he Sunset Travel Awards celebrate the best in travel in the West. These hotels and resorts are the 2025 winners of the Where to Stay: Wine Country Escapes category. Check out the complete list of winners here. For our definitive and searchable travel directory to help you plan your next trip in the West, click here. City and country…
The Sunset Travel Awards celebrate the best in travel in the West. These restaurants are the 2025 winners of the Where to Eat & Drink: Top Tables category. Check out the complete list of winners here. For our definitive and searchable travel directory to help you plan your next trip in the West, click here. Tucked into Santa Barbara’s Hotel Californian,…
The Sunset Travel Awards celebrate the best in travel in the West. These resorts and hotels are the 2025 winners of the Where to Stay: Coastal Gems category. Check out the complete list of winners here. For our definitive and searchable travel directory to help you plan your next trip in the West, click here. 100 years since its…
Soccer has always been a prominent sport in the Las Vegas valley and around the world. After the addition of AFC Bournemouth to Foley Entertainment Group in 2022, the floodgates opened for the potential to grow soccer in ways never seen before in Las Vegas. Part of the growth came in the form of a…
The large-scale resort experience certainly has its own appeal, but there’s a certain level of intimacy and charm you’ll only find at an inn. Travelers who prefer this type of stay want a cozy, home-away-from-home feeling and an experience that goes beyond surface level; they appreciate a property with a story, a personality, and a…
Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest independent hotel brand, is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 Preferred Awards of Excellence. The awards were presented on May 15 at The Fullerton Bay Hotel at the closing ceremony of the 2025 Preferred Global Conference. Guided by the vision and brand ethos of “Believe in…
An extraordinary setting. Design that feels both unexpected and of-the-moment. Service that goes above and beyond. When a hotel feels truly exceptional, our readers are slow to forget. In the T+L 500, we present the highest-scoring hotels from our previous year’s World’s Best Awards survey. The honorees are grouped into eight geographic regions: Africa and the…
Let’s put some numbers behind a trend you might have already observed for yourself: There are simply a mind-boggling number of new hotels opening all around the world. In your hometown, the next town over, and every foreign city or exotic locale you’ve wanted to visit your entire life. At the end of 2024, there were more…
Occupying three prime blocks of Santa Barbara real estate just a stone’s throw from the beach, the refreshed Hotel Californian has been more than two decades in the making. Styled in part on the original Hotel Californian built in 1925, the new iteration is composed of three separate buildings, resulting in a charming village-like feel. Featuring a…
Radiating a welcoming farmhouse feel, MacArthur Place is a relaxed resort in the heart of Sonoma. Everything exudes understated elegance, including the small but luxurious The Spa at MacArthur Place. Located next to the chic pool that resembles a Slim Aarons photograph, the spa specializes in treatments inspired by the surrounding landscape. Taking a note from the…