From a single passenger in 1914 to more than 8 million a day in 2014, commercial air travel has come a long way in its first century.
Dubai's fireworks display, in the wee hours of 2014, shattered the previous Guinness World Record held by Kuwait in style.
The hilly southern area of Italy's northwestern Piedmont region is the country's capital of white truffles.
The world’s largest indoor theme park, Europe’s biggest art center and the tallest building in the Americas will all open in 2014.
More than 330 sharks are now armed with radio transmitters that generate tweets when they approach the Australian coast.
New Year's Eve celebrations may leave some revelers too intoxicated to drive home safely. Fortunately, individual AAA clubs are offering "Tipsy Tow" Holiday Safe Ride services to get partygoers home safe -- for free.
A rundown of restrooms to use while celebrating New Year's Eve in New York.
A research company predicts the market for marijuana nationwide will grow from $1.4 billion in 2013 to $2.34 billion in 2014.
From the newsmakers to the movers and shakers, these 14 destinations will all bask in the spotlight in 2014.
Three ice-breakers are heading toward the trapped MV Akademik Shokalskiy, a tourist and research vessel.
The president also greeted troops, including personnel who were injured in South Sudan, over the phone on Christmas Eve.
These nonprofits offer everyday tourists easy (and sometimes effortless) ways of making a difference through their travels.
When it comes to North American carriers, not all in-flight airline food is created equal.
Take a walk on the wilder side with these stunning images from the National Geographic Photo Contest.
After making huge aircraft orders recently, AirAsia X will start flights again in a bid to dominate the market.
Singapore was a developing nation in the 1980s but is now the richest in the world per capita. How did that happen?
It's going to be the busiest holiday season on record for American travelers. Are you prepared?
U.S. couples search for sun and sand when it comes to both destination weddings and dream honeymoons.
The chikungunya virus, never before documented among non-travelers in the Western Hemisphere, has reached St. Martin.
Unwrap an early gift to entertain yourself on the ride home this year, because AAA predicts Christmas 2013 will be the busiest ever.
From the jubilant mud mosques of Mali to the thumping heart of India’s Kumbh Mela pilgrimage, here's a snapshot of the globe in 2013.
The $300 million theme park will feature 25 attractions based on films like “Rio,” “Ice Age,” “Planet of the Apes” and “Alien vs. Predator.”
Stonehenge is getting a facelift with the addition of a sleek new visitor center, but the “dignity” of the ancient site will remain intact.
In the first nine months, Thai tourism receipts grew more than any other country's, but the recent protests could cause that number to plummet.
Rising profits from sales of its jetliners have helped the company declare additional dividends and a record share-buyback program.
"The Hobbit" may be on top of the box office, but New Zealand has already tethered itself to a new fantasy film franchise: "Avatar."
These seven startups that hit the Web in 2013 are revolutionizing the way we think about travel.
To talk on our phones in flight or not to talk -- that is the question up for debate.
Aboard the Amtrak Crescent, which runs between the deep South and the urban Northeast, an America that few of us find time to notice anymore.
This European capital in the old Eastern Bloc outshines the rest as the most welcoming city on the continent.