Travel News Headlines

The latest weekly sale from Southwest is valid for Monday through Saturday travel, from January 7 through May 15. Sale fares may not be available on all flights, such as those that operate during peak travel periods. Avoid Blackout Dates: February 15 - February 18, March 7 - March 23, March 28 - April 1, and April 5.

JetBlue's Travel-Tuesday Sale is good for travel from December 11 through February 13. Avoid blackout dates from December 21 through January 6. Travel days and other restrictions will vary by route, so be sure to read our Fare Details for specifics.

It's not possible for Katie Jackson to be any more clear about what she wants for Christmas. It's the same thing she has asked for three years running: a dog.

(Reuters) - Toll Brothers Inc , the largest luxury homebuilder in the United States, reported a higher quarterly profit and said new orders rose sharply, indicating that the U.S. housing market is well on its way to recovery. The U.S. housing recovery has gained traction this year with prices for single-family homes having …

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese authorities are pressing Macau to step up scrutiny of money transfers as part of a broader move to combat corruption and promote "responsible gaming" in the casino halls of the world's largest gambling hub. In recent weeks, Macau's gambling industry has received clear signals that tougher regulation …

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Out of the kitchen and into the hotel lobby: Gingerbread houses have gone from being a homemade project done with mom to professional exhibits designed by pastry chefs and sometimes even architects.

Out of the kitchen and into the hotel lobby: Gingerbread houses have gone from being a homemade project done with mom to professional exhibits designed by pastry chefs and sometimes even architects.

From elaborately decorated trees to drive-through lighting displays to boat parades and train shows, a variety of holiday spectacles are being staged through the end of December and into early January around the country. Here are a few of them.

With cactus and strip malls obstructing the views at times, visitors could easily write Phoenix off as a place where water and culture are scarce. But this metropolis — which includes upscale Scottsdale and college town Tempe — is a nature lover's oasis with pristine peaks and the vast Sonoran desert.

From memoirs and maps to beautiful hard-covers suitable for coffee-table display, here are some ideas for holiday gifts from this year's crop of travel books and publications. (Prices shown are cover list prices.)

(Reuters) - Boeing said Tuesday that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is requiring inspections of all 787 Dreamliners currently in service to confirm that fuel line connectors have been properly installed. The FAA requirement, due to be issued Wednesday, "makes mandatory inspections already recommended by Boeing," …

Customer-service agents at American Airlines have started voting on whether to be represented by a union, and results will be announced Jan. 15.American went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in an ...

One of the newest planes in the fleet of United Airlines made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Tuesday because of a mechanical issue.United says the plane, a Boeing 787, was flying from Houston to ...

Broadway producers got a reminder of how important tourists and the Internet are to their bottom line with the release of a new report about the demographics of theatergoers.

United Airlines says it will pay $100 bonuses to employees after recording its best on-time performance of this year in November.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi faced the prospect of widening civil disobedience on Monday as media and the tourism industry pondered measures to join a protest by judges against the Islamist leader.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's privately-owned Dalian Wanda Group, the world's largest movie theater owner, is in talks with "well-known" hotel chains for acquisition opportunities in the United States, its chairman said on Monday. Wanda, which also has interests in real estate, tourism and department stores, bought U.S.-based …

Hawaii is on track to welcome a record number of visitors to the islands this year, the Hawaii Tourism Authority said Thursday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling traded flat against the dollar on Friday and was expected to firm in coming days, helped by money sent home by the country's diaspora and income from tourism. Commercial banks quoted the shilling at 85.85/95 per dollar at 0757 GMT, unchanged from Thursday's close. "We normally see …

DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has "effectively closed the country's remaining forum for free speech" with a decree issued earlier this month that tightened the law on online dissent, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. The U.S.-allied UAE, a Gulf trading and tourism hub and big oil producer, has not seen …

Federal consumer-protection officials have warned hotel operators against tacking on unexpected fees that are not apparent when people book rooms on their websites.

Tourists will soon have a new way to see the lights of Las Vegas: By being spit out of the mouth of an 11-story slot machine and zinged down a five-block zip line past some of the city's oldest casinos.

ONEKAMA, Mich. - For more than a century, easy access to Lake Michigan has made Onekama a popular place for summer visitors and a refuge for boaters fleeing dangerous storms. Now the community itself needs a rescue, from slumping lake levels that threaten its precious link to open water.