Archive for May, 2012

Feds crack down on unsafe bus companies

Calling it the single largest crackdown on bus companies that the Department of Transportation has ever undertaken, Secretary Ray LaHood announced Thursday the agency has shut down 26 bus operators for breaking federal safety rules. CNN.com – Travel Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about [...]

Hotel chain rolls out UV sterilization

Out of sight, out of mind. That’s a mantra hotel guests tend to adopt as they tuck into rooms inhabited by hundreds of previous guests — and possibly the microscopic germs and debris they leave behind. CNN.com – Travel Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet [...]

HMV sells Hammersmith Apollo for £32m

Sale to Stage C, jointly owned by Anschutz’s AEG and ticketing group CTS Eventim, allows the UK entertainment retailer to focus on restructuring Travel & Leisure company news from the Financial Times Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on [...]

Spelling Bee agony, ecstasy

In 2001, I walked into the editorial pit of the men’s magazine where I was working as an art director and saw the almost all-dude staff glued to ESPN coverage. As I glimpsed the TV screen, a shock of panic and nausea wracked my body, and I bolted from the room. A friend followed to [...]

Unique same-sex weddings

Kathryn Hamm and her fiancée had no blueprint to follow when they were planning their wedding in 1999. Same-sex marriage wasn’t legal anywhere in the country, and “commitment ceremonies” were mostly small affairs that didn’t get a lot of coverage in bridal magazines or newspaper wedding announcements. CNN.com – Travel Bookmark on Delicious Digg this [...]

10 charming island towns that offer history, local flavor (USA TODAY)

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Feds Shut Down 26 Budget Bus Firms

The Department of Transportation has shut down 26 bus companies servicing the East Coast corridor because of public safety concerns.  The crackdown targets a ticket seller, nine operating companies, 13 previously shutdown companies and three companies applying for approval. “These aggressive enforcement actions against unsafe… ABC News: Travel Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend [...]

New York moves to ban ‘supersized’ sodas

Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-obesity plan would stop food service establishments selling sugary drinks in portions bigger than 16 ounces Travel & Leisure company news from the Financial Times Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

Over-the-Top Foodie Vacations

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