Southwest Airlines Co on Thursday forecast a “solid” profit for the current quarter and full-year, but said staffing woes were making it harder to keep pace with booming travel demand. The company said a sharp recovery in travel bookings in March helped lift its monthly revenue above 2019 levels for the first time since the…
Travel for Two: Georgia’s Jekyll Island Club a Grand Revival of Past Glory
By Mary Ann Anderson From Tribune News Service JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. — Long before the legendary Jekyll Island Club Resort became a hotel, the island was already notable for several reasons, the foremost probably being its prime location on the Golden Isles, part of the cluster of barrier islands strung like a pearl necklace along…
Beyond Bourbon Street: Touring the Delta
On a tour of the Mississippi River Delta, I hardly expected to find myself in a beautifully restored 1934 Art Deco airport terminal. But there I was, standing on a large marble compass inlay admiring the surrounding flight-themed murals by Xavier Gonzalez. Once called the “air hub of the Americas,” New Orleans’s diminutive Lakefront Airport…
Awe-Inspiring Ways to Explore the Natural World
By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com There are so many ways to explore our natural world. Here are five to consider. Discover the National Water Trails System It’s a network of 22 river, lake and other waterway trails, designated as such by the U.S. Department of Interior. The system offers families vacation and recreational opportunities…
Transport Secretary Unveils Measure to Ease UK Flights Chaos
New aviation recruits will be permitted to begin training before passing security checks to ease flight disruption in the UK, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced. Passengers have faced chaos in recent weeks, with flights cancelled and long queues at airports. British Airways is axing around 100 short-haul flights at Heathrow every day due to…
Exploring Vienna: Esperanto, Schnitzel, and Quirky Museums
It was a warm spring night just before a long weekend, and as the sun faded, the city came alive. Along the Danube Canal, diners settled down to their first aperitif at patio restaurants lit by lamps, just lit for the evening. Bicyclists zoomed by on the boardwalk, and little clusters of young people sat…
Rome and its Microstates: Three Countries in One Day
On any given day, thousands of tourists, and probably most of the locals, walk right by this place, unaware that there’s a sovereign country, just inside. The street, broad and lined with fashionable boutiques, today was busy with a crush of foot traffic, and everyone pushing their way through to the Spanish Steps, just a…
Mallorca: Sun, Sand, and the Pleasures of the Slow Life
A cool, spring rain was falling outside, adding a sheen to the cobblestone passageways deep within the labyrinth of this ancient city, but everything is warm inside a former bakery, in a building dating back to medieval times. Welcoming our small group, Deborah and Nina smiled and offered each of us an apron. Soon, everyone…
Menorca: Small Island, Big Flavors
It was safe passage that made the small island of Menorca famous. In the ancient Mediterranean, there was no better place to ride out a storm. When the squalls buffeted and the waves hammered against your hull, there was always Mahon, one of the world’s greatest harbors, with miles of shelter. But today our captain,…
Eat ‘Em to Beat ‘Em: Lionfish Cuisine Puts an Invasive Species on the Dinner Table
Can you make a silk purse from a sow’s ear? The citizens of Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida, are trying. In this case, the dubious item is no part of a pig, but an invasive, rapacious Asian fish that has mushroomed along both coasts of Florida, across the Caribbean, and into the Atlantic as far south…
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