Expert guide to Banff Overview Hotels Restaurants Apres ski Snow reports These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writer visited pre-pandemic. Banff became established as a town in the 1880s, when the railway came to the area.
What do Jimmy Jam, Michael Che, Patti Smith, and Malcom Gladwell all have in common? They’re all exceptionally creative people. They’re all also guests of Questlove’s newest web series: Quest for Craft. Created in partnership with The Balvenie, the series centers around conversations between Questlove and iconic creators where they discuss their creative processes, inspirations and
(CNN) — On the shoreline of the Dead Sea, Jordanian comedian and national treasure Nabil Sawalha strides chest-deep into the water, with all the confidence of a swan to a lake. “It loves you, the water here, it hugs you,” he says as he allows the sea to collect his legs and buoy his entire
A pedestrian stands in front of a Manhattan condominium building in New York. Mark Abramson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wealthy real-estate buyers from overseas are expected to descend on the nation’s luxury housing markets Monday, giving a second boost to demand for high-priced apartments and mansions. The U.S. will lift the travel ban on
Impossible Foods CEO Patrick Brown outlined Thursday his vision for eliminating the animal-agriculture industry and, through that act alone, offsetting all other carbon emissions for decades beyond. “I’m confident that by 2035 there will be no global animal-agriculture industry, and it won’t be because anyone banned them,” Brown said Thursday at WebSummit in Lisbon. “It
Impossible Foods is set on going public. It won’t be before the end of the year, and it may not be until the tail end of the recent food IPO boom, but founder and CEO Pat Brown told me candidly earlier today that he was certain it would happen. “At some point, we will go
(CNN) — A soft goat’s cheese from Spain won first place at the World Cheese Awards on Wednesday, besting the field of 4,079 entries from more than 40 countries on five continents. The winning cheese, called Olavidia, from an artisan cheesemaker using the commercial name Quesos y Besos (Cheeses and Kisses), got 103 votes, besting
Some countries have managed the global pandemic better than others. The same can be said for cities. But understanding how cities are faring in the fight against Covid is more complicated that comparing infection rates and mask rules. The London-based analytical agency Deep Knowledge Analytics (DKA) examined 114 variables across five categories of pandemic responses:
When the pandemic was its apex in 2020, the French bakery/café Maison Kayser shuttered all of its 16 locations in New York City. Another French bakery/cafe Le Pain Quotidien closed five of its New York City outposts in 2020, before it was acquired for $3 million by Aurify, a New York investor that owns several fast-casual
(CNN) — As Australia reopens to international travel for the first time in nearly 20 months, resulting in some emotional reunions, the country’s flag carrier is setting its sights on recovery. That doesn’t mean it’s given up on Project Sunrise — a Qantas plan to operate the world’s longest nonstop flights, which would allow travelers
Firestone Walker announced the 2022 edition of its “Brewmaster’s Collective” beer club this week, a group that gets access to some of the brewery’s most interesting beers. The brewery launched the club in 2021 for the first time, where it was limited to just residents of California. For 2022 that availability opens up a bit
Bangkok (CNN) — A pulsating cosmopolis of 10 million, Bangkok at times seems like the most unlikely Buddhist city on earth, despite the glittering spires of its famed shrines and temples. It’s tempting to view the latter as quaint background filler, or as clichéd tourist traps thronged with foreign visitors. Meanwhile, everyone else seems to
People scan a QR health code as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, before entering a shopping mall in Beijing on November 2, 2021. Jade Gao | AFP | Getty Images BEIJING — About half the flights to and from Beijing’s two airports were cancelled Tuesday as the capital tightened travel restrictions after a trickle of new cases in
New York City bagel makers claim to make the best bagels, and don’t think any other city can compare. Los Angeles bagel chefs consider New York’s bagels overrated, and say theirs are tastier. And then there are Montreal bagels, which many view as first-rate. But in overlooked Philadelphia, Philip Korshak who runs Korshak Bagels, is undeterred
(CNN) — It’s fast. It’s driverless. It has a Gold Class for premium passengers. And it’s one of the most advanced metro train systems ever built. This is the Doha Metro, a gleaming transportation system that will carry fans to their destination in next year’s soccer World Cup and, it’s hoped, will go on to
Diwali, a five-day festival of lights, celebrates a number of themes, including joy, forgiveness, knowledge, the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, and the legend of Rama and Sita. Put simply, the festival represents the triumph of good over evil. Hindus, Sikhs and Jains both in India and across the world usually take part by decorating houses and public
A young Spanish man from a family with an extremely successful business tried to define his life during his college years. His keen mind, filled with a strong curiosity for a wide range of subjects, at first put him on the path to becoming a doctor yet it is the law and law school that
In this article CAR A customer boards an Avis Budget Group Inc. shuttle bus at the Denver International Airport (DEN) in Denver, Colorado, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Car rental stock Avis Budget surged Tuesday after the company reported a stronger-than-expected third quarter that sparked massive trading
One of the many depressing things about 2020 was the effect its deep-piled layers of doom and gloom had on Christmas. Think back to it – if you can remember it at all. For here was a stripped-down, under-powered, withered-away version of the world’s favourite winter festival – pinched at the nose, weary around the eyes, shorn of
Chicago-based chef Rick Bayless is known for many things including running successful Mexican eateries such as Frontera Grill, winning several James Beard Midwest Chef of the Year awards, hosting a PBS series about Mexican food, and writing best-selling cookbook like Mexican Kitchen. In 2021, he’s introduced a new fast-casual concept Tortazo, with one each in