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Southern states join to promote civil rights tourism

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Southern states that once fought to maintain racial segregation are now banding together to promote civil rights tourism at sites including the building where the Confeder...

DATE: Jan 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Lawsuit alleges Motel 6 discriminated against Latino customers

PHOENIX – A civil rights group sued Motel 6 on Tuesday, alleging it discriminated against some Latino customers at two locations in Phoenix by giving their whereabouts and personal informati...

DATE: Jan 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Indoor velodrome expected to draw cyclists to Detroit

DETROIT – An indoor cycling track in Detroit is expected to draw bike riders from other cold-weather states and across the U.S. while giving inner-city youth the opportunity to participate f...

DATE: Jan 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Discovery shows pirates liked treasure – and books

RALEIGH, N.C. – Dead men tell no tales, but there’s new evidence that somebody aboard the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship harbored books among the booty. In an unusual find, research...

DATE: Jan 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Spaniards display emotion, affection in a way Americans don’t

Part of getting to know people who live in another country is learning the basic interactions that friends and acquaintances use. In this column and on my blog, I am trying to f...

DATE: Jan 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: An American in Spain

Globe-trotter’s test: 7 marathons, 7 days, 7 continents

BOSTON – She’s already run around the planet in world-record time. So what does Becca Pizzi do for an encore? Rinse and repeat. The Massachusetts marathoner, who won th...

DATE: Jan 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Are you prepared next airline IT outage? It’s coming

For Gojko Adzic, it’s not a question of if, but when, the next airline IT outage will happen. He should know. As the author of Humans vs Computers, a book about ordinary people ca...

DATE: Jan 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

National Park Service photographer captures history in detail

Jarob Ortiz stood on a rocky mound and waited. He watched the sky for a break in the clouds and the ground for shadowy patterns. Then, a shazam! of light burst through, illuminating the camp...

DATE: Jan 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Grand Teton’s 2017 visitation marks busiest on record

JACKSON, Wyo. – Grand Teton National Park recorded its busiest year in 2017 – the fourth consecutive year of record attendance. According to the National Park Service, the western...

DATE: Jan 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

U.S. travel industry launches plan to reverse tourism decline

NEW YORK – Travel industry representatives sounded an alarm Tuesday over declines in international tourism to the U.S. and announced plans to reverse the trend. Organizers of the ...

DATE: Jan 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Colorado skier numbers down amid warm, dry winter

ASPEN – Early season visits to Colorado ski resorts are down between 11 and 13 percent compared with last year because of low snow conditions, operators reported. Colorado Ski Cou...

DATE: Jan 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Start planning your 2018 vacation now: Here are the best times to book flights

Congratulations, you survived another year of holiday travel. However, before you settle into your leather sectional and refuse to lift your “Complete Purchase” finger for another 316 days, ...

DATE: Jan 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel