It’s been a wild week in the world, and in the world of travel.
So here’s a quick round-up of the travel articles we posted on our Web site this week, in case you missed any of them …
In Off the Brochure Travel Guide: Copenhagen, Denmark we show you where to go to see the sights, rub elbows with royals, and shop ’til you drop in the stunning Scandinavian city known for both casual elegance and formal pageantry.
In The 10 Best Airport Hotels Worldwide, USA Today‘s “10 Best” columnist Kathy Baruffi recently checked in with Peter to find out which airport hotels are his favorites.
The recession that is affecting the American airline industry is also affecting airlines worldwide. In Air Traffic Hit Hard By Global Economic Crisis we look at the state of the airline industry across the globe.
American Airlines has been at war with the online world recently. First there was a spat with meta-search engine Kayak, now they’re suing Yahoo. In American and the Internet: What’s an Airline to Do we summarize the issues at stake.
Last week, well-known environmentalist Dorothy Green died in Los Angeles. Author Jamie Simons, who was a friend of Green, writes a moving elegy to the woman who was a traveler in the best sense of the word in Grateful Traveler: Journey On, Dorothy Green.
In our video European Car Delivery Programs we show you how to take a “buy/drive” vacation, where you buy a European car at the factory and drive it around before having it shipped home.
In our news summary piece, Will ‘Improved’ TSA Watch List Make Us Safer? we discuss whether the TSA’s “no fly” list really helps prevent terrorist attacks, even with the recent changes announced this week.
Politicians and industry leaders have been talking for weeks about how they are going to save Wall Street, but what about our nation’s travel infrastructure? Peter blogs about this and more in Transportation Policy, Colin Powell and Southwest Losses.
Several people were arrested in the U.K. this weekend after bringing home some rather unusual souvenirs from their cruise. Get the full story in our news summary, Seven Arrested in Cruise Ship Drug Bust.
What’s the top destination in the world? What’s the best airline? Cruise line? More than 32,000 Condé Nast Traveler readers magazine voted on their favorites, and the results can be found here.
At some wineries, you can do more than just swirl and spit – you can actually go behind the scenes and really get your hands dirty. In Wine Boot Camp Chronicles David Latt dishes on places where you can get a workout with your wine.
The pain at the pump is starting to ease – for now. AAA reports that gas prices are down sharply from earlier this year. Read more about where prices are lowest (and why) in our news summary, Gas Prices Drop, Drivers Sigh in Relief.
On Wednesday a fishing vessel sank in Alaskan waters, killing five fishermen. Our summary, Deadly Catch: Alaska Fishing Vessel Katmai Sinks, gives the details on what happened and why.
When most people think of hotel jobs, they think of bellmen, concierges and maids. But what about Duck Master or Chief Beer Officer? Read about these and others in Beyond the Bellman: Unusual, and Enviable, Hotel Jobs.
