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London tips from a Londoner: Have a Games plan In three weeks, the world's eyes will focus on London, host of the Summer Games. The city has been working feverishly to prepare for the competition, calling its preparations the biggest peacetime logistical exercise in British history... LA Times Single in Chicago Friends had described Chicago as a more leisurely and hospitable New York, a city where getting into some hot spots is a breeze compared with lining up outside clubs in Manhattan’s meatpacking district... New York Times On a Turkish Isle, Winds Tend the Vines Bozcaada - a 15-square-mile island found seven hours from Istanbul by bus and ferry — offers solitude with a dash of culture in its only town, also called Bozcaada, and vineyards... New York Times Tours and Activities Five trips for crime fiction lovers It used to be safe to say that most of us don't go looking for crime on our vacations, but that's not true anymore. Crime fiction travel, a juicier version of the well-worn literary pilgrimage, is a popular way for people to see the world... CNN Brewing a New Beer Scene in London It was difficult to grasp that the rarefied atmosphere (and beer list) I was enjoying dated from late 2009, part of an explosion of great beer, and great places to drink it, in the British capital over the past few years... New York Times Could a zombie theme park help revive Detroit? While being chased by zombies through abandoned factories, stores and houses in a derelict Detroit neighborhood may not be on most vacationers' bucket lists, a grass-roots organization is trying to raise money to transform part of the city into a live-action game zone dubbed "Z World Detroit."... USA Today Cruise Report: Open Doors and ‘Faulty Instruments’ May Have Contributed to Concordia Disaster Watertight doors designed to prevent flooding were left open onboard Costa Concordia, according to leaks from a pre-trial hearing in the ongoing investigation into the ship's sinking...CruiseCritic.com Cruise review: Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas Overall, there's a lot to like on Liberty of the Seas; the giant vessel offers "something for almost every age bracket at almost all hours of the day and evening"... USA Today Report: Cruise ship wake damages gangway to submarine A cruise ship docking in New York on Sunday caused some trouble for a decommissioned submarine that serves as a floating museum on the Hudson River, though no long term harm was done, according to local reports... USA Today Transportation British Airways Googles VIP fliers so crew recognizes them British Airways has dispatched crew members with about 2,000 iPads to look up the Google images of a select group of VIP customers, much as someone would do before a blind date... USA Today Spirit Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Houston A Spirit Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale made an emergency landing at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport early Sunday, leaving passengers stranded for at least 10 hours... USA Today U.S. airlines collect more in baggage fees Despite hefty baggage fees, more travelers are checking their bags when they fly... USA Today Lodging New UK hotel swaps Bibles for Kindles Travelers who expect to find the Bible in the bedside stand will find a high-tech replacement at the Hotel Indigo in Newcastle, England... MSN.com World's best hotels of 2012 Looking to do a little globetrotting this year? Nilou Motamed of Travel + Leisure magazine reveals the list of the hottest places to visit in 2012, including a safari camp in Tanzania and a beach getaway in the Philippines... MSN.com iPhones replace old-school room phones at Opus hotel As hotels try to offer guests technology they'll be able to both understand and use, one high-tech boutique hotel in Vancouver has come up with a novel approach -- replacing the arguably obsolete wireless hotel phone with an iPhone... USA Today Other and Odd Virgin Galactic spaceship to make Farnborough debut As one of the world's leading aviation marketplaces, the Farnborough International Airshow is usually an opportunity for airline executives to reach for their checkbooks. This year some might also be reaching for the stars... CNN Singing passenger creates flight delay at JFK A woman onboard a plane still on the ground at John F. Kennedy International Airport was met by police and removed when she wouldn't stop singing loudly... MSN.com
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