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Destinations
Video: Storm causes troubles for millions traveling home after holidays
ABC News' Gio Benitez shares the latest on severe flooding along the East Coast as the post-travel rush…
— ABC News
TikTok Travel Trends: The Global Spots That Got the Most Views in 2023
TikTok reveals the most talked about travel destinations in 2023, based on the most viewed hashtags for cities, states, and countries around the…
— AFAR
Tours and Activities
Vietnam's new bridge is for kissing, not for crossing
Cau Hon is a new tourist attraction in Phu Quoc aimed at…
— CNN
Sky Bird Group Focuses on Korea, Launches multi-GDS solution
Sky Bird Group recently announced a focus on Incheon, Korea, for new itineraries, and is launching new features for its Sky Bird…
— Recommend
Cruise
New Cruise Line Unveils First Ship, Will Look Familiar to Cruisers
The first ship for the new premium cruise line, AROYA Cruises, has been officially announced, and offers many amazing…
— Cruise Hive
Royal Caribbean cruise staff saved the life of a cat named Ovie after a passenger smuggled the feline on board, CEO says
Cruise staff on board a Royal Caribbean ship earlier this year got the shock of the season after discovering an unexpected stowaway in a passenger's…
— Business Insider
Transportation
US airlines deliver big holiday improvement over end of 2022
Figures from FlightAware show that US carriers have canceled less than 1% of all flights over the past week - a far cry from the end of…
— CNN
Southwest Airlines cancels hundreds, delays thousands of holiday weekend flights
Just 2% of the airline's flights were canceled Monday, though 16% were delayed, which is 693 flights total, according to…
— Fortune
Lodging
The 41 Most Anticipated Hotel Openings of 2024
From the re-imagining of a 15th-century Austrian castle to eco-lodges in Sri Lanka, here are the hotel openings that are inspiring some serious…
— Vogue
The 50 Greatest Luxury Hotel Suites in the World
Robb Report has compiled a select list of 50 hotel suites around the world that transcend luxury or expense to achieve genuine…
— Robb Report
Other and Odd
I spent 73 days on cruises this year. Here are 9 travel mistakes I won't be making in 2024
After spending 73 days on six different cruise lines this year, I rounded up the mistakes I'll avoid making when I set sail in…
— Business Insider
Vision Boards Are Trending - Use Them to Manifest Your 2024 Travel
Vision boards are rising in popularity for 2024. One of the most popular types of vision boards are for travel. Thrillist spoke with Pinterest and a manifestation expert on how to make a vision…
— Thrillist
Today in History
World's First Commercial Movie Screened
On the 28th of December in 1895, history was made at a the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris.
Two French brothers, Louis and Auguste Lumiere, had just developed a projector camera they dubbed the "Cinematographe". The screening in December featured ten short films they cranked through the projector, including their first film Sortie des Usines Lumière à Lyon depicting factory workers leaving the Lumiere facility.
After the…
— Travel Research Online
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