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Fare of the Day: Minneapolis, MN (MSP) to Istanbul, Turkey (IST) $604 RT, including all taxes on Air Canada.

Feeling Fancy? British Airways has dropped their Business Class fares for summer travel between June 28 and September 5, 2013. Fares from New York to the UK and Europe start at just $2699. Although, it's not just New York for this sale. We found low business class fares from all over the United States to multiple destinations …

By Sue Zeidler (Reuters) - MGM Resorts International on Thursday filed a proposal with the state of Maryland to develop an $800 million casino resort, after winning the right to proceed with the project in a costly lobbying effort against rival Penn National Gaming Inc . MGM filed its proposal for a license with the Maryland …

May 8 (The Sports Xchange) - Ronde Barber is retiring from the NFL after 16 seasons and a franchise-record 241 games played, all with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. FOX Sports' Jay Glazer first reported Barber's retirement Wednesday. Barber, a five-time Pro Bowl pick and three-time All-Pro, never missed a game in his final 16 …

MARANELLO, Italy (AP) — Ferrari will limit sales of its high-performance street cars this year to protect the brand's aura of exclusivity, Chairman Luca Montezemolo said Wednesday.

By Ilaina Jonas NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings has put the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua Resort, a 54-acre luxury condo and hotel resort in Maui, Hawaii, on the block as it continues to sell off its real estate holdings to pay off creditors, said two sources familiar with the deal. The sale is expected to fetch more …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — To step into club XS at the Wynn Las Vegas is to enter the dreamscape of a modern artist with fetishes for gold and bronze and bodies in motion.

MONROE, Wis. (AP) — The sign above the bar in Baumgartner's Cheese Store and Tavern warns visitors about the perils of sampling the $3.25 house specialty — a slab of Limburger cheese on rye bread slathered with onions and mustard.

NEW YORK (AP) — When I was young, I learned a lot about travel from my mother. She taught me how and what to pack. She taught me to keep a travel diary to record my memories. And most importantly, she taught me how to power-sightsee.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration has sufficient funds to keep 149 low activity contract towers originally slated for closure in June open for the remainder of fiscal year 2013, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement. LaHood said the FAA would also put $10 million towards reducing …

People travel from all over the world to walk the Freedom Trail in Boston, see the autumn leaves turn in Vermont and New Hampshire and eat lobster in Maine. A new campaign involving tourism officials in ...

A tourism official with an Albuquerque-based group has been named to the Commerce Department's national travel advisory board. Sherry Rupert, who is vice president of the American Indian Alaska Native ...

A New Mexico tourism official has been named to the Commerce Department's national travel advisory board. Sherry Rupert, who is vice president of the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man who stripped naked during a security check at Portland International Airport says he expects the Transportation Security Administration to uphold its $1,000 fine at a hearing Tuesday.

By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - A Korean-American sentenced to 15 years hard labour in North Korea was a missionary who used his tourism business to form groups to overthrow the government, the state's Supreme Court said. Kenneth Bae, 44, was sentenced earlier this month after being detained late last year leading a tour …

American Airlines has agreed to pay $24.9 million to settle $162 million in potential fines that were proposed by U.S. safety regulators. American called the payment "a reasonable resolution" ...

South Korea's president ended her first U.S. trip on Thursday by joining the governor of California and the mayor of Los Angeles in a toast to future trade and tourism and stronger cultural ties between ...

American Airlines is beginning daily nonstop flights between Dallas and South Korea, adding a new route to Asia, where it lags behind rivals United and Delta. American said the first westbound flight was ...

By Matt Smith DUBAI (Reuters) - The number of tourists visiting the Seychelles rose a better than expected 15 percent in the first four months of 2013, the Republic's tourism minister said on Thursday, thanks to an influx of holidaymakers from Asia and a pick-up in visitors from some parts of Europe. The country now expects …

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin is announcing nearly $1.2 million in funding for projects at six Iowa airports. The money from the Federal Aviation Administration will fund projects at airports in Belle Plain, Forest ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventy-two airport towers and other air traffic control facilities that were slated to close at night due to budget cuts will get to stay open, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday.

American Airlines said Wednesday that traffic and a key revenue measure both declined in April, adding to indications of weaker pricing power among the nation's carriers. Passenger revenue for each mile ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will seek to entice tourists from other states and countries vacationing in New York City to be lured to upstate destinations, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday after a statewide "tourism summit."