The U.S. Travel Association says there are “mounting signs” that the Trump administration’s policies are having a “broad chilling effect on demand for international travel to the United States.”Associate Press…
The airline confirmed that flight HA7 from Las Vegas was about an hour into its trip Wednesday when the plane turned and stopped in Los Angeles. There was a dispute…
Lonely Planet CEO Daniel Houghton was just 24 when he became head of Lonely Planet in 2013. Since then, he’s restructured the company, expanded its digital presence and to the…
The crumbling white adobe buildings at Rio Vista Farm in Socorro, a town along the Rio Grande about 620 miles west of Dallas, were the arrival point for “braceros” –…
Some says listen more than talk, others welcome dialogue
Don’t take my word for it. Just ask Wendy Lewis, who says she spends a good part of every trip trying – and sometimes failing – to find reliable and…
The neighborhood was once called “The Harlem of the West.” It’s a place where Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis performed to packed rooms not far from the snowcapped…
That’s on top of a record-setting 2016, which saw almost 3.2 million holidaymakers arrive – a 17 percent increase over the previous year, said Angelos Loizou, chairman of the Cyprus…
United Airlines announced Monday that beginning in June it will offer daily summer service between Colorado and Kailua-Kona, West Hawaii Today reported. The airline will be able to carry 169…
The narrow-gauge railroad that for more than a century hauled people 298 feet up and down the city’s steep Bunker Hill was shut down in 2013 after a series of…
Most safari operators guarantee face time with animals and birdlife but those assurances come with varying degrees of viewer comfort, species diversity and proximity. Options range from the traditional group…
“Fences” is one of 10 plays that Wilson wrote chronicling African-American life. Nine of the plays are set in Pittsburgh and each play depicts a different decade. The city’s Hill…
My wife, Jan, and I visited this ancient land last year. We toured through Tehran, with its marvelous National Museum, Peace Bridge, Azadi Tower, the Fire and Water Park, and…
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald -DURANGO, CO- 09/12/2013 – A Frontier Airlines A319 aircraft takes to the sky after take off from Durango-La Plata County Airport midday Thursday with service to Denver.du1-i-syn…
Virus less prevalent in winter; caution urged for spring, summer travel
The town is known for its pubs. Dick Mack’s has a walk of fame outside that lists the celebrities who’ve visited, among them Dolly Parton. Foxy John’s, a beloved spot,…
American Airlines and United have started selling cheaper “basic economy” fares as they battle discount airlines for the most budget-conscious travelers.Associated Press file American announced early Tuesday that it began…
Wright, considered America’s best-known architect, was born June 8, 1867 in Richland Center. The self-guided trail was announced last year. Highway signs, with a graphic design and typography inspired by…
New York City’s cavernous Metropolitan Museum of Art has been holding lively morning workout sessions this winter amid its prized masterpieces. The 45-minute “Museum Workout” sends people in exercise attire…
The biggest snowstorms of this season, followed by days of flurries, have unloaded more than 2 feet of snow – higher amounts in the mountains – in the past week…
Associated Press file Gerrard Hattfield knows what that’s like. The entrepreneur was flying from Durban, South Africa, back to his home in Cape Town when thunderstorms delayed his Mango Airlines…
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald filedu1-i-syn Durango is competing as a destination against Cañon City, Steamboat Springs, Vail and Buena Vista. It’s not known when Connell would visit, but it would give…
From beaches to Europe to new museums
Three bison linger on a plowed area of Antelope Flats Road, in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. Park officials have been escorting small groups of bison along U.S. 26-89-191 to…
And it says airlines had one of their best years for on-time arrivals, although it wasn’t a record and December was worse than the same month a year earlier. The…
The Albanian National Coastline Agency opened an exhibit Monday of 30 photographs showing underwater finds of potential archaeological significance from the last decade. The nonprofit RPM Nautical Foundation has mapped…
Construction and oversight will be examined
Where are you traveling on this train? And where are you traveling in life? I traveled around the U.S. on Amtrak for two weeks – beginning in Orlando, Florida, on…
That’s what happened to Björn Bieneck after he flew from Copenhagen to Dulles International Airport on Scandinavian Airlines recently. The online travel agency he used, Travelocity, even sent him a…
