While scouting locations for "Mutiny on the Bounty," Marlon Brando fell in love with the Tetiaroa atoll, a string of 12 islets framing a preposterously blue lagoon about 30 miles north of Tahiti in ...

Bora Bora is known for Traditional Tahitian dance and drumming are central to Bora Bora’s cultural expression. Dance groups prepare “can’t keep my eyes off this” type performances for festivals, with ...

Today, Tetiaroa is home to The Brando, a luxury eco-resort that has welcomed the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Barack and Michelle Obama, and Rebel Wilson. Despite its allure for ...

There's a certain comforting familiarity that comes with hospitality brand names. I was recently traveling in French Polynesia, a destination I'm pretty familiar with, and the day had turned into a ...

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts said it will open the InterContinental Resort and Thalasso-Spa Bora Bora on May 1. InterContinental said the $70 million, 80-room resort will boast a number of ...

With $15,000-per-night estates, incredibly attentive service, and water so turquoise it’s surreal, the islands of Tahiti draw everyone from Barack Obama to Jennifer Aniston. By Kathryn Romeyn When it ...

The coast at The Intercontinental Resort, Papeete City, Tahiti Nui Island. Photo by Jose-Fuste RAGA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Upon your visit to the largest island in French Polynesia, you’ll feast ...

Starwood Hotels & Resorts said it will no longer manage three resorts in French Polynesia, effective sometime in 2009. The properties are the Sheraton Hotel Tahiti, Sheraton Moorea and Bora Bora Nui ...