The Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville is getting a $12 million expansion and renovation. In this photo from 2013, visitors walk around the site. Mark Humphrey / Associated Press The iconic Grand Ol…
Trump Travel Ban Prohibition Extended by Hawaii Judge
Muslim and civil rights groups and their supporters gather at a rally against President Trump’s third travel ban. Associated Press The federal judge in Hawaii who stopped President Donald Tru…
Florida Keys Officials Hope Fantasy Fest Brings a Post-Irma Tourism Boost
In this photo from 2015, people and their dogs dresses as space creatures take part in the Fantasy Fest Masquerade March in Key West. Tourism officials from the Florida Keys are hoping this year&rs…
Ascott acquires freehold in Silicon Valley
The Ascott is investing S$81.5 million to acquire and refurbish The Domain Hotel, a freehold hotel in Silicon Valley, California, in a move designed to capture the fast-growing demand from global t…
Cuba Tourists Wonder if They Too Were Targets of Invisible Attacks
In this May 24, 2015 file photo, U.S. tourists walks outside the Bodeguita del Medio Bar frequented by the late American novelist Ernest Hemingway in Old Havana, Cuba. Desmond Boylan / Associated P…
Travel Industry Is Urging Tourists to Return to the Caribbean After Storms
The travel industry is ramping up efforts to remind consumers that many Caribbean islands were unaffected by hurricanes and that their economies depend on tourism.Tourism agencies and travel compan…
California Wine Country Hopes Tourists Will Return After Deadly Fires
Workers begin repairs to a damaged irrigation pipe at the wildfire-damaged Signorello Estate winery in Napa, Calif. The state’s deadliest group of fires has left many business owners and empl…
Trump’s Third Travel Ban Halted by Hawaii Judge
A Hawaii judge has placed a temporary restraining order against most of the third travel ban signed by President Donald J. Trump, stating that the tweaks to the decree don’t make it legal.The…
Hawaii Island Air files for bankruptcy protection
Hawaii Island Air has said it will file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an effort to continue normal operations while navigating through legal challenges recently presented by the lessors o…
Caribbean Destinations Hope for Marketing Campaign if They Can Find the Money
Caribbean destinations are struggling to scrape together funding to launch a post-hurricane marketing campaign. Pictured is a photo from last month that shows a view of buildings partially destroye…