Travel officials push back on business travel
May 13, 2009 ·
The CEO of Internet travel site Travelocity said Wednesday that misguided criticism of business travel has led to a lot of confusion about what’s acceptable. Speaking to a Senate subcommittee on tourism, Sam Gilliland said the Treasury Department’s failure to carefully define what constitutes luxury and excessive travel has led to “paralyzing confusion … in [...]
Conservation effort targets Montana hotels guests
May 4, 2009 ·
People checking in at some Montana hotels and other lodging establishments will be asked whether they care to contribute a dollar or two to help conserve part of the landscape that draws tourists here by the millions. A new program invites innkeepers to make ever-so-subtle pitches for small sums that will help pay landowners who [...]
Midwest hopes for ‘Public Enemies’ tourism
April 27, 2009 ·
John Dillinger: America’s most notorious criminal or Robin Hood of the Great Depression? It doesn’t matter to the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, which wants people to visit Wisconsin locales related to his gang’s time here in the 1930s and the movie filmed in the state, “Public Enemies.” It stars Johnny Depp as Dillinger. The movie [...]
Thinking of travel? It’s spring in the Ozarks
March 30, 2009 ·
It’s spring in the Ozarks, wildflowers will be blooming on the hills and fish will be looking for baited hooks. And if that doesn’t persuade you to plan a visit, follow a few Web links to learn about that tourist magnet called Branson, Mo. Don’t know a redbud from a dogwood? Look for “Spring Bloom [...]
St. Louis on the cheap: from the Arch to the zoo
March 26, 2009 ·
The French who founded this city in 1764 left instructions for having a good time. The Germans brought the beer, built the brick mansions and got things organized. Henry Shaw, inspired by the gardens of his native England, created a magnificent botanical garden. The Italians gave us The Hill neighborhood of tidy working-class homes and [...]
Greek ruins tell stories, from Acropolis to Jesus
March 23, 2009 ·
I saw the news on a sunny spring day, traipsing through ruins where the Oracle held court, in a place once deemed the center of the Earth. The report was dated by a couple of thousand years, carved in ancient Greek letters on a marble slab, filled with passages of the era’s noteworthy events. It [...]
New rules for Dubai seek to tame expat exploits
March 16, 2009 ·
A peck on the cheek in public? Probably OK. Steamy embrace? Get a room. That’s the message coming from Dubai authorities in their latest struggle to tame public behavior in this glitzy Gulf city state that sells itself as a place where the Middle East meets the wild West. Dubai revealed the new behavior guidelines [...]
