The CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program full-time staff has been laid off. By Chrissie McClatchie Comments The entire full-time workforce of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) has been laid off, according to a report in CBS News. The VSP was established in 1975 to work with the cruise industry to protect travelers’ health. The program undertakes vessel inspections, responds to outbreaks like gastroenteritis, and trains the industry on best...

When London stylist Bella Hignett went on a girls’ escape to Portugal last April, she knew one of her clients was in the market for a secondhand Louis Vuitton Neverfull tote. Yet the last place she expected to find one — in the exact size and fabric she was after — was at Humberto Delgado Airport, in Lisbon. “I was there early, so I had a look around and was excited to come across it,” Hignett says. To the delight of her client, she boarded her flight back to England with one additional...

If you have ever seen pictures of the number of superyachts in and around St Barts on New Year's Eve, you will understand just how sought after a winter yacht charter in a warm climate is. While the Caribbean remains the eternally classic winter yacht charter destination, increasing numbers of yachts are heading further afield during the Northern Hemisphere winter towards Asia-Pacific, the Indian Ocean and, increasingly, Middle Eastern destinations such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia. It's not...