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Asturias, a sliver of northern Spain that rests on the Bay of Biscay, has labeled itself "The Land of Cheese." Above, Raquel Viejo in the cave where she makes Cabrales.
By DANIELLE PERGAMENT
The cheese of northern Spain is, like the land that produces it, rough, coarse and sharp, and there's no way to taste it without traveling there.
ON THE ROAD
By JOE SHARKEY
As lack of safety from drug trafficking encroaches on Baja California, business travelers have to make adjustments to their habits.
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
Bracing for a painful holiday season, hotels, airlines and cruise operators are offering deals to entice vacationers.
By LAWRENCE DOWNES
The rock and blues artist Ry Cooder has spent nearly 40 years exploring all corners of the musical planet. His latest album brings him back to his California roots.
By MATTHEW PREUSCH
Fashionable boutiques and gourmet shops are making the city center feel like a neighborhood again, and not just a backdrop for a Space Needle snapshot.
By GARY ANDREW POOLE
Digital photography, which offers an alternative to the hassle of slides, has in part ended the tradition of gathering to view a post-vacation slide show.
By JAVIER ESPINOZA / Forbes.com
As the island nation battles bankruptcy and a plummeting currency, tourists from Britain and the Nordic countries are increasingly visiting Iceland.
PRACTICAL TRAVELER
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
Ever wish you could get an e-mail alert when frequent-flier seats opened up on planes? Yapta.com is testing a new service that will do just that.
By DAVID SHAFTEL
The rapid disappearance of historic architecture in Trinidad is provoking a sometimes heated debate about the merits of historic preservation.
WINE
By ERIC ASIMOV
David Chan, concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, says "talking about wine is like talking about music."
DINING
By SUSAN DOMINUS
An adventurous young foodie investigates a new Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side in New York.
By JOSHUA YAFFA
In July 2007, Sochi, a Russian resort on the Black Sea, was awarded the 2014 Winter Olympics, and in the year since, bureaucrats and investors have flocked to the city.
DINING
By MARK BITTMAN
If you think your Thanksgiving guests are flexible enough to try something surprising, try braising turkey parts.
By SUSAN STELLIN
Advance ticket purchases, cheaper hotels and meeting sites, and teleconferencing are some of the tactics being used by corporate travel managers.
By PAOLA SINGER
José Ignacio, a small village on the southern coast of Uruguay, has evolved into arguably the chicest spot in Latin America, favored by jet-setters from around the world.
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The administration plans to temporarily open airspace typically dedicated to the military to commercial airliners.
By ERIC ASIMOV
If experience has taught us anything, it's that the soporific effects of a long day of cooking, eating and socializing, whether sincere or forced, must be countered with wines that are light-bodied, limber and above all refreshing.
FREQUENT TRAVELER
By ROGER COLLIS
If frequent flier miles are as good as gold, how would it be if miles were actually to replace money as convertible currency?
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The new online security screening system becomes mandatory for all visa-free visitors to the United States from Jan. 12, 2009.
By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
Google Earth has embraced a frontier dating back 17 centuries: ancient Rome under Constantine the Great.
ITINERARIES
By SUSAN STELLIN
Hotels are competing for guests by offering computer lounges, Wii game consoles in exercise rooms, and remotes that control lights, blinds and the thermostat — as well as the television.
By DAVID G. ALLAN
The island was Fleming's retreat, artist colony and passion, and he repeatedly sent Bond, an incarnation of Walter Mitty-esque wish fulfillment, on assignment there.
By MEG BORTIN
The improvisational, anything-can-happen ambiance at Spring, one of the hottest restaurants in Paris, may be charming, but it's not the reason the restaurant is fully booked until Feb. 9.
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Travelers faced long lines, delays and cancellations at Italian airports on Tuesday, a day after a wildcat strike by some Alitalia workers forced the carrier to scrap dozens of flights.
By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
After two years and $115 million of repairs and redesign, the U.S. aircraft carrier turned museum is reopening in New York.
By MARC LACEY
Whether one believes it was Columbus who actually discovered America or not, he clearly left his mark on the breezy capital of the Dominican Republic.
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- OAGflights.com: Shows flight schedules for 1,000 airlines (including low cost carriers) serving 3,000 airports around the world.
- Opodo.com: Powered by Amadeus, offers more than 350,000 fares from 480 airline partners.
- Trailfinders.com and Airline-Network.co.uk: Cheap long-haul flights from the UK.
- Orbitz.com: A travel site created by American Airlines, Continental, Delta and Northwest.
- Flightbliss.com: Strategies and deals for buying first-, or business-class, tickets at a discount, or upgrading with frequent flier miles for U.S.-based travelers.
- Travel.com.au: Australian site offering round-the-world deals, stop-over packages, activity holidays and more.
- Skyscanner.net: Searches airline and travel sites for cheapest flights between European cities; to and from a wide range of regional airports; and worldwide from Britain.
- Flighttime.com: Online booking facility for executive aircraft charter, from more than 2,000 operators around the world.
- Bestairfares.ca: Discounted fares from Canada to Europe, Africa, Middle-East and Central Asia.
- TravelMaker.co.il: A useful option for travelers based in Israel to book travel abroad.
- Imperialconsultants.com: Montreal-based specialists in creative ticketing for first- and business-class travelers.
- Travelonweb.com: More than 1 million negotiated fares from France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland to destinations around the world.
- Asiatravelmart.com: A Malaysia-based site that offers flight and hotel bargains.
- Expedia.com: The Microsoft U.S. site links to sites in the UK, Germany, Canada, France, Italy and Netherlands.
- Zuji.com: Based in Singapore for Asia-Pacific-based travel.
- Star-alliance.com: Check schedules and published fares and book flights for any of the Star Alliance partners for trips starting at most business destinations worldwide.
- Europebyair.com: A Flight Pass program intended for North Americans visiting Europe allows you to build your own itinerary and to book one-way travel.
- Travelocity.com: Airline, hotel and car rental information, scheduling and booking service from the Sabre global distribution system.
- Airlinequality.com: Skytrax airline research compares seat pitches and recommends the best seats to ask for on all the major carriers.
- Flatseats.com: Compares first- and business-class 'lie-flat' seat-beds and (nearly) horizontal 'angled flat-seats' along with 'sleep comfort ratings' on many carriers.
- Lovemyseat.com & Seatscorecard.com: A seat selection tool showing you the best leg room, recline and locations for over 80 airlines.
- Seatguru.com: Tells you which seats to choose and which to avoid on long-haul flights.
- Globalflight.net: Mileage junkies can check the status of more than 120 frequent flier programs and partner programs and plan their strategies.
- MaxMiles.com: MaxMiles Mileage Miner consolidates all your mileage accounts into one document.
- Webflyer.com: Comprehensive, up-to-date information on all frequent flier programs. More than 2,000 screens of news and resources in an easy-to-use format.
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