Scottsdale, Arizona – a Hometown Feel away from Home

This sunny city of nearly a quarter-million, just east of Phoenix, has a decidedly ‘hometown’ feel, palpable even to travelers from far away.

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Starting at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, August 21, the Princess Juliana International Airport franchise of Domino’s Pizza and Winair collaborated to deliver straight-from-the-oven pizzas to eight countries and island territories in the Northeast Caribbean in just 45 minutes.

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Singapore Airlines has unveiled the seat it will use in the Premium Economy Class cabins it will introduce into service in August, and has provided details of the in-flight service offerings available to passengers in the new cabin class.

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Holman Ranch is a cultivated venue for corporate retreats, weddings, meetings and reunions. It is not a public, full-service hotel. But this posh, well-run operation is open to diverse private groups and to members of the affiliated Holman Ranch Vineyards Wine Club.

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Blossoming beside the Pacific Ocean on the Kohala Coast, in the northwest corner of the Big Island, the Orchid is a beautiful, comfortable base from which to explore.

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The city of Long Beach in Southern California has plenty to entice the visitor: really terrific restaurants, superb attractions, an enormous beach and excellent weather most of the time. I had a blast visiting Long Beach in December 2012. I’m sure I’ll go back there to explore the city further and I hope it happens soon.

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The journey between San Francisco and London was necessarily long, but BA provides a high level of comfort and a wide range of distractions, and that helped the time, er, fly by.

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Long Beach Airport is set to open a new, much modernized and roomier passenger concourse in early December as it nears completion of a $145 million program to improve its car parking, terminal and aircraft ramp facilities.

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Redevelopment plans unveiled for Terminal 5 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport include a massive transformation of the terminal, 15 new dining and retail brands and new passenger amenities throughout.

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American Airlines has launched an entrée reservations program, saying it has become the first U.S. airline to offer premium-class domestic passengers the opportunity to review menu options and pre-select their desired meals prior to departure of their flights.

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I spent a night in the Lenkerhof alpine resort in late January 2012, when the local countryside was covered in several feet of snow. Rarely have I eaten so well and enjoyed so much the ambience of a hotel and its surroundings.

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US Airways is introducing DineFresh, a premium-meal-for-purchase option in Economy class on its international flights to Europe, the Middle East and South America.

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Here’s a terrific, free idea for a Valentine’s Day gift, even if belated: Scandinavian Airlines has published the eighth edition of the SAS Crew Guide, its annual travel guidebook. The guide is mainly available as a free app for iPhone, iPod Touch and Android devices.

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The hotel and villa packages for the 2012 St. Croix Food & Wine Experience, which is being held from April 18 to April 22, allow visitors to secure tickets to events that always sell out and access to celebrity chefs.

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Recently www.AirlinesAndDestinations.com had the opportunity to sample Scandinavian Airlines’ ‘Economy Extra’ premium-economy service product on a transatlantic flight from Newark to Oslo and the carrier’s Business Class service from Stockholm to Newark.

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Now available on all Virgin Atlantic Airways flights, the new meal service is intended to create a more restaurant-like environment, using a redesigned menu which aims to offer a fresh approach to dining at 30,000 feet.

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San Diego is hosting the third stop of the America’s Cup World Series, the world’s top sailboat-racing competition, from November 12 to November 20. Spectators will be able to find many places to watch the races on San Diego Bay

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Some views are from bars and restaurants, while others are from quiet viewing decks. Some vantage points have clear views of airliners landing and taking off at Singapore’s Changi International Airport. What all the views have in common are terrific panoramas.

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From October 30 through November 5, 2011, ‘Gotland in New York’, an exhibition and event series at Scandinavia House (located at 58 Park Avenue at 38th Street) will highlight the beauty, history, culinary heritage and artistic legacy of Sweden’s largest island.

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