Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

Not much is known about the Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896, save that it's regarded as the shortest war in history, lasting a ...

The experience of arriving at Mnemba Island, a private resort two miles from Zanzibar, was exactly as I remembered. When the speedboat neared the pearly shore, a crooked line of hotel staff ...

Why can’t she get her money back? Q. I recently booked a vacation rental through Vrbo. I arrived close to midnight, and it smelled weird. I found broken tiles and mold. I immediately contacted ...

She has been appointed Managing Director and will join Operations for hotels in the Indian Ocean (Zanzibar, Dubai, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Mauritius), as well as RIU Plaza hotels in Madrid, London and ...

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Charleston and Isle of Palms agreed to settle a lawsuit against a number of short-term rental companies, including Airbnb and VRBO, in an attempt to recoup some taxes and fees that the business owe.

Consumers are losing confidence in short-term rental platforms like Airbnb and VRBO. A new national survey commissioned by ...

The new offering is available across the group’s curated collection of properties, from the pristine beaches of Zanzibar and ...

LONDON and ISTANBUL -- A predawn fire at a hotel in the Kartalkaya Ski Resort in Turkey killed at least 76, with another 51 injured, Turkey's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Tuesday.

more than half of Americans plan to stay in a vacation rental rather than a hotel in 2014. Survey participants said they're foregoing hotels for the ample space, better amenities and lower rates ...