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Friday, May 10
10 things to know before visiting Morocco
Rainbows of color, spice-market smells, an urban orchestra of sounds: Morocco can be overwhelming at first. Tourism has more than doubled since 2002, to nearly 10 million visitors in 2011. King Mohammed VI wants to increase the annual visitor numbers to 18 million by 2020... CNN
Exploring the Homeland of Pope Francis I
As tours are developed to help visitors examine the new pope’s heritage in Argentina, here’s a guide to some sites you can visit in the meantime... New York Times
36 Hours in Las Vegas
Yoga among dolphins? A museum of neon? Of course! This is Las Vegas, where a weekend can include almost anything... New York Times
Tours and Activities
Louisville Distillery Joins Kentucky Bourbon Trail
The Kentucky Bourbon Trail is expanding to include a small distillery that's tucked in the shadows of skyscrapers in downtown Louisville... The Huffington Post
Expecto Patronum! Potter expansion brings Diagon Alley to Orlando
On Wednesday, Universal Studios Orlando announced that it would open The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley at Universal Studios Florida in 2014... NBCNews.com
These new roller coasters will make your head spin
Consider it the summer of the coaster. Theme parks from east to west are unveiling new roller coasters made of wood, steel and a combination thereof that soar through the air, plunge through water and perform gravity-defying stunts... USA Today
Cruise
Carnival Cruise Line Pulls out of U.K. and Europe
Carnival Cruise Lines has written a letter to travel agents and other travel trade partners in the United Kingdom and Ireland announcing it would be pulling ships deployed in the region back to U.S. home ports... CruiseCritic.com
Report: Woman jumped from ship, boyfriend followed
Video footage from the Carnival cruise ship where a young couple went missing this week appears to show the woman jumping from the vessel and her panic-stricken boyfriend following moments later... USA Today
Transportation
Best Frequent Flyer Programs For 2013: Survey Ranks Rewards Availability Among Airlines
A bizarre truism about frequent flyer miles is that the easier they are to get ahold of, it seems, the harder they are to use... The Huffington Post
FAA: Some Boeing 777s need fixes in case of fires
Without the changes, the FAA says, pilots could lose control of the planes if smoke or fire should break out... USA Today
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