County & City Argue Over a Smoke-Free St. Louis Airport Lambert Airport in St. Louis plans to be smoke-free by 2011 St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay envisions an airport in his city free of cigarette smoke and healthy lungs when the new smoking ban goes...
Odd Attractions: Carhenge in Alliance, Nebraska They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I guess that was what Jim Reinders was thinking when he constructed a replica of England’s Stonehenge in the city of Alliance, Nebraska....
A Hotel with 6-Star Accommodations The impressive and expensive Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai Piercing through the hot desert skies of Dubai is the Burj Al Arab Hotel. This 1,050 ominous structure is the second tallest building in...
Thanksgiving Travel Still Weak, But Better Than Last Year Happy Thanksgiving! An estimated 38 million people are expected to have traveled between yesterday and today by air, train, car, and bus. While that number might sound huge, it is...
Airlines and Government Argue Over Frequent-Flyer Programs There has been over 180 million frequent-flyer members since the early 80s Senator Charles Schumer and the airline industry have been going back and forth in a “frequent-flyer...
Thanksgiving to Add More Delays to Busy Airports Expect to see this word a lot when you travel this holiday season While less people are expected to fly this upcoming holiday season, travelers should not expect less delays or shorter...
OAG 2009 Airline Industry Award Winners Singapore Airlines was awarded best airline for 2009 by OAG Red carpet…“A-List” celebrities…paparazzi…free swag…Joan Rivers…late night after parties. These are the...
Thanksgiving Recipes from Famous Hotel Chefs One of my favorite parts of traveling is tasting local flavors of some of the world’s most renowned chefs. One of our family traditions is to collect recipes as we travel so that when my family...
London Eye and the Houses of Parliament London Eye and Houses of Parliament London, England is one of the most popular cities in the world. With an estimated 7.5 million residents, London’s population is made up of...
Four Airlines Extend & Raise Surcharges for Peak Travel US Airways is one of four airlines planning to squeeze more money from travelers We just reported here two weeks ago that the airlines started implementing new surcharges for holiday travel...
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Lake Webster’s Tongue Twisting Name Just a short trip from Boston in the small town of Webster, Massachusetts, there is a lake that has been bugging locals for years. The issue has nothing to do with the look of the lake or even the...
Portland Opens First U.S. Marijuana Cafe The city of Portland, Oregon is about to become much more pot-friendly Walk by a certain café in the city of Portland, Oregon and you might come down with a serious case of the munchies....
Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy When wandering through Florence, Italy, one must check out the Ponte Vecchio (which is Italian for “Old Bridge”). This Medieval bridge was built over the Arno River and is an extremely popular...
