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Luxury on the Mekong on board the AmaLotus

Mark Murphy takes you on a tour of Amawaterways AmaLotus river cruise ship. The AmaLotus was specifically built for sailings in Vietnam and Cambodia where guests can take in great views along the Mekong river and find all the comforts and amenities on board.

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Viking Ocean Makes a Hollywood Debut
By James Shillinglaw

The International Ballroom at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles is most famously used for the annual Golden Globes, where the Hollywood foreign press names its best movies, TV shows and actors for the previous year. But last week, instead of such hosts as Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, or Ricky Gervais for that matter, another grand personality took to the stage. Read More...

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Dreamliner 2.0: United Gets Boeing 787 Back into the Friendly Skies

United Airlines re-launched the Boeing 787 Dreamliner with commercial service from the airline's hub in Houston to Chicago O’Hare at 11:00 a.m. on May 20. The flight took off and landed without incident. Read More...
Rea Named Tourism Cares Director, Following Beckham

Tourism Cares, a tourism industry organization whose mission is to help preserve travel resources, named Mike Rea to be its new executive director, taking the role that will be vacated by Bruce Beckham since the organization’s beginning... Read More...
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer Urges Airlines to Lower Change Fees

In the wake of recent changes at Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, U.S. Airways and United Airlines that saw spikes in ticket change fees, U.S. Senator Charles “Chuck” Schumer (D-NY) is demanding that the airlines reverse these... Read More...
The Great American Road Trip Lives, Many Plan for Road Over Air This Summer

In the week leading up to Memorial Day, travel surveys seem to be popping up like early summer flowers after an April rain. Fortunately, they all seem to be predicting a steady return to travel. As economic indicators continue to... Read More...
NYC Neighborhood is Top Memorial Day Destination

New York City's Midtown West neighborhood is the top destination for travelers over Memorial Day 2013, according to Priceline.com's Read More...
AmtrakConnect Being Added to Trains Throughout System

Wi-Fi service is being upgraded on Amtrak with the installation of AmtrakConnect cellular-based Wi-Fi using 4G technologies. The upgrade Read More...
U.S. State Department Issues Travel Alert for Egypt

The U.S. State Department issued another alert on travel to Egypt, based on “the continuing possibility of political and social unrest Read More...
Viking Ocean Cruises Set to Launch in 2015 with No NCFs Policy

Viking Ocean Cruises, the new oceangoing cruise line launched last week as sister to Viking River Cruises all under the new Viking Cruises name, will align its policies by including port fees and taxes in its commissionable fares,... Read More...
Stacy Small’s Elite Travel Becomes Full Virtuoso Member

Elite Travel International, the Los Angeles-based host travel agency owned by Stacy Small, has officially become a standalone full member of Virtuoso, the luxury travel network. The home-based host agency, with 12 outside travel agents,... Read More...
Carnival Sunshine Arrives in Barcelona After Inaugural Voyage

Carnival Cruise Lines’ Carnival Sunshine has arrived in its summer homeport of Barcelona, Spain, after a 12-day inaugural voyage from Venice, Italy. The ship, formerly known as Carnival Destiny, underwent a $155 million renovation.... Read More...

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Introducing Peru

Located on South America’s Pacific Coast, Peru is a country of geographic and cultural diversity, natural beauty and historic sites. It offers...
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