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A New Report Puts Black Leisure Travel at $145 Billion a Year

October 22, 2026

The number arrives first, and it is large. Black leisure travelers in the United States spent an estimated $145 billion in 2023 and took roughly 184 million trips, about 11 percent of the national leisure market. Those figures, from MMGY Travel Intelligence,

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Club Med Opens Its First South African Resort, Beach and Safari in One Stay

October 22, 2026

Most safari trips begin with a small plane and a second hotel. Club Med’s newest resort is built to remove both. On October 2, the company opened Club Med South Africa Beach & Safari in KwaZulu-Natal, its first resort in South Africa

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Invitation-Only Longevity Retreats Come to Jamaica at $20,000 a Guest

October 22, 2026

The invitation is the product. This November, across four weeks in Jamaica, Dr. Stephanie D. Ardrey will host a private preview of her company’s longevity retreats: five days at a time, guests admitted by invitation only, at $20,000 per solo guest and

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Longevity Clinics Have Arrived at America’s Top Hospitals

October 22, 2026

The newest department at some of America’s most respected hospitals does not treat disease. It sells time. Since last fall, Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, Northwestern Medicine in Chicago and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York have each opened longevity programs aimed at

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Canyon Ranch Austin Opens on Lake Travis With the Largest Spa in Texas

October 22, 2026

The drive from downtown Austin takes about 55 minutes, west on Route 71 into the Hill Country, and it ends at a bluff above Lake Travis. On October 15, Canyon Ranch opened its first Texas resort there, on more than 600 acres

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Prairie View A&M Raised a Record $6.1 Million at Its 150th Homecoming

October 22, 2026

Homecoming at Prairie View A&M is a reunion with a ledger, and this year the ledger won. The university announced on October 17 that its 2026 Homecoming raised more than $6.1 million in gifts and commitments, the largest homecoming fundraising total in

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A New Report Puts Black Leisure Travel at $145 Billion a Year

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Canyon Ranch Austin Opens on Lake Travis With the Largest Spa in Texas

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