by Charlie Leocha | Jan 1, 2012
Fireworks light up the Sydney Harbor Bridge, which I once climbed. They burst over Hong Kong Harbor where ferries ply the route from Kowloon. They sparkle over the main square of Kiev where as a teenager I partied under watchful Soviet eyes. Finally, Antoine de Luna,...
by Guest Post | Feb 12, 2011
Editor: This story is, with permission, from a partner website, Bootsnall. I’m not ashamed to admit that my travels are often planned around alcohol – trips to vineyards, distilleries and breweries are always toward the top of my travel to-do list – but I do get sick...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 26, 2011
When looking into a crystal ball, it helps to have data from hundreds of thousands of users to see trends in the market. Orbitz may not have a crystal ball but does have in-house industry experts who sift through millions of bytes of data that have helped determine...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 27, 2010
Giant earthquake in Chile with more than 50 aftershocks expected to generate tsunami (Saturday, 2/27/10; 6:48 pm)Tsunami warning lifted for Hawaii The tsunami reached the Big Island of Hawaii, 6,700 miles from Chile, about 4 p.m. Eastern time, according to reports....
by Janice Hough | Aug 20, 2009
While Australia might be the trip of a lifetime, the fourteen-plus hour flight from the west coast of the U.S. to Sydney might be one of the most dreaded in aviation. Even in business class, and especially in economy. One of my co-worker’s clients actually had...
