Timing is everything when it comes to getting the best airfare. This applies to when you decide to travel — and when you buy.

The hotel has already played host to live music in its mezzanine lounge but the new digs will be even classier with 30-foot ceilings and mahogany walls.

Finding a reasonably priced hotel room in New York City can be a challenge, which makes an offer from Affinia Manhattan attractive.

In the lexicon of hospitality, where words such as elegant, luxurious, pampered and even high-tech are often requisite guest magnets, “cute” is becoming another effective, acceptable way to draw people in.

Here are answers to some of the questions the last-minute Olympics-bound traveler might have.

Market Metrix, which measures guest satisfaction through surveys, rated Affinia tops in service in the Upper Upscale category in its most recent report.

Hotels for every budget are implementing carbon–neutral policies, from the luxe Leading Hotels of the World to budgetplaces.com, a booking engine offering hotels world–wide starting around $30 for a double room.

There’s a lightness and delicacy about wines from the Finger Lakes that makes them food-friendly for springtime dishes, including Easter and Passover classics.

Airfares into and out of Orlando are up sharply compared with a year ago, and the added cost can be significant when an entire family is flying both ways.

The goal: Dazzle guests during the first, crucial 15 minutes of their stay—or at least avoid annoying them.