Jan 5th, 2012 at 1:30PM: Want to know where to head for MLK weekend? Hotwire just announced the top 10 most booked destinations travelers are visiting over Martin Luther King Day weekend.
Several cities have historic significance, including Atlanta, where Martin Luther King Jr. he received his B.A. degree at Morehouse College and where the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center was founded as well as Chicago, was the ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Most booked locations for MLK weekend getaways
Jan 5th, 2012 at 1:30PM: Want to know where to head for MLK weekend? Hotwire just announced the top 10 most booked destinations travelers are visiting over Martin Luther King Day weekend.
Several cities have historic significance, including Atlanta, where Martin Luther King Jr. he received his B.A. degree at Morehouse College and where the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center was founded as well as Chicago, was the ...Your bag's perspective from Atlanta to New York
Dec 23rd, 2011 at 11:30AM:
Ever wonder what happens to your bag after you send it down the tunnel behind the gate agent at the airport? I was always under the impression that it was handled by a series of Oompa-Loompas who gently carry your bags from point A to point B on their heads, quietly singing the song of the baggage handler as glitter falls from the sky.
Apparently that's not the case. The kind folks over at ...
You Fancy, Huh? Delta lures top travelers with Porsche transport program
Dec 6th, 2011 at 2:30PM: If you're a Delta Diamond member heading into ATL, you just might have a surprise waiting for you on the runway. Delta's being secretive about the details, but they're piloting a new program for their HVCs (High Value Customers), using a fleet of six Porsche vehicles to transport fliers to far-flung terminals or even to their cars.
Here's how it works – you'll get off the plane and find a ...Travel in the southern United States for free with Megabus
Oct 25th, 2011 at 3:00PM: Who doesn't love free travel? With a new hub in Atlanta, Georgia, Megabus is giving away 10,000 free seats to travelers using their new routes during trips taking place November 16 to December 16, 2011. The eleven cities included in the new route leaving from Atlanta include:
Birmingham, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama
Charlotte, North Carolina
Chattanooga, ...Cuba: Nine US cities cleared for charter flights
Aug 1st, 2011 at 1:30PM:
Nine US airports have been approved for charter flights to Cuba, Reuters reported this morning. The Cuban travel agency Havanatur Celimar made the announcement on Friday.
The US government forbids commercial flights between the United States and Cuba, so all air travel between the two countries has to proceed on charter planes. The Obama Administration has already removed all restrictions ...Atlanta, an Olympic City 15 Years Later
Jul 31st, 2011 at 9:30AM:
Fifteen years have passed since Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic torch, Kerri Strug landed her heroic single-footed vault and Eric Robert Rudolph detonated a pipe bomb in downtown Atlanta, during the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games. Well-considered development for the event has since transformed the city, which continues to draw new residents, start-up businesses and flights to ...Global Soap Project uses hotel soap to save lives
Jun 17th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
Want to contribute to global health? Look no further than your local hotel - and their stash of used soap.
The Global Soap Project, founded in 2009 by Uganda native Derreck Kayongo, collects used hotel soap from hotels across the country, cleaning and reprocessing the bars before shipping them overseas to countries like Haiti, Kenya, Uganda and Swaziland.
Kayongo emigrated to the United ...
Sesame Street helps kick off summer travel season
May 2nd, 2011 at 12:30PM: Does Cookie Monster have to buy two seats? Does Elmo travel carry-on only? You can ask them yourself this week as several Sesame Street characters appear at US airports this week to kick off summer travel with Delta Airlines.
Today, Elmo and Cookie Monster will be making gate announcements and welcoming travelers to Minneapolis-St Paul Airport, before meeting up with Grover at La Guardia on ...Mobile farmers markets: the next "big thing" in food trucks?
Apr 25th, 2011 at 5:30PM: 2010 was the Year of the Food Truck, with cities from Seattle and San Francisco to D.C. taking it to the streets, literally. While street food and taco trucks have long been a part of U.S. culture in places like New York, Los Angeles, and Oakland, health regulations have historically made it considerably more difficult in other parts of the country. Eatocracy reports that Atlanta--despite its ...Delta SkyMiles Medallion parking lot coming to Braves' Turner Field
Feb 23rd, 2011 at 6:00PM:
Delta's been Atlanta's hometown airline for decades, and it looks like the bond between the two is getting a little stronger with the start of the 2011 Major League Baseball season. Delta Air Lines and the Atlanta Braves have announced a partnership that will lead to the opening of a new lot at Turner Field. Or, at least a re-branded portion of a lot. The current Green Park Lot -- which is ...Delta airlines puts elderly woman on wrong flight due to boarding pass mix-up
Feb 23rd, 2011 at 1:00PM: In a Top 10 of phone calls you probably don't want to receive from an airport official: "Your grandmother was found in baggage claim."
Eighty-year-old Nefissa Yesuf's Sunday Atlanta to Dulles flight didn't go quite as planned. CNN reports that airline and airport staff failed to notice that a Delta employee had allegedly given her someone else's boarding pass by mistake. Yesuf, who is from ...Jack Black visits Atlanta zoo to name 'Kung Fu Panda' cub
Feb 15th, 2011 at 10:45AM: The only giant panda cub born in the United States last year got a name this morning. And his name is Po.
In a bit of cuddly promotional goodness, actor Jack Black, who voices the character Po in the "Kung Fu Panda" movies, was on hand this morning at the little guy's naming ceremony at Zoo Atlanta.
And the whole thing was sponsored by Dreamworks Animation. Who would have guessed it?
...Dog in care of Delta airlines found dead in Atlanta
Jan 3rd, 2011 at 2:45PM: The dog lost by Delta Airlines over the holiday weekend was found dead on the side of the road Saturday, CBS Atlanta reports.
Our friends at AOL Travel originally reported on the story of an Army family's dog, a German Shepherd mix named Nala, that had gone missing after escaping from her crate at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The dog and her travel companion, the family's ...Five ways to join the mile-high club around the world
Dec 24th, 2010 at 8:30AM: Generally, it's best to avoid an airline lavatory for any reason. It's cramped, smelly and generally not a pleasant place to be. If you're planning to use the lav for something other than its stated purpose, you're going to need to brace yourself. Unfortunately, it really is the best environment on the plane for joining the mile-high club (for those of you not in the know, that means having sex on ...Airlines, airports and passengers: nothing but gains this year [INFOGRAPHICS]
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Dec 10th, 2010 at 12:00PM: There are a whole lot more of us flying this year: 4.3 percent more, to be exact. That's the increase in domestic air traffic from September 2009 to September 2010, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Transportation. In that month, U.S. airlines had 57.3 million passengers, leading to the largest year-over-year gain since September 2007. Meanwhile, international passenger ...10 Congested highways to make you lose your mind tonight
Nov 24th, 2010 at 3:30PM: We know that today and tomorrow, traffic is going to be brutal. With 42 million people traveling for the holiday – and 94 percent of them going by car – it's inevitable that someone's going to wind up frustrated. Throw in some nasty weather and highway construction, not to mention a handful of screaming kids, and you have a formula for misery.
Can it get any worse? The Weather ...Atlanta TSA employee allegedly abducts, assaults woman and attempts suicide
Nov 23rd, 2010 at 5:30PM: As if the TSA didn't have enough to worry about this week ...
Only hours before the busiest travel day of the year, news has gotten out that a TSA employee working at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta – the busiest airport in the country – attempted to commit suicide. It was a particularly grotesque situation, as he allegedly abducted a young woman, sexually ...London Eye replica proposed for downtown Atlanta
Nov 12th, 2010 at 12:00PM:
Downtown Atlanta could become home to a 45-story Ferris wheel ride called the "Atlanta Eye."
The Eye would be a replica of London's iconic wheel which sits on the south bank of the River Thames between the Hungerford and Westminster bridges.
WXIA-TV in Atlanta reports that an Atlanta law firm is spearheading the project, and that the group met with representatives from Atlanta's business ...FBI charges passenger for in-flight grabbing
Oct 21st, 2010 at 3:00PM: You need to keep your hands to yourself when you fly – it's just that simple. Not only is it smart and appropriate, but it'll keep you out of trouble. Well, that's what Alpharetta, Georgia resident Ranchhodbhai Lakha learned the hard way.
This 61-year-old passenger faces a variety of sexual assault charges because he allegedly groped a 20-year-old woman on a flight from Dallas to Atlanta. ...New York: best and worst city in schismatic survey
Oct 21st, 2010 at 12:00PM: If you want to travel like a local, then it makes sense to know something about your destination ... and isn't the best city to live attractive? It's the kind of place you'd want to explore and see why it's so loved. And at the same time, you'd probably want to avoid the worst of the worst – who would want to go there?
Well, a new Harris Interactive poll makes this thinking hard to ...
