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Destinations
The world’s most spectacular coastlines
In travel news this week: The Paris Métro is getting a huge new network, why the Channel Tunnel’s train service has a big problem and our picks of the world’s most gorgeous…
— CNN
The 50 Best Places to Travel in 2024
Well, you knew it was coming. This year, more than 20 Travel + Leisure staffers weighed in to create this hand-picked list of the places that thoughtful, curious travelers should consider in…
— Travel+Leisure
The Most Popular Travel Destinations by State, According to a New Survey
A new study from Price4Limo breaks down top vacation destinations by state; revealing some overarching trends and surprising details about summer 2023 travel. Most Americans plan to travel…
— Thrillist
Tours and Activities
The Best Adult Activities in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida is often advertised as a family-friendly destination and the implicit assumption is that it's a destination more suitable only…
— Travel Noire
A bucket list of the best things to do in NYC this winter
The best things to do in winter in NYC are worth braving the cold for. From outdoor winter festivals to indoor exhibits, here's how to spend…
— TimeOut
Cruise
Video: Carnival Vista and USCG Rescue 12 Crew from Capsized Cargo Ship
One of Carnival Cruise Line’s cruise ships, the Carnival Vista (133,500 gross tons), rescued six crewmembers from a small cargo ship lost overnight, December 13, approximately 30 miles north of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. The US Coast Guard also became involved in the search and later found six additional crewmembers floating in the…
— The Maritime Executive
New cruise ship heading to New Orleans in November 2025
A new cruise ship will call New Orleans home for six months starting in November of 2025, according to an industry news…
— NOLA.com
Local Strikes Forces MSC Cruise Ship Last-Minute Port Change
MSC Euribia will be embarking her next sailing in a different country than planned, due to a port strike and…
— Cruise Hive
Transportation
American Airlines Now Has Routes to Cancun From Nearly All of Its Hubs Thanks to Latest Expansion
American Airlines just launched routes to Cancun from Nashville, Cincinnati, and…
— Travel+Leisure
Southwest has taken drastic steps to handle winter flight chaos as it braces to avoid a repeat of last year's Christmas nightmare
Southwest Airlines had to cancel thousands of flights last Christmas, and ended up handing out billions of air miles to angry…
— Business Insider
Zero hangover: Alaska Airlines to serve non-alcoholic beer
Alaska Airlines teams up with Best Day Brewing to add non-alcoholic craft beer to its onboard drinks…
— AeroTime
Lodging
Willy Wonka-inspired hotel rooms in NYC, LA open for guests to book
Booking.com and Highgate Hotels are celebrating the release of Warner Bros. Pictures' new Wonka film with some fun hotel rooms and…
— USA Today
Choice Hotels goes hostile in $8 billion takeover bid for Wyndham after being repeatedly rebuffed
The exchange offer gives Wyndham shareholders the chance to choose to receive all cash, all shares or a combination of the…
— AP News
Other and Odd
Passengers Upset After Missing Cruise Ship by Minutes
How would you react if you missed a cruise by 20 minutes? See just how some passengers reacted in this viral video and get the real…
— Cruise Hive
Organization looks to ease air travel stresses for young passengers with autism
A former travel agent set up Autism Double-Checked as a way to help the industry update its practices to be more accommodating to those on the…
— ABC News
I’m a Frequent Flier, and These Are the 12 Travel Essentials I’m Eyeing From Amazon for the Holidays
As a travel writer, frequent flier, and general wanderluster, I’m on the road for most of the year. That means that I have a pretty clear sense of what my pain points are, and the products that solve these problems…
— Travel+Leisure
Today in History
St. Lucia's Flood
On December 14th, 1287, an enormous storm tide hit the coast of Germany and the Netherlands. The dike system designed to protect the low-lying lands broke. Estimates are that some 50,000 people were killed in one of the largest floods on record. Land in what is now Waddenzee was permanently flooded.…
— Travel Research Online
The Incessant Traveler
Aarya’s Enchanting Invitation to Nepal
by David Cogswell
Thursday December 14, 2023
Kathmandu is a  word that is almost synonymous with “exotic.” Part of that sense of exoticism comes from the mystery of being so far away, and largely unexplored by Americans. I count myself in that group. And yet the sound of that word “Kathmandu” is so enchanting, it seems to beckon one to come find out what it’s all about.
Cat Stevens sang about it.
Kathmandu, I’ll soon be seeing…
— Travel Research Online
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