In this undated photo, student Usman Anwar works at his Adelphi University campus job in Long Island, New York. Anwar said he skipped a trip home to Pakistan this summer because he worried he might…
Belly full: New York’s bacon restaurant – and its nine-course tasting menu
Bacon has made its way into burgers, cupcakes and even cocktails. Now there’s an all-bacon tasting menu. At Korean-influence eatery Belly, opened last month in Brooklyn, diners can feast on n…
Disney Isn’t Seeing Much Impact From Avatar Land Just Yet
If you build a theme park world based on an eight-year-old movie, will people come?The Walt Disney Company’s latest financial results don’t answer that question definitively, but they s…
SeaWorld Is Still Tanking as Public Perception Problems Return
Another quarter, another batch of bad news for SeaWorld Entertainment.The theme park operator’s efforts at a turnaround continue to be thwarted, this time by lower attendance from the UK and …
Regulating size of airline seats gaining support
In the current atmosphere of amped-up scrutiny of the U.S. airline industry, lawmakers have begun taking a more favorable view of regulating aircraft seat sizes and seating configurations.Now, advo…
Pot Tourism Hasn’t Changed the Oregon Economy But It’s an Ancillary Service
In a May 17, 2017 photo, marijuana buds are available at Touch of Aloha Cannabis Dispensary outside Depoe Bay along the Oregon Coast. The state has licensed pot dealers in every Oregon county borde…
Chinese Tourists Seeking Out the Wild West Are Heading to Wyoming
Quilian Shi, left, and Longcheng Zheng and look at pictures on a phone after posing with a John Wayne cutout at Cody Firearms Experience in Cody, Wyoming. Buses carrying perhaps 50 tourists making …
Tourism and Economic Impact of Republican Convention — Even Researchers Can’t Agree
Economic impact studies sought by the host committee for last summer’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland have reached differing conclusions about how much the city and region gained…
Travel Advisory for Missouri Leaves NAACP and Local Chapter at Odds
The leader of a St. Louis-area NAACP branch on Thursday pushed back against a travel advisory supported by state and national NAACP members that urge caution while in Missouri over their concerns a…
U.S. Pot Tourism Growth Symbolized in Development of Small Town in California
American Green Inc., a maker of cannabis products, is taking an unusual step to attract new customers as it capitalizes on California legalizing marijuana: It’s buying an entire town.The comp…