TRO Travelgram- Monday, August 24

Destinations
Aloha, bring your boots
Snorkelling, surfing lazing about in a hammock and trekking. Erin O'Dwyer discovers a new side to Hawaii... Sydney Morning Herald

Tsavo East National Park, Kenya: crocodiles & elephants
At a safari camp on the edge of Kenya's Tsavo East National Park, a dozen crocodiles writhed 20 feet below my bluff-top tent... Seattle Times

Idaho's Coeur D'Alene a lake to steal your heart
Golf, swimming, biking, hiking. Vacationers will find it all in and around Idaho's Lake Coeur d'Alene... Seattle Times

Tours and Activities
Brew pubs in Germany are halls of fame
From Cologne to Munich to Bamberg to Bremen, we seek out the best beers in the country during Oktoberfest... LA Times

America's Top Natural Wonders
And five you've never heard of... Forbes Traveler

An Artists' Armada to Venice on Ancient Waterways
A crew of artists and friends navigate the Litoranea Veneta, an inland waterway that has sheltered mariners sailing to and from Venice for more than 2,000 years... New York Times

Blazing New Trails in Native American Lands
A new generation of Native American entrepreneurs is bringing an updated sensibility to tribal tourism... New York Times

Cruise
Bill Heads for Newfoundland, Causes Flooding, Rough Surf
The National Hurricane Center, which downgraded Hurricane Bill to a category-one tropical cyclone Saturday evening, reports that a tropical storm warning remains in effect in eastern Nova Scotia, and a hurricane watch has also been issued there... CruiseCritic.com

'Twilight' and 'True Blood' fans to unite on vampire lovers' cruise
It was inevitable — the latest theme cruise is based on the immense popularity of the vampire and werewolf genres in books, film and television... USA Today

Alaska expects 140,000 fewer cruise passengers in 2010
Determining the cause of the visitor downturn, and how to fix it, was on the agenda of a tourism summit held in Anchorage yesterday... USA Today

Transportation
How airlines stack up on comfort for coach passengers
Airfares, fees aren't as important as legroom for some frequent fliers... Seattle Times

Fewer delays as air travel slides
A marked decrease in airline travel has made this summer the smoothest in years for fliers accustomed to lengthy delays and snarled traffic... USA Today[Back to Press Releases Main]