Elisabeth Goodridge

Megan Morikawa of the Iberostar Group is applying science — and scale — to eliminate food waste, save coral and collaborate across the travel industry to cut carbon.

On Curaçao, visitors can explore the trees’ habitat, where colorful birds roost on tangled branches and trunks, and small paths through the greenery beckon.

Once a powerhouse in whaling and textile manufacturing, this maritime city is sprucing itself up — but still leans heavily into its seagoing past.

The waters encircling the island of Roatán offer some of the most accessible reef diving anywhere. As travel picks up, the focus is on balancing the return of tourism (and divers) with the fragility of the marine environment.

And we won’t judge if you head back for a swim and a piña colada at the end of the day.

Instead of its traditional list of destinations, the Travel desk asked readers about locales with special meaning to them.

What the world needs now is … you get it. We want to hear your stories of unexpectedly witnessing kindness and care.

The sharing economy has made it possible to be even more demanding, on demand. We tested apps for when you need a swim, a nap, a boat or a foodie experience.

If the party stayed on the ground floor, this would be a rave review.

“My heart yearned to be there, in the boiling caldron of war, to be baptized in its fire and scorched in its lava,” Bochkareva wrote in her 1919 autobiography.