Shanghai Travel Tips From A Five-Star Concierge

Forbes Travel Guide announces its first-ever Shanghai Star Awards, including two Five-Star hotels.

Forbes Travel Guide gets insider Windy City travel tips from The Peninsula Chicago's concierge.

Legendary travel stories usually come with a heaping serving of blood, sweat and tears: miles traveled, discomforts withstood, challenges endured. Effort is rewarded, expenditure recompensed. For some travelers, however, the experience is emphatically about the destination, not the journey—and the less difficulty, the better.

Forbes Travel Guide gets the Mandarin Oriental, Miami's concierge's tips on visiting the city for the NBA Finals.

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According to the Times-Picayune, 8.75 million tourists visited New Orleans during the Mardi Gras season in 2011.

You’ve planned your trip within an inch of its life, from the location of your seat on the plane to the perfect dinner reservations at that place so-and-so recommended. Your flight goes fine, you land at destination X, hop in a cab and head to your hotel. The taxi pulls up, the valet opens the door, and suddenly you’re faced with a dilemma.

Forbes Travel Guide talks to ski concierges at Five-Star hotels to find out how they are making the best of the low-snow ski season.