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Gretchen Kelly

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America's Best Summer Towns: Bristol, Rhode Island

Welcome to Bristol, Rhode Island : home to American's very first Fourth of July Parade, innovative farm-to-table dining, four-poster bed and breakfasts, wildlife-rich nature reserves…

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Lights! Camera! Plane Tickets! The Biggest "Set-Jetting" Destinations

"Set-jetting" means traveling on inspiration from your favorite films or TV shows. More and more destinations are banking on the hope that blockbuster movies or hit Netflix shows…

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Raven Trekking: Edgar Allan Poe's Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia , still feels haunted by the spirit of one of America's greatest and most misunderstood poets and horror writers, Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849). Although Poe was born…

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Bucket List: Tourism Board Gets Iced

Visit Syracuse has tagged Visit Rochester and the I LOVE NY team in the Convention and Visitors Board version of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.  Taunting Rochester and…

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Highland "Games"—Visit Scotland Banks on Outlander to Be New Game of Thrones

VisitScotland is banking on the new Starz TV series Outlander to out game Game of Thrones.Sword slashing, derring-do, lots of sex and violence along with a compellingly…

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Cuomo Boosts Northern NY Tourism at Adirondack Challenge

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo may be hobbled by scandal in the corridors of power but on Indian Lake in the Adirondacks it was smooth sailing this past weekend.The…

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Will APC Machines Speed Your Airport Arrivals? Delta is Banking On It

If you're one of those travelers who love being greeted back into the US by Customs officials you may have to wait a lot longer, but your trip through customs could get a lot…

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#CarryOnShame Campaign Exposes Bag Hogs on U.S. Airlines: Are You Next?

When Spud Hilton, Travel Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote about carry-on bag hogs on the paper’s travel blog, Bad Latitude, this week, he had no idea that the response…

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Would You Bet $25 That Your Flight Will Be Delayed?

If you’re like most travelers across the U.S., you are probably looking forward to a summer of hurricane and storm-related flight delays, cancellations and missed connections.A…

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Disney’s “Deep Dive": Four-Day Vacays and the Amazon

Adventures by Disney has unveiled new vacation options based on their research that shows families want more and more “deep dive” experiential travel—a growing trend that hotels…

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Sydney Gets Lit: Vivid Sydney 2014 Brightens Up the Harbour

Even on the dullest day, Sydney is a vibrant city. But from May 24 to June 10 Sydney will get “Vivid.”The annual winter (yes, it's winter in Australia now) Vivid Sydney…

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Minions, Mayhem and Universal’s Godzilla-Sized “Footprint”

Universal Studios Theme Parks & Resorts, flush with funds from its gajillionaire owner Comcast is going mano a mano with Disney in an all out bid to own the theme park…

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Now We Are Free: Paris Says “Merci” on Anniversary of Liberation

August 19, 1944 began the “Battle for Paris” that culminated in the City of Light being liberated from occupation when the final German troops left on August 25th.This 70th…

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Where in the World is Godzilla? Hint: It's Not Tokyo

The web is abuzz with talk of the remake of the Toho classic film, Godzilla, premiering around the country in May.  Advance word is the remix (this time with Bryan Cranston) is as…

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Salem Still Bewitches: What to See In MA's Historic Town

If you’ve been watching TV trailers you may have seen the promos for the new WGN America series Salem.  Taking a page from the popular show American Horror: Coven, which was…

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Hot Type to Go: Is the Print Travel Magazine Dying? Two Editors See Open Horizons

The future of the physical, non-virtual travel magazine is on travelers’ talking lists lately.  The recent shake-ups at Condé Nast Traveler and its subsequent high profile…

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Game On: As the HBO Series Returns, Travelers are Being Lured to Game of Thrones Destinations

They’re back.  Jaime Lannister and his twisted sister Cersei, Tyrion the wise, Joffrey the awful, the Mother of Dragons and the whole crew (minus some key family members that were…

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Divergent’s Wrecked Version of the Windy City Lures “Set-Jetters” To Chicago

Chicago has always been an iconic city in American movies.  From ‘30s gangster films to John Hughes’ feel good teen flicks like Home Alone and Risky Business in the 1980s,…