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Hotels with Heart: Personally run accommodations that feel like home

Hotels with Heart: Personally run accommodations that feel like home

If you travel often, then you’re probably familiar with the pleasant luxuries of large, professionally managed hotel complexes: spacious lobbies, room service, and impersonal efficiency. But sometimes, you may long for a place where they know you by name. A place where you’re greeted every…

Green Pearls® fall bucket list: Ten things we want to experience right now

Green Pearls® fall bucket list: Ten things we want to experience right now

Off-season? Not a chance! Traveling in the fall is becoming increasingly popular. While the heat, extreme weather, and overcrowded vacation spots that characterize the traditional summer season are less appealing to many travelers, fall offers a whole new set of possibilities.

Can tourism help protect wildlife? An interview with Dr. Yvonne Würz of PETA

Can tourism help protect wildlife? An interview with Dr. Yvonne Würz of PETA

The issue of animal welfare while travelling is a sensitive one. Many tourists trust names like ‘Wildlife Sanctuary’, but in doing so, they sometimes support activities that cause animal suffering. However, according to PETA wildlife expert Dr Yvonne Würz, wildlife tourism can help protect animals…

Conscious Luxury in Vietnam: The Green Pearls® Travel Guide

Conscious Luxury in Vietnam: The Green Pearls® Travel Guide

Thailand is out, Vietnam is in? “That impression is correct,” says Trung Bao Nguyen of The Anam Hotels in Vietnam. Thailand remains a beautiful and popular travel destination, but due to mass tourism, Western tourists are looking for a “fresh and authentic” travel experience. “Many…

Short distances, long getaway: See you soon, DeinNRW.

Short distances, long getaway: See you soon, DeinNRW.

Your next relaxing getaway is closer than you think. When you choose North Rhine-Westphalia—or “NRW” for short—as your destination, you’ll save time traveling to and from your destination, benefit from short in-state distances, and have more time for wonderful local experiences.