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Italy reveals its new national airline
15/10/2021

They've long dominated the food and fashion worlds, this year they've dominated sports, and now they're aiming for the skies....
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$80M superyacht concept has a 'gaping hole'
15/10/2021

Previous offerings include a yacht in the form of a swan and another devised to resemble a shark, but Lazzarini Design Studio's latest superyacht concept may be one of its most daring yet....
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Airbus A380: Where to fly in a superjumbo as aviation returns
15/10/2021

The Covid-19 pandemic threatened to render the A380 obsolete. But as international travel resumes, airlines including Singapore Airlines and British Airways are getting their superjumbos back into the sky....
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Bali now open to tourists from 19 countries
14/10/2021

Indonesia's Bali and Riau Islands are reopening to visitors from 19 countries starting Thursday, according to the country's Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan....
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Yellowstone sets September and year-to-date attendance records
14/10/2021

Yellowstone National Park has done it again....
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How Italy's high-speed trains helped kill Alitalia
14/10/2021

Alitalia takes to the skies for the last time on October 14. Did Italy's status as the only country in the world with two competing high-speed rail networks play a part in its national airline's fall?...
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Here's who will be able to get into the US more easily -- and whose trip just got harder
13/10/2021

Another bit of welcome news for travelers clamoring to get into the United States came Tuesday with the announcement that land borders with Canada and Mexico will reopen to fully vaccinated visitors in November....
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How she was chosen to be the only tourist in Bhutan
15/10/2021

Fran Bak never read "Eat, Pray, Love."...
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Southwest Airlines canceled her entire family's flights and they missed her wedding day
13/10/2021

What was supposed to be a special day over the weekend instead became an emotional roller coaster for a bride whose family couldn't attend her wedding after Southwest Airlines canceled thousands of flights around the country....
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Inside Burj Al Arab's $25,000-a-night Royal Suite
13/10/2021

Once, only the super rich could glimpse the luxury of the Royal Suite at Dubai's Burj Al Arab. Now the hotel is offering butler-led guided tours....
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Europeans were enjoying blue cheese and beer 2,700 years ago, ancient poop shows
13/10/2021

Iron Age Europeans enjoyed foods that are still part of our diet today -- like blue cheese and beer -- new research studying ancient poop has shown....
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Thailand to allow some vaccinated tourists to bypass quarantine
12/10/2021

Thailand has taken another step toward fully reopening to tourism by allowing fully vaccinated tourists from a handful of approved countries to bypass quarantine from November 1....
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'Superman' cyclist shows off Colombia's underrated Boyacá region
13/08/2021

These Colombian mountains have forged the iron legs of the top Colombian cyclists. Movistar team member Miguel Angel Lopez grew up in Pesca, Boyacá -- training on the unforgiving hills of the Andean Mountains amid colonial architecture and colorful small towns....
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Fiji reopening December 1
12/10/2021

Fiji will reopen to fully vaccinated tourists on December 1, 2021, according to an official statement from the country's national tourism body....
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Edge-of-space balloon trips to cost $50,000
08/10/2021

What do you do for ultimate bragging rights when you've already visited the Grand Canyon, the Great Barrier Reef, the Serengeti and the Giza Pyramids?...
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Southwest Airlines cancellations: What are airline passengers entitled to?
11/10/2021

Your flight is canceled. You have to stay over in a hotel and pay for dinner or scramble to find a rental car. What are you entitled to?...
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What to know about Europe's newest airline
08/10/2021

There's a week to go before the world's newest airline launches, and it's promising to bring some dolce vita back to the skies....
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There's a 'lost city' here that's older than Machu Picchu
09/07/2018

Tourism to Colombia has grown exponentially in recent years, with thousands more people flocking to the South American destination after decades of it being practically off limits because of a long, drawn-out civil war....
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Time Out picks the 'world's coolest' neighborhood for 2021
07/10/2021

The top 10 includes the foodie hub of Leith in Edinburgh, Scotland and artsy Station District in Vilnius, Lithuania, but which neighborhood is the hippest hangout in Time Out's round-up?...
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Qantas repatriation flight sets aviation record
07/10/2021

Australian airline Qantas has set a company record by flying a one-off direct flight from Buenos Aires to the city of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory....
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A new way of life for former FARC guerrillas
28/09/2021

Clinging to a cliff edge above the rumbling foam of the Pato River, Miravalle is home to former FARC guerrillas and civilians who are using rafting to maintain peace....
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World's 50 best restaurants for 2021
07/10/2021

The gentle clink of glasses, the low hum of conversation, the soft lights and appetite-whetting scents....
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'Luxury' 2,700-year-old toilet discovered in Jerusalem
06/10/2021

A 2,700-year-old toilet has been found during archaeological excavations of a former royal mansion in Jerusalem....
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The world's most powerful passports for 2021
05/10/2021

The global gap in travel freedoms has never been wider, says the latest report by London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners....
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Goodbye, pencil skirts: Why one airline is rethinking its uniforms
12/10/2021

The privately-owned Ukrainian carrier says it made the decision after researching the history of uniforms and collecting feedback from their staff....
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Bali to reopen international airport
05/10/2021

Indonesia will reopen its tourist island Bali for some international travelers, including those from China, New Zealand, and Japan, among others, from October 14, senior cabinet minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Monday, October 4....
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Fat Bear Week 2021 crowns its winner
06/10/2021

A generously girthed brown bear by the name of 480 Otis is again the winner of Fat Bear Week, the fourth time this ursine wonder has claimed the crown....
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Covid-19 travel restrictions and safety guidance state by state
04/10/2021

Almost all travel restrictions between US states have been lifted since the spring and early summer of 2021. As we enter the fall travel season, the Delta variant wave has begun to subside in some of the hardest-hit areas. Since the start of the pandemic, total cases of Covid-19 have reached around ...
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New Zealand says foreign nationals must have coronavirus vaccination to enter country from November
03/10/2021

All foreign nationals entering New Zealand will need to be fully vaccinated from November 1, the government announced Sunday....
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German hotel investigating after Jewish musician says he was discriminated against
05/10/2021

A hotel in Germany has launched an investigation and suspended employees after musician Gil Ofarim, who is Jewish, alleged he was discriminated against on Monday because he was prominently wearing a Star of David necklace....
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