36 Hours in Nashville

Sure, you can still tap your feet to a country beat in Music City, but keep exploring and you’ll find everything from enticing shops to a dynamic food scene.

















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TripAdvisor shares top on-site engagement strategies for hotels

TripAdvisor is a master of traveler engagement. The company thrives when users consult the website for every hotel purchasing decision, and therefore ...



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Best Uses Of LifeMiles Pre-Devaluation?

Yesterday Avianca's LifeMiles program announced a 100% bonus on purchased miles, which they historically have offered several times per year. It's an opportunity to pick up LifeMiles for 1.5 cents each, which is a great price.

What makes this promotion unique is that:

-- LifeMiles will be devaluing their award chart for travel booked as of October 15, 2014

-- LifeMiles will be increasing the cost of purchased miles by 10% starting September 30, 2014

That's a bit of a double whammy, since both sides of the value equation are worsening -- within a two week period they're going to charge you more for less valuable miles.

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#NGTRadar: Travel Lately

The Radar—the latest and best from the travel blogosphere—is a regular feature on Intelligent Travel every other Wednesday. You can play, too. Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTravel and tag your favorite travel stories #NGTRadar to help us find the crème de la crème on the Web. Here are our newest picks.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/09/03/ngtradar-travel-lately-35/

Dos and don'ts of cemetery conduct

No matter where you go, chances are someone died before you got there.



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E.U. Urges Sharing Intelligence to Avert Air Disasters

Europe’s top aviation safety agency urged national governments to better enable international regulators and airlines to assess the risks of flying over conflict zones.

















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Stop the reclining seat insanity

Maria Cardona says three recent flights were diverted when passengers fought over reclining seats. The solution is obvious: Ban reclining seats

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/02/opinion/cardona-ban-reclining-seats-on-planes/index.html

IHG Into The Nights Promo Launches Tomorrow

It looks IHG Rewards Club will be introducing their next global promotion tomorrow. It will be called Into The Nights, though in practice it looks very similar to the Big Win promotion they ran last year.

Here are all the details we have so far:

-- Current IHG® Rewards Club members and new members can register for the “Into the Nights” hotel rewards promotion at www.ihg.com/freenights

-- Members will receive custom offers to earn bonus points or bonus miles such as: stay more and earn more or stay on the weekend

-- Stay period begins Sept. 4 and ends Dec. 31; members can stay to start earning

-- Members can track their offers and rewards via a customized Rewards Tracker at www.ihg.com/freenights

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New Partner Mileage Earning Bonus

Frequent Flyer Bonuses highlights and offer of up to 5000 bonus miles for earning points with partners on air berlin. Earn up to 5,000 Top Bonus Miles when you earn topbonus miles from at least two different partners. Register Online (Registration is required) Until Oct 31, 14 Bonuses as follows: 2 partner services – 2,000 […]

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Teddy Bear At Doha Hamad International Airport

A few days ago I visited the new Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar.

It's an impressive airport, and there are lots of interesting things about it.

In my opinion nothing quite matches the 6.8 million dollar, 23 foot, 35,000 pound teddy bear in the middle of the departures hall, though. Apparently it was bought by a member of the Qatar royal family, and they're basically using the airport as a storage unit.

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10 wilderness spots turning 50

The landmark Wilderness Act celebrates its 50th anniversary on September 3. Check out 10 wild spots that it preserved.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/03/travel/wilderness-act-turns-50/index.html

Booking travel on mobile devices: The Real Story

From hotels to car rentals to holidays, the travel industry is now worth upwards of $1 trillion worldwide. We’re all aware that ...



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29 signs you're from SoCal

You wonder why anyone would live any place other than Southern California.



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Thinking about targeting China? Big market, but not as easy as you might think

A who’s who of global travel brands still face a number of challenges in the Chinese travel industry. At a panel discussion ...



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Travelport grabs Premier Inn, Vayant fishes with big Czech agency, and more…

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for September 2014. Wednesday 3 September ...



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