The New York Times Expands Travel Program

The New York Times today announced the expansion of its travel program, Times Journeys (NYTimes.com/times-journeys) to now include 29 itineraries, visiting 36 countries and seven continents.

For 2015, new Times Journeys include many places with troubled pasts, including Cuba, Sri Lanka, Colombia and Iran. These journeys will offer exclusive insights into the history and forces that brought these areas to worldwide prominence.

Each exclusive travel experience is inspired by Times content and joined by either a New York Times journalist or Times-selected expert, including Pulitzer Prize winners John Burns, Jeffrey Gettleman, Serge Schmemann and David Shipler.

In 2015, Times Journeys offers six distinct trip styles: “Activities & Sports,” providing opportunities to hike the mountains of Patagonia or around Mont Blanc; “Food & Wine,” focusing on the best of Italian or Provençal cuisine; “Arts & Culture,” allowing immersion in Italian or Irish opera or photography in Morocco; “History & Context,” visiting China, Cuba and Iran; Science & Nature taking you to the extremes of Antarctica or the wilds of the African plains and “Politics & Perspective,” revealing clear-eyed looks at Russia, the Northern Ireland peace process and the Israeli-Palestinian conundrum.

Times Journeys for 2015 include a number of trips to areas of the world that ordinary offerings do not visit, including Colombia, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. With curated content from The New York Times and dedicated subject matter experts, travelers will be able to better understand the past, present and future of these controversial lands.

“Since launching Times Journeys, we’ve learned that our customers choose to travel with The New York Times because of our longstanding and extensive knowledge of some of the most thought-provoking destinations in the world,” said Michael Greenspon, general manager, News Services and International, The New York Times. “We’ve fine-tuned the business over time, ultimately growing it from an educational cruise offering to a comprehensive travel program exploring many of the uncommon lands we cover in our news.”

The New York Times is working with specialty travel providers Abercrombie & Kent, Academic Travel Abroad, Insight Cruises and Mountain Travel Sobek to develop and operate these programs.

For more information, please visit NYTimes.com/times-journeys.

Times Journeys launched in 2012, primarily as a cruise program.

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