In this August 17, 2015 file photo, Namese restaurant owner Hieu Doan talks with customers in New Orleans. Names is a Vietnamese restaurant in New Orleans, where the chefs infuse the famous flavors…
Ski Resorts Embrace Experiences as Millennial Interest Wanes
The ski and snowboard industry is healthy — at least for now.But there is concern throughout the snow sports industry as the baby boomers and generation Xers get older, the millennials are no…
Idaho Sees Dark Star-Filled Skies as Key to Driving Tourism
This June 18, 2017, photo provided by Nils Ribi Photography shows the Milky Way over the Smoky Mountains near Ketchum, Idaho. The city was just named an International Dark Sky Community. Nils Ribi …
Tennessee Invests in Welcoming Colorblind Tourists to Autumn Hotspots
This Oct. 26, 2017 photo shows Amber McCarter, a 22-year-old from Tennessee who is colorblind, looks out from Mt. Harrison at the Ober Gatlinburg resort through a viewfinder designed to help see mo…
Giant Idaho Potato Replica Is Becoming an Airbnb Rental After Years on the Road
The Idaho Potato Commission’s original six-ton tuber replica will soon become an Airbnb vacation rental. John Miller / Associated Press A Boise woman plans to make a miniature rental home of …
Navajo Nation Votes Down Grand Canyon Tourism Development Project
This April 7, 2015 photo shows Renae Yellowhorse, a spokesperson for Save the Confluence, at Confluence Overlook on the East Rim of the Grand Canyon on Navajo Nation west of The Gap, Arizona. Tom B…
Virgin Voyages will be for adults only
Virgin Voyages revealed a few more details about its new cruise line at a keel-laying ceremony, perhaps the most important of which is that children won’t be allowed.CEO Tom McAlpin said the …
Universal Orlando Just Bought More Land in Its Quest to Rival Disney
Universal Orlando has purchased another 101 acres (40 hectares) for its new theme-park projects in Orlando, adding to the 475 it has already assembled.The Orlando Sentinel reports Universal closed …
Motorist in New York City Mows Down Pedestrians, Leading to Fatalities
Heavily armed police stand guard near the scene after a motorist drove onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial and struck several people October. 31, 2017, in New York. (AP Ph…
Colorado Officials Are Under Fire Over Mismanagement of Tourism Projects
A two-year audit concluded that Colorado’s management of a program designed to pay for tourism projects has failed to establish proper controls and adequately monitor projects.The state audit…