast Traveler, on this morning's Takeaway segment.
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Ready? Set? Gold List! Allow us to present the heavyweights, the cremè de la cremè, the Top 5 Properties Worldwide as selected by the world's savviest travelers.
What do Kentucky, Chicago, Boston, Hawaii and Sonoma have in common? They're all home to hotels voted into the top five spots on Condé Nast Traveler's Gold List this year.
Where Am I?" Waterfall Edition has a winner! Viki Arkoff was the first person to identify the name of the waterfall (Waimoku Falls) and the park in which it is situated (Haleakala National Park on Maui, Hawaii) featured in this photo. Congrats, Viki!
Can you guess where this photo was taken? We will need to know the name of the waterfall and the park in which it is situated.
"Where Am I? Volcanic Edtion has a winner! John Newton was the first person to identify the country (Chile), the hotel (Tierra Atacama, San Pedro de Atacama) and the conical object (Licancabur Volcano) featured in the photo above submitted by a reader.
Can you guess where this photo was taken? The first person to comment below with the correct answer will receive The Condé Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys.
In Condé Nast Traveler's December issue, Dan Hofstadter explores Sicily's Palermo: "The Sicilians have this obsession of wishing to preserve everything; as if the world were a marvelous spectacle to be looked at rather than lived and experienced," writes Dan. Here are a few of his favorite places to experience in Palermo
"I am halfway down the path that leads to my tented room when a large bull elephant emerges from the bush and stands stock-still directly in front of me, just twenty yards away."
For Jason Reitman, getting into the mindset of a meticulous mile collector wasn’t hard. The director, whose past films include the indie hits Juno and Thank You For Smoking, logs over 100,000 miles a year and is loyal to one airline, though he won’t say which one
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