mTrip app for iPhone uses augmented reality
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:36:00 CST
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale.
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Baby 'Rothschild' giraffe born in Ontario
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:47:00 CST
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - The largest herd of Rothschild giraffes in Canada is now a little bigger, with the birth of "Johanna" at the African Lion Safari.
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Va luring fall tourists with new website
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:56:00 CST
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia is hoping a new website will help lure fall travellers to the commonwealth.
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Utah ski areas add bubble chair, amenities
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:48:00 CST
PARK CITY, Utah - Utah's fastest growing ski area is spending millions of dollars to reconfigure the mountain and add North America's first heated chair lift with a bubble shield that swings over passengers like a pair of orange goggles.
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Tours along the Miami River full of history
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:37:00 CST
MIAMI - The Miami River isn't the prettiest body of water in the city. It's not the clearest or the cleanest, and it's certainly not made for swimming. But along its banks are remnants of Miami as it once was.
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Comair says it will reduce fleet, staff
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:34:00 CST
CINCINNATI - Delta Air Lines Inc. subsidiary Comair will reduce its fleet by more than half and cut staffing over the next two years to become more competitive, the regional airline said Wednesday.
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ATCO sells travel business to Maritime
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:10:00 CST
CALGARY - Maritime Travel Inc., one of Canada's largest independently owned travel agency groups, has bought the travel assets of Alberta energy services and utilities company ATCO Ltd. (TSX:ACO.X), the two companies said Wednesday.
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Italian food, wine destination opens in NYC
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:22:00 CST
NEW YORK, N.Y. - It's as if Little Italy is all grown up.
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Au pair reunion is good excuse for family trip
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:38:00 CST
COLOGNE, Germany - There's nothing like having someone live with you for a year to forge a lifelong friendship. But you can't just drop by for coffee when that person lives across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Five vine values in the Napa Valley
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:26:00 CST
NAPA, Calif. - No doubt about it, the Napa Valley can be expensive. Hundred-dollar bottle of wine? They've got it. Thousand-a-night hotel suite? Right this way. But there are vine values to be found if you know where to look.
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Five-day Corvette tour will lap Kentucky
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:29:00 CST
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A "One Lap of Kentucky" tour sponsored by the National Corvette Museum will take riders on a five-day tour of some of the state's top attractions.
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Water, wind build Great Sand Dunes
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:11:00 CST
MOSCA, Colo. - Driving up to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, the view seems almost silly: Across from shallow creeks at the base of the 4,260-metre Sangre de Cristo Mountains sit the largest sand piles in North America, kept in place by wind and water.
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Backpacking website wins travel blog award
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:47:00 CST
TORONTO - A website dedicated to backpacking in Canada was named best travel blog at the Canadian Tourism Commission's GoMedia 2010 awards.
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Snakes, whales on Manitoba video site
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:45:00 CST
WINNIPEG - Need an idea on what to see during a visit to Manitoba? A new online campaign by Travel Manitoba offers video clips from around the province, ranging from whale watching at Churchill to snake handling near Narcisse.
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Fiord route among late summer Que. road trips
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:44:00 CST
MONTREAL - A Quebec-based tourism group is suggesting a number of road trips for travellers looking to explore the province in late summer and fall, including a jaunt around Lac Saint-Jean and a tour along the Outaouais River.
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People in stuck Arctic cruise back in Edmonton
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:16:00 CST
EDMONTON - First there was a loud shriek, then a sudden stop.
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Rio wants tourists visiting its slums
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:03:00 CST
RIO DE JANEIRO - Tourists usually try to run from Rio's notorious slums. Now officials are inviting them to come visit instead.
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N.L. lighthouse picnic a trip through time
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:49:00 CST
FERRYLAND, N.L. - Sea breezes mingle with the aroma of home-baked bread as you enter the lighthouse cottage in Ferryland, N.L., and step back in time.
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Travelling while pregnant? Doctor offers tips
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:27:00 CST
TORONTO - It's not uncommon for a woman who's expecting a baby to go on vacation beforehand, knowing that the early months of motherhood will be filled with diaper changes, feedings and sleepless nights.
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Passengers moved off grounded cruise ship
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:31:00 CST
TORONTO - Cruise ship passengers who've been stranded in the Arctic for almost two days were rescued by the Canadian Coast Guard Sunday.
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