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How a fictitious 'sea' became a top Maldivian tourist attraction
The Maldives' famous Sea of Stars is part fact, part fiction – but that just adds to the mystery of one of the country's top tourist attractions
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Air Canada Ordered to Pay Passenger Damages After Chatbot Lied About Bereavement Discounts
The Tribunal judge said Air Canada’s suggestion that the chatbot was a 'separate legal entity responsible for its own actions' didn’t make sense.
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Passengers in wheelchairs can't use most airplane washrooms. That could change
With airplane bathrooms inaccessible to most people with disabilities, those who use wheelchairs have a necessary pre-flight routine: Dehydrate and hope for the best.
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Japan to introduce six-month residency visa for 'digital nomads'
IT workers can work remotely while traveling around the country
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Airline starts weighing passengers at the gate
Finnair’s new trial at Helsinki airport is weighing volunteer passengers at the gate, along with their hand luggage. The pilot project is to help the airline better calculate accurate weights of passengers and baggage being loaded onto the plane.
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Top 10 spots in Central America
By Lonely Planet.
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Photographer Has $2,000 in Camera Gear Go Missing After a JetBlue Flight
When photographer Jess T. Dugan picked up her luggage after a flight from Chicago to Boston on December 18th, something didn't feel quite right.
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Most Outrageous Travel News of 2012
This year in news sure gave us plenty to talk about around the water cooler. From very special coffee ingredients to ex-con exploits aboard aircraft, we look at the year's craziest travel stories.
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How Santa got his reindeer
Millions of people know Clement Clarke Moore's poem "The Night Before Christmas," written in New York in 1822 and believed to describe Santa's mode of transportation, a reindeer-driven sleigh, for the first time.
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8 Places where you shouldn't travel alone
Some of the world's most appealing destinations are also some of the most complicated places to visit. Here, eight places where even the most streetwise traveler would be smart to enlist guidance.
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Expedia pays $632 million for majority stake in Trivago
Expedia plans to acquire a 61.6% equity position in Trivago, a German metasearch company for a total consideration of Euro 477 million ($632 million).
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China: a beginner's guide
Advice for those planning on traveling to China.
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Letter From a Passenger: “How Do TSA Employees Feel About Working For a Despised Agency?”
“Would you know if the TSA higher-ups acknowledge the outcry against the agency and how they are attempting to handle said outcry? And are the screeners themselves aware, and how are they attempting to handle the outcry?”
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Aogashima Island – Living inside a Volcano
Can you imagine yourself living in a giant volcanic crater? Well, for starters, you can forget about Starbucks. But it sure would be the ultimate destination to get away from it all. It’s not all that surprising then, that about 200 people actually inhabit the Japanese volcanic island of Aogashima,
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World’s Worst Hotel Warns Visitors Not to Sue Before They Arrive
What’s the worst hotel you’ve ever stayed in? Never mind, it couldn’t have been any worse than the Hans Brinker Budget Hostel in Amsterdam, which actually prides itself on being the “world’s worst hotel”.
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Bizarre Buildings From Europe to North America
Weird architecture extends far beyond Brutalism and the scary Cold War edificies of the Eastern Bloc. Across the world, people have made their home and work spaces out of trains, planes, automobiles and the even more bizarre.
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Walt Disney World Debuts Largest Magic Kingdom Expansion Ever
When Walt Disney World's New Fantasyland opens Thursday in the Magic Kingdom, guests will be in for a slew of magical moments, and they'll have plenty of room to enjoy them. This portion of the park nearly doubled in size, making it the largest expansion in the park's 41-year history.
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Unexplained Earth Phenomenon: The Pink Lake Hillier, Western Australia
It can only be seen from the sky since it is prohibited to walk on Middle Island in Western Australia. The reason for this permanent pink color remains undetermined but the best scientific hypothesis seems to linked to Dunaliella Salina, a green microalgae, and to halobacteria in the water.
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Seeing the World Through an Airplane Window
Whenever I fly I always ask for a window seat. Seeing the world from above gives you a different perspective on the world. Patterns emerge, nature shines and cities feel colossal.
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Finding Beauty Secrets From Around The World
Though we regularly tout the best tips and tricks from American beauty gurus, this article celebrates the secrets of women around the world.
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