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California tourism, Asiana provide ‘Oz’ tours

Nov 25, 2011

The California Travel & Tourism Commission and Asiana Airlines are together offering the “Travel of Oz, California” package. The package, which includes flight and two nights of accommodation, allow...
Qantas Airways offers ‘Queen 11’ promotion

Nov 25, 2011

Tourism Queensland and Qantas Airlines are together offering the “Queen 11” promotion via major portal sites and online channels. Through the program, visitors can fly to Brisbane with tickets start...
Miami Beach getting ready for Art Basel Dec. 1-4

Nov 25, 2011

MIAMI BEACH, Florida (AP) ― Live graffiti painting. A colossal rose bed soaring 6.1 meters high. Early photos of Andy Warhol, a Picasso up for auction and a naked woman living in a pig pen. They’re a...
Winter means hotels become the perfect getaway

Nov 25, 2011

It’s finally that time of the year when cozying up with a cup of hot chocolate and a stack of movies seems the best way to spend time off. In winter, warm, inviting hotels can become destinations in ...
Danish hotel flouts the law, reserves floor for women

Nov 23, 2011

COPENHAGEN, Nov 22, 2011 (AFP) - A Copenhagen hotel will continue reserving a whole floor for women, despite a recent ruling that doing so is discriminatory and illegal, the hotel director said Tuesd...
Flying has never been so good for those who spend

Nov 21, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― Flying has never been so good ― for those able to splurge. While most holiday travelers will fight for overhead bins and go hours without a snack or room to stretch their legs, life ...
Contemplating Jongno the quiet way

Nov 18, 2011

Foreign envoys visit select places in Bukchon as city promotes ‘responsible tourism’ Despite the cold weather, a group of ambassadors to Korea gathered at Jongno-gu Office, excited to start their fi...
Millennium Seoul Hilton to fire up Christmas train

Nov 18, 2011

Keeping its 16-year tradition, the Millennium Seoul Hilton will unveil its Christmas tree and ever-popular Christmas train on Nov. 23. Every year, a grand 10-meter Christmas tree is placed in the cen...
Air Busan celebrates third anniversary

Nov 18, 2011

Air Busan celebrates its third anniversary this month, having flown some 55,000 times carrying about 5.6 million passengers. Launching international flights to Fukuoka, Osaka, Hong Kong, Tokyo and ot...
Wedding parties in December

Nov 18, 2011

The InterContinental Seoul COEX offers a chance to make your wedding an unforgettable party during December. The package is for couples who prefer to forgo the post-wedding party and have more relaxe...
Hotels.com offers limited 101 hour Japan sale

Nov 18, 2011

Hotels.com, the global hotel specialist affiliated with the Expedia, Inc., is offering a short trip to Japan with a 50 percent discount on Japanese hotels in popular destinations for a limited 101 ho...
Baja bound? Party down in safe, happy La Paz

Nov 18, 2011

LA PAZ, Mexico ― As traffic stalled along the palm-lined street, we peered from our taxi and spied the cause. A little parade came our way: boys in crimson church robes, young women balancing flower ...
Tanzania on safari: a ‘unique, amazing place’

Nov 18, 2011

A trio of zebra marches across the great plains of the Serengeti at Singita Grumeti Reserve. (MCT) SELOUS NATIONAL PARK, Tanzania ― The hot African sun was unrelenting, the sky broken only by an occ...
Ghost alps of Antarctica reveal their secret

Nov 18, 2011

For more than half a century, geologists have wrangled over the origins of an astonishing range of mountains found beneath ice up to three kilometers (two miles) thick in East Antarctica. Named afte...
S. Korean tourist killed in boat crash in Philippines

Nov 14, 2011

A South Korean tourist was killed this week in a boat crash off the eastern coast of the Philippine island of Cebu, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday. A banana boat carrying three South Korean to...