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Wake up and walk out onto your own lanai with the perfect view of the Pacific Ocean in Maui. (Photo: Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua)

Ritzier Than Ever In Maui

The Newly Transformed Ritz-Carlton Kapalua Takes A World Class Stay Up A Notch by Heather Cassell If seclusion and romance is what you are seeking, The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua (1 Ritz Carlton Drive, 808-669-6200, ritzcarlton.com/en/hotels/kapalua-maui) might be exactly the place you want to escape to. The AAA Five-Diamond luxury resort is far away from the crowds […]

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St. James Rum in Martinique. (Photo: Nicole Clausing)

A Rummymoon at Sea

Do you hate cruising? For years, I thought I did, too. I went on a transatlantic cruise as a teenager, and by about the fourth overcast, 50°F day, I was scanning the horizon for icebergs, because an emergency evacuation would at least have been something to do.

Years later, I went on a booze cruise out of Los Angeles. That jaunt didn’t include much time on land, either. When we did disembark, it was in Ensenada, Mexico, which is essentially a dusty, tequila-soaked suburb of San Diego whose name, I’m pretty sure, means “three-day hangover” in Spanish.

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Overlooking a slice of heaven, Hanalei Bay, from our Prince Junior Suite at the St. Regis Princeville in Kauai, Hawaii. (Photo: Super G)

Heaven at St. Regis Princeville

by Heather Cassell We couldn’t believe it as we entered our room and looked out the window onto Hanalei Bay and the surrounding mountains basking in the warm tropical sun. It was stunning, just as Super G remembered it more than a decade ago and before the St. Regis in its splendor claimed its place […]

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