U.S. tightens definition of service animals allowed on planes
No more turtles, cats, pigs – or peacocks
DATE: Dec 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Climate change damaging more World Heritage sites, report says
GENEVA – Climate change is increasingly damaging the U.N.’s most cherished heritage sites, a leading conservation agency warned Wednesday, reporting that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and d...
DATE: Dec 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Hawaii seeks to be seen as a remote workplace with a view
HONOLULU – Software engineer Raymond Berger begins his work day at 5 a.m., before the sun comes up over Hawaii.
Rising early is necessary because the company he works for is in Ne...
DATE: Dec 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Pandemic gave locals fleeting taste of a tourist-free Hawaii
HONOLULU – Line-Noue Memea Kruse lives on Oahu’s famed North Shore, where marveling at sea turtles, epic waves and sunsets that paint the sky orange and purple are a must for many tourists i...
DATE: Dec 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Holiday air travel surges despite dire health warnings
Nearly 1.2 million people passed through U.S. airports Sunday, the largest number since the pandemic gripped the country in March, despite pleas from health experts for Americans to stay hom...
DATE: Nov 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Millions stick to Thanksgiving travel plans despite warnings
About 1 million Americans a day packed airports and planes over the weekend even as coronavirus deaths surged across the U.S. and public health experts begged people to stay home and avoid b...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel
NEW YORK – With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday w...
DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
West Coast governors urge COVID quarantine after travel
LOS ANGELES – The governors of California, Oregon and Washington issued travel advisories Friday urging people entering or returning to their states to self-quarantine to slow the spread of ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Cruise industry throws in the towel on 2020, looks to 2021
SILVER SPRING, Md. – The cruise industry has jettisoned hopes of restarting operations this year.
Days after both Carnival and Norwegian extended a halt on cruises through the end...
DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Nonprofit app aims to help unblock global air travel
FRANKFURT, Germany – A nonprofit foundation is testing a smartphone app that could make it easier for international airline passengers to securely show they’ve complied with COVID-19 testing...
DATE: Nov 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
U.S. agency sets rules for cruise ships to start sailing again
NEW YORK – Federal health officials on Friday issued new rules that will enable large cruise ships to start sailing again in U.S. waters, though not immediately.
Among the require...
DATE: Nov 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
California theme park closures hit jobs, shops, budget
California’s amusement parks have been pining to reopen for months, hoping to bring back thousands of workers sent home in March when the coronavirus pandemic forced them to close their gate...
DATE: Oct 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
