NAPA, Calif. – If you're planning a visit to California's famous Napa Valley this fall, here are some fairs, tastings and other events to add to your itinerary. On Sept. 4 and Oct. 2, Main ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Marriott hotel chain on Monday abandoned its legal claim that a Connecticut woman raped at gunpoint in a hotel parking garage, in front of her young children, had been careless and was partly ...

LONDON (Reuters) – InterContinental Hotels, the world's biggest hotelier, said a recovery for the industry might be two years away after reporting first-half profit that fell but beat forecasts. The British group, which operates the InterContinental, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn ...

NEW YORK – Fewer people will take a vacation this Labor Day weekend than last year, though cheaper gasoline and an abundance of special holiday deals still promises to make it a busy weekend at airports and on the highway, auto club AAA said Wednesday. AAA estimated that 39.1 million people ...

NEW YORK – US Airways is bumping up its first and second checked bag fees by $5 apiece. The Tempe, Ariz.-based airline said Wednesday it will charge $20 for the first checked bag and $30 for the second, when bags are checked online. Passengers will pay an extra $5 per bag ...

FORT DU HACKENBERG, France – In the 1930s the Maginot Line was viewed as a military marvel, an impregnable network of underground fortifications stretching along France's border with Germany — ...

CAVENDISH, Prince Edward Island – As the surf laps at your feet and sand dunes stretch for as far as the eye can see under a sky filled with billowing ...

VERNAL, Utah – Local legend has it that cowboys, sheep herders and trappers long knew about the huge fossilized bones that regularly surfaced from the ancient rock underlying Utah's dinosaur country. But not until steel ...

CHICAGO – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. said Wednesday its second-quarter loss was worse than expected, and it lowered its outlook for the year, saying cancellations and other costs from this spring's swine flu outbreak cut into ...

LONDON – British Airways PLC is scrapping all free meals — except breakfast — on its short-haul flights as the airline continues to trim costs amid a recession-driven downturn in demand for travel. BA said Wednesday that the decision to cut ...