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TRO Travelgram: Feb 14

02-14-2013

 

Thursday, February 14
Destinations
Destination: Vancouver
Green, happily multicultural and lushly nestled into the craggy northern Pacific coastline: that's Vancouver in a, well, pine cone...IndependentTraveler.com

Top five off-peak destinations for Spring 2013
Spring: It's that magical time of year when the cost of travel to key destinations stays affordable, while warmer, temperate weather breezes in... USA Today

Dunes and Drama on a Drive Through Oman
During a weeklong road trip, camping by the sea, getting saved from the sand and learning about camel-bender insurance... New York Times

Tours and Activities
Salar de Uyuni - the salt flat where dust devils etch the surface 
Bolivia's vast salt flat is said to have been created by a mountain goddess. Neil McQuillian is in thrall to this otherwordly landscape...The Independent

Great American Bites: Gordon Ramsay BurGR in Las Vegas
Gordon Ramsay may be an internationally renowned, Michelin-starred celebrity chef and TV star, but when it comes to Sin City he's just like the rest of us – captivated... USA Today

Cruise
Alaska Requires More Transparency During Cruise Port Shopping Lectures
Cruise ship port promotion companies – the folks who run the port shopping lectures onboard cruise ships – must alert passengers to the fact they are being paid to mention certain stores and may not discourage anyone from visiting nonparticipating stores, according to a legal settlement between the promotion companies and the Alaska Attorney General... CruiseCritic.com

Conditions on disabled US cruise ship in dispute
Relatives of passengers on the disabled cruise ship say there's no running water aboard. But Carnival Cruise Lines announced yesterday that water is running following an engine fire Sunday...USA Today

Carnival dispatches third tugboat to tow crippled ship
Carnival dispatched a third tugboat on Wednesday to tow the crippled Carnival Triumph into Mobile, Ala., and announced the cancellation of sailings on the ship through April 13... USA Today

Transportation
American-US Air deal would cut passenger choices
US Airways' expected purchase of bankrupt American Airlines would leave U.S. industry with four mega-airlines, and most passengers with even fewer choices than that... CNN

American-US Airways: What it means for you
Now that the long-rumored merger between American Airlines and US Airways is finally a reality, travelers may be nervous about what’s next -- and rightly so... NBCNews.com

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