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Marriott to test virtual reality in its hotel rooms

Marriott is giving travelers in New York and London the chance to try out bleeding-edge virtual reality tech in the privacy of their hotel rooms.

The Mexican destination that’s an art lover’s dream — PHOTOS

Behind its colonial-era facades, San Miguel de Allende hums with cultural activity: the town of about 80,000 people, barely three hours north of Mexico City, supports an estimated 120 fine art galleries and folk art museums.

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Milan experiencing a renaissance, thanks to World Fair

Long the ugly sister to Florence, Venice and Rome, Italy’s business capital Milan is enjoying a renaissance, its once drab skyline coming to life and a new creative vibrancy emerging.

Check out how gorgeous Zion is right now — PHOTOS

Living in Las Vegas provides ample opportunities for outdoor escapes that are just a few short hours (sometimes shorter) away, and one of my personal favorites is Zion National Park in southern Utah.

5 things you didn’t know about McCarran International Airport

McCarran International Airport, one of two airports in the world to have slot machines, started out serving a few thousand people in the late 1940s, growing to 1 million in 1959 and now serving over 40 million travelers as one of the busiest airports in the U.S.

Microbiologist ranks the dirtiest things you come across during air travel

With all those enclosed spaces, recirculated air and non-stop streams of people, airports and planes are prime breeding grounds for bacteria. But which surfaces are the dirtiest of all? Website Travelmath.com sent a microbiologist to take 26 samples from five U.S. airports and four flights by two major carriers — although it didn’t specify which ones.

5 reasons to visit the Comoros Islands right now

Clustered between Madagascar and the southeast coast of mainland Africa lies a secret paradise: the Comoros Islands. With its crystalline blue waters and white sand beaches, it is a true natural beauty that remains largely untouched by tourism.

 
The fight to restore Native American names to U.S. landmarks

Denali and other natural wonders that have stood on the North American continent for millennia were named for European explorers, American presidents and others, even though they had been named by Native American nations thousands of years earlier.

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