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by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (9 days ago)
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Spirit Airlines will soon begin pouring wine out of aluminum cans, one again lowering the bar for in-flight beverages.
Associated Press broke the story about the airline's new cost-saving move, which will have flight attendants serving white ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (10 days ago)
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Airplane manufacturer Airbus has been cooking up another innovation: a "smart bag" that allows travelers to check in and track their luggage from their phone.
The tech-infused piece of luggage, Bag2Go, contains sensors and an RFID chip that ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (11 days ago)
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One tourist is dead and two others seriously injured after a plane operated by flightseeing company Pacific Wings crashed into a mountain lake in southeast Alaska on Tuesday, USA Today reports.
According to the news outlet, six ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (11 days ago)
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Starting this summer, the National Park Service (NPS) won't just serve up greasy cheeseburgers with a side of fries. A new initiative is bringing healthy, sustainable options to snack bars and restaurants inside parks across the country.
Camp staples ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (12 days ago)
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Last week – just in time for National Trails Day – newly appointed U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced the designation of 28 new National Recreation Trails located in 18 states across the country. These new additions ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (13 days ago)
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by Reena Ganga (RSS feed) (13 days ago)
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I've always felt that one of the great luxuries of staying in a hotel has nothing to do with how premium the furnishings are or how fancy the décor is. No, what really makes a hotel indulgent is the fact that I don't have to do things myself. The ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (13 days ago)
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This coming Saturday, June 8, is World Oceans Day, a global event designed to celebrate the important role that the oceans play in keeping our planet a vibrant place for us to live. Throughout the day there will be hundreds of events taking place across the ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (14 days ago)
Galapagos Fishing Boat by Libby Zay, Gadling
The strict environmental regulations of the Galapagos Islands make it one of the most protected places in the world. The islands are so sacred that when you fly in, flight attendants spray the overhead bins in planes to make sure ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (14 days ago)
Courtesy Marriott International
If you consider yourself to be a tech- and design-savvy traveler, Marriott International will soon have a new batch of domestic hotels just for you. The company today announced plans to introduce a chain specifically targeting Millennial, or ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (14 days ago)
More and more often, ads are showing up in unlikely places. Soon, grocery store shoppers will find a tiny ad promoting tourism to Ecuador in a curious place: on each of the 24 million tons of bananas that are exported from the country each year.
Skift first broke the ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (17 days ago)
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A team of researchers who visited a remote island in the South Pacific last summer believe that they may have discovered the final resting place of Amelia Earhart's plane. The team, which is part of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (18 days ago)
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Rail travelers in Germany should exercise caution when using automatic ticket machines because criminals attempting to break into the machines may have left them filled with explosive gas, the Associated Press reports.
According to the news outlet, ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (18 days ago)
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Disney faced two security scares this week, first when Disneyland's Toontown was evacuated after dry ice caused an "explosion" in a trash can, and later when a grandmother on a ride in Disney World's Animal Kingdom found a loaded gun on her seat. ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (18 days ago)
EPA
A controversial plan to install a ladder on Mt. Everest has been met with a less than enthusiastic response from the mountaineering community. The mountain guides behind the proposal say that the ladder will help to alleviate traffic jams near the summit, while purists ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (19 days ago)
Mexican National Institute of Anthropology
Archaeologists have made a startling discovery in a remote region of Mexico that could have an impact on what we've previously known about early inhabitants in North America. While exploring numerous sites in the northeastern region ...
by McLean Robbins (RSS feed) (20 days ago)
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Hotel and travel review site TripAdvisor.com has come under fire in recent years for the abundance of fake reviews on its website, but many travelers still see the platform as the industry's leading place for "real" information about a hotel or destination.
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by Adam Hodge (RSS feed) (20 days ago)
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The capital of Turkmenistan has been recognized by Guinness for having the highest density of white marble buildings in the world. Ashgabat boasts 543 new buildings clad with over 48 million square feet of marble, according to Guinness.
The ...
by Adam Hodge (RSS feed) (22 days ago)
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by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (23 days ago)
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Planetary Resources is a group of world leaders that are building the ground floor opportunities for a space travel industry. Not long ago, in "One Good Reason Why Space Travel Will Happen In Your Lifetime," we told of their idea to mine near-Earth ...
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