By Jeff Barrett, TWT Communities
Innovative program “Challenge Detroit” finds way to attract the best and brightest to their city. Published May 22, 2013
By Andrea Poe, TWT Communities
Understated elegance at the Jamaica Inn is the antidote to the blur of Caribbean travel Published May 22, 2013
By Terry Ponick, TWT Communities
Virginia beach isn’t only a beach. New Age spirituality, healing live here, too. Published May 19, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Talk about a computer error: One couple intending to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal, was mistakenly taken to Dhaka, the Bangladesh capital, which is 7,000 miles from their planned destination — and on a different continent. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Carmen Stella Van den Heuvel Almonacid, TWT Communities
The Caves of the Bright Skulls are magical findings in Honduras, whose secrets have yet to be revealed. Published May 19, 2013
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Officials with airports cited by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano as examples of how the sequester would delay airline travelers say she's wrong — they're not delaying flights one bit. Published March 5, 2013
By Scott Mayerowitz - Associated Press
It's 1 a.m., and the sprawling airport in this desert city is bustling. Enough languages fill the air to make a United Nations translator's head spin. Published March 4, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Longer lines at airports are due to sequestration, said Department of Homeland Security director Janet Napolitano. Published March 4, 2013
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
The film based on his presidency might not have won the Academy Award for best picture, but Abraham Lincoln remains plenty popular in Washington. For the third straight year, the memorial honoring the 16th president was the most visited of the monuments and memorials in the city in 2011, drawing an estimated 6 million visitors, according to the National Park Service. Published February 26, 2013
By Associated Press
Italian prosecutors on Monday officially requested an indictment of the Costa Concordia's captain on manslaughter charges in the shipwreck of the cruise liner that killed 32 people last year off the Tuscan coast. Published February 25, 2013
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
The Transportation Security Administration has apologized to a Missouri family after it detained a 3-year-old disabled girl at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. Published February 20, 2013
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
The engine room fire aboard the Carnival Triumph was caused by a leak in a fuel oil return line, a Coast Guard official confirmed Monday. Published February 18, 2013
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Less than 24 hours after the notorious Carnival Triumph docked in Mobile, Ala., Cassie Terry slapped Carnival Cruise Lines with its first lawsuit, citing "horrifying" conditions. Published February 17, 2013
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
The stranded Carnival cruise ship with more than 4,000 people aboard with no power, no running water and limited food supply is expected to finally dock tonight in Mobile, Alabama. Published February 14, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
It's been 22 years, but Iraqi Airways is resuming its commercial flights to Kuwait, said one Kuwaiti transportation official. Published February 12, 2013
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
More than 4,000 people are stranded on a Carnival cruise ship 150 miles off the coast of Mexico after a fire broke out in the engine room. Published February 11, 2013
By Roland Flamini - Special to The Washington Times
Last year, five million people visited the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican to see Michelangelo's magnificent, 500-year-old frescoes. Attendance was double the 2.5 million in 1993, when the paintings were famously (some said controversially) restored. Published February 7, 2013
By Hannah Dreier - Associated Press
A Japanese celebrity chef with restaurants in Beverly Hills, New York and London added "hotelier" to his resume Monday with launch of the world's first Nobu Hotel Restaurant and Lounge. Published February 7, 2013
By Ben Fox - Associated Press
There may have been a time when Puerto Rico was a cheap getaway, but those days are long gone. Published January 31, 2013
By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
A long-delayed restoration of the Colosseum’s only intact internal passageway has yielded ancient traces of red, black, green and blue frescoes — as well as graffiti and drawings of phallic symbols — indicating that the arena where gladiators fought was far more colorful than previously thought. Published January 20, 2013
