Emirates has launched a new Skywards miles sale with up to a 35% discount for purchases made through January 20, 2022. Skywards members can buy miles at up to a 35% discount based on the email I received. However, there can be various targeted offers. You can access this offer on the Emirates website here. Note that base and...
Hilton and Ionian Hotel Enterprise, which owns the hotel, announced in December that they had agreed to redevelop the current Hilton Athens Hotel and rebrand it as Conrad. The hotel will also consist of Conrad and Waldorf-Astoria branded residences. The hotel today announced that it would close on January 31, 2022, for the duration of the redevelopment. The...
Japan on Tuesday announced that it would continue strict entry restrictions, essentially banning entry of non-nationals and residents until the end of February 2022. The country closed its border for most non-national arrivals in March 2020 and later allowed resident non-nationals to return, and in late 2021 some business travelers and students. However, the latter group was soon...
Late one afternoon in the Chicago offices of Outside, I detected some consternation from down the hall, a glitch in the matrix. It was June 1990, and the new issue had just arrived. Marshall Sella, one of our junior editors, came to the door, clearly the designated bearer of bad news. None of the senior editors were going...
Light snow began to fall around sunrise on New Year’s Eve, but as I began to clean up the debris from the previous day’s severe windstorm at my home in Boulder, Colorado, I was struck by the heaviness of the air. Not the usual moisture-laden crispness one might expect before a snowstorm, but instead there was an overwhelmingly...
Looking to sign up for your first triathlon? We share everything you need to know about beginner triathlon training and racing—from gear essentials and nutrition basics to mental prep and tips for hiring a coach—to help you have a successful first triathlon. This article was written by Holly Bennett, with contributions from the Triathlete editors. RELATED: Tri 101...
One day in late July, 2021, my girlfriend Elena called me on her lunch break to deliver alarming news: she’d impulsively signed up for a half Ironman in North Carolina in October. She wanted a big challenge to motivate her to get back in shape amid the pandemic. A long-distance triathlon fit the bill: swim 1.2 miles, ride a...