Latest and Breaking Travel News and Top Stories - July 8
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It's a sure sign of vacation when even your daily shower feels indulgent and comes with scenic views.
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Summer skies are a well-primed canvas for nature's glorious, volatile beauty. See photos shot around the world of what makes the season unforgettable.
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Get ready to pucker up -- to celebrate National Kissing Day on July 6, travel deals website Travelzoo has released a list of the world's top 10 romantic movie locations.
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Sure you can wear T-shirts and shorts almost anywhere you go in St. Augustine, Florida. You wouldn't be in the Sunshine State if you couldn't.
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The Farnborough airshow attracts exhibitors and visitors from all around the world and is at the heart of developments in the aviation industry.
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As new airport security checks for the US are introduced, these tips will ensure you are allowed to board your flight
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How air travel could change over the next 40 years, from Ryanair's first US flights to rising fares and pilot-free planes
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The co-production between Air New Zealand and Sports Illustrated magazine prompted an online petition with 10,000 signatures
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The itineraries of cruise ships in the Middle East could be reassessed following an incident on a passenger ship off the Israeli coast
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Glasgow will revel in the international spotlight as the host of the 2014 Commonwealth Games later this month. Ahead of the Opening Ceremony on July 23rd, Breaking Travel News reporter Alice McKeown visits the city to check out some of t...
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German chancellor Angela Merkel has signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing to expand the scope of the commercial relationship between Lufthansa and Air China. Meeting with Lufthansa chairman Carsten Spohr and Air China president...
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It has been announced that Minnesota will host the Super Bowl LII. The February 2018 contest will be held in the new Minnesota Stadium set to open in 2016. The bid was cantered on the theme ‘Built for the Bold’, highlighting the new stad...
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Dusit International’s strategic expansion plans continue in earnest as the company signs on the new Dusit Thani Samara Sousse, located within the historic city of Sousse, the third largest city in Tunisia. On the east coast of the countr...
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Bench Events, the organiser of the Africa Hotel Investment Forum, has unveiled a thought-provoking programme and high calibre speaker line-up for AHIF 2014, under the theme ‘Reaching New Heights’. As the two-day conference will take plac...
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Boeing has confirmed that the new 787-9 Dreamliner will participate for the first time in displays at the Farnborough International Airshow. This year’s airshow marks the 40th anniversary of Boeing’s participation at Farnborough.
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Le Méridien Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok Golf Resort & Spa is set to make its debut in September 2014. Owned by Summit Windmill Corporation, the resort will be the first Le Méridien golf resort in Asia Pacific, with a professional course de...
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Extracts from the six travel titles nominated for this year's Dolman Book Award
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Aircraft operated by AirAsia left muddied after overshooting the runway at Bandar Seri Begawan International Airport
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Customer satisfaction with train services on the South West Trains network stands at 79%, according to the latest data issued by independent watchdog Passenger Focus.
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CNN wants to know the wonderful, bizarre and indispensable items you pack when getting ready to hit the road. Tell us #howipack
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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ 880-guest ship Boudicca has commenced its second cruise season from Liverpool’s iconic Pier Head Cruise Terminal, with an eight-night sailing to the Norwegian fjords
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Choice Hotels International announced today that it has welcomed the Clarion Collection Harte & Garter Hotel & Spa in Windsor as the flagship UK hotel of the Clarion Collection brand, an upscale four-star boutique offering.
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The International Association of Exhibitions and Events™ (IAEE) has teamed up once again with CIBTM, the leading trade show for the meetings and events industry in China and Asia, to host qualified meeting planners at its event which tak...
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Economy hotel group ibis is bringing two new ibis budget hotels to the north-west of England this summer, with the opening of ibis budget Warrington Lymm and ibis budget Knutsford. Both properties are being managed by Signature Managemen...
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The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) have formed a strategic partnership to further support and advance the youth, student and educational travel ma...
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Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, increased its Norway seat capacity to 580,000 seats in 2013 which represents a growth of 64% year on year.
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It was just short of disaster: Two passenger jets nearly collided at Barcelona's El Prat Airport in a heart-stopping moment was caught on video by plane enthusiast Miguel Angel. The video shows a UTair Boeing 767, a Russian passenger pl...
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Air passengers heading for United States are to be subjected to new security checks that could see them delayed if their electronic device has a dead battery.
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Russian plane aborts landing as Argentinian aircraft taxis across runway in its path
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As spectators continue to make their way home, the rail industry in Yorkshire is paying tribute to the thousands of passengers who used rail services this weekend for their patience and good humour. Dozens of longer and more frequent tra...
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BLOOMFIELD, N.M. (AP) - Workers widening a northwestern New Mexico highway bordering an archaeological site found artifacts that officials said might be from the ancient Puebloan culture. The pottery pieces and fragments of charcoal, bur...
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - As vacationers enjoy the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, environmental activists warn that climate change poses a danger to the area's signature fruit. Leaders of a campaign called "Save the Cherry"...
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Sir Richard Branson's recreational space travel company, Virgin Galactic , is real and it's really happening, with flights expected to happen next year. (They were supposed to take off in 2010 and then in 2013 but this is space travel so...
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FREMONT, Calif. (AP) - Giant teeth from a 40-foot-long shark and portions of what could turn out to be an entire whale skeleton are among more than 500 fossils that have been unearthed at a dam construction site in Silicon Valley, a news...
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In the wise words of Will Smith: "Summer, summer, summertime, time to sit back and unwind." The current summer season definitely calls for some extreme relaxation, especially in a sunny setting such as the state of Florida. Some of us us...
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Turkey's central plateau is home to a very unique set of geological features known as "hoodoos." Over the centuries these hoodoos, also known as "fairy chimneys," have been carved out to create monasteries, castles, homes, churches and e...
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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - Boeing is deciding what to do with six new commercial airplane bodies that fell off a train in western Montana, including three that slid down a steep riverbank, a company spokeswoman said Monday. Experts from Boei...
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A sixth person has died from injuries suffered in a fiery, head-on collision that occurred during one of the deadliest Fourth of July weekends of the past two decades in Utah, authorities said Monday. A seventh pers...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Three national forests in New Mexico have decided to lift some fire restrictions thanks to recent rains. The Gila National Forest in southern New Mexico says it will be lifting its fire restrictions Tuesday morni...
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Chef Christopher Kostow, who helms Michelin-rated The Restaurant at Meadowood in Napa, dishes on food trends and in-flight dining.
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It's such a sensitive subject and often embarrassing for parents to even ask, but sometimes so necessary. In a time where so many people are traveling and experiencing all that life has to offer it is hard for families with special needs...
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Twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty, Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom reaches speeds of over 90 miles an hour in a ten second free fall. The ride opened as part of the park's 40th anniversary. Standing at 126 metres it allows riders to catch s...
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When we chatted about the opening Renaissance Santiago in Chile this past April, we were excited by the hotel's "sleek and luxe look" and by the design influence of Santiago-based MC Studio, whose principals Raimundo Morales and Atilio C...
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So, you want to go on vacation. You've already figured out who's going, but you still haven't decided where. In case you're thinking, "It doesn't really matter where we go, as long as I'm with people I love," keep reading because I'm abo...
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British Airways says it will turn away passengers booked on US-bound flights if their electrical devices will not switch on
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I exhaled deeply as I sat in the hotel lobby at 5 am in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Just twelve hours previously life was grand; Emily, an American friend who had come to visit, and I were in Singapore eating crabs and doing a rain forest wa...
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White gold, they called it, the salt that made white men rich and black slaves wretched with a horrendous plight beyond all suffering in the salt pans of Grand Turk. Today the pans spread out their reddish waters across this small Caribb...
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When you travel your sleep patterns differ, you spending habits change, and your activity level will be out of the ordinary. Doesn't it make sense then, that your eating will also differ? This is your vacation eating, and it's completely...
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Weather has been a major reason for migrations throughout human history. Humans have adapted to almost every climate on the planet, but our personal feeling is that they only went to the bitterly cold and insufferably hot spots if they h...
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"The Other Hundred" is a unique photo book project aimed as a counterpoint to the Forbes 100 and other media rich lists by telling the stories of people around the world who are not rich but whose lives, struggles and achievements deserv...
