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Hotels sweat the details of workouts for guests

It wasn’t the price or the points or the location that most influenced Ruth Furman to book a stay at the Holiday Inn Express Waikiki in Honolulu last summer. It was the yoga. Namely, the fre...

DATE: Jan 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

In Iceland, police say foreign drivers court trouble looking for Northern Lights

AKUREYRI, Iceland – Police in Iceland have a warning for visitors: Beware our roads in the winter. Spending a clear winter night under an Arctic sky lit up by spectacular streaks ...

DATE: Jan 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Heavy smog, worsened by weather, raises alarm across Asia

BANGKOK – Unusually high levels of smog worsened by weather patterns are raising alarm across Asia, with authorities in Thailand’s hazy capital Bangkok handing out face masks and preparing t...

DATE: Jan 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

U.S. Border Patrol Museum opens a world on the evolving agency

EL PASO, Texas – For many Mexican-Americans living near the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. Border Patrol was viewed as a federal government agency to be feared. Its agents might raid the facto...

DATE: Jan 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

No money to travel? Find places to stay for next to nothing

Credit card rewards can be your ticket – literally your plane ticket – to a dream destination. But even if you’ve earned what you need to get to where you’re going, the accommodations could ...

DATE: Jan 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Nordic skating on a 4.5-mile trail on a frozen Vermont lake

FAIRLEE, Vt. – Ice skating on Vermont’s Lake Morey is far more than circling around a makeshift rink. It’s an expedition – a 4.5-mile one, around the frozen lake’s perimeter. It’s...

DATE: Jan 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

U.S. aviation system is starting to show strains from shutdown

The partial government shutdown is starting to strain the national aviation system, with unpaid security screeners staying home, air-traffic controllers suing the government and safety inspe...

DATE: Jan 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

On Frontier, flight attendants accept tips

Use your credit card to buy a taco, a beer or a taxi ride, and it’s very likely the receipt screen will solicit a tip. A few years ago, that same option arrived on airlines, to the chagrin o...

DATE: Jan 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Joshua Tree National Park closing over shutdown problems

JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – Destruction of its signature trees and driving off-road during the partial government shutdown have added to problems that will force popular Joshua Tree ...

DATE: Jan 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Jamestown honors women essential to Virginia’s founding

Anne Burras was only 14 when she arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1608. She was maidservant to another woman who died shortly after their arrival. For a time, Anne was the only English wom...

DATE: Jan 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

In 2019, Grand Canyon celebrates 100 years as national park

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The first European American who reached the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon marveled at what was before him: an astounding system of canyons, profound fissures and slen...

DATE: Jan 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Herb Kelleher, co-founder of Southwest Airlines, dies at 87

DALLAS – Not many CEOs dress up as Elvis Presley, settle a business dispute with an arm-wrestling contest, or go on TV wearing a paper bag over their head. Herb Kelleher did all t...

DATE: Jan 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel