Mark Johanson

The last thing many fliers want to do when they reach their destination is wait by the baggage carousel for their luggage to arrive. Now, if they're flying American Airlines, they don't have to.

For the DIY-inclined, here's how you can turn everyday London attractions into your own schedule of Olympic events.

Uganda had hoped to have a big year for tourism in 2012, but a recent outbreak of the Ebola virus has forced many prospective visitors to cancel their trips.

At each Olympic Games the same scenario unfolds: Organizers and government officials tout the astounding economic benefits. The city, basking in the glow of Olympic pride, goes along with the officials. In the end, however, the so-called benefits rarely surface.

Officials at San Antonio International Airport have evacuated terminals after a "very specific" bomb threat.

If you crave a night of theater or dance, head to New York, but for live music, you might want to try Paris. If it?s history you?re after, Istanbul?s your spot, but if you?d rather relax in nature, try Singapore. And if you want to dance the night away, look no further than Sao Paulo.

Air Canada is investigating how a sewing needle ended up inside a pre-wrapped sandwich on a July 30 flight. The bizarre incident comes just two weeks after Delta Air Lines found needles in turkey sandwiches served on four of its flights.

Expect to see more prayer rooms at airport terminals and halal food on your hotel menu as Muslim travelers take to the skies like never before.

Just how quickly can a disease spread across the globe through international air travel? That?s the focus of a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that was published in the journal PLoS One last week.

Have you noticed the large patches of empty seats at the London Olympics? So has Olympic organizer Locog and, after a rash of complaints, more tickets are now available

This year alone, Google's Street View team has documented everything from Antarctica to the Amazon, but its latest addition is much closer to home: California’s national parks.

If you’ve already zipped through the Houses of Parliament, crossed Tower Bridge, messed with the guards at Buckingham Palace and fed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square, here's a look at how you can get off the beaten path in London.

Some blame oil. Others blame a loss of pleasure in the roads. Researchers call it “peak travel.” Whatever the reason, one thing's clear: Americans are not driving their cars as far away from home as they used to.

As the world converges on London for the 2012 Summer Olympics, here's a look at five lesser-known Olympic hosts.

Long stereotyped as ill-mannered, a new survey shows that the French, too, admit they are rude and slothful. They’re exasperated, they’ve said, and ready for a change.

John Baird, owner of Christian Pilgrim Tours Inc., promised the trip of a lifetime to his devoutly religious clients. In the end, however, the customers lost thousands of dollars and never made it on their vacations to the Holy Land.

Authorities are trying to figure out how 11-year-old Liam Corcoran managed to pass through border controls and ticket checks without documentation Tuesday and board a Jet2.com flight from Manchester to Rome.

A Supreme Court ruling temporarily banning tourism in India’s tiger reserves has sparked a heated debate between conservationists and local tour operators: Could banning tourists actually make things worse?

The 2012 Olympic Games will be the most digital sporting event in history. As a result, several organizations are now offering free apps and e-books for both London visitors and avid sports fans back home to put up-to-the-minute information on the Games and its host city in the palm of your hand.

Speaking on the first day of the 2012 International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., chief executives from over 20 leading multinational corporations called upon 46 countries to lift travel restrictions on HIV-positive individuals.

Need a place to crash in Berlin this summer? Strapped for cash? Here’s an idea: Stay in the “smallest house in the world,” One-Sqm-House, for just 1 euro per night.

Two Canadian sisters die mysteriously in their rented island bungalow, believed poisoned. Less than a week later, an Australian woman is stabbed to death in Phuket. Their deaths are the latest in a tumult of violence to shake tourism in postcard-perfect Thailand.

One thing is clear: The way airlines make money these days is completely different than it was just five years ago.

The Svalbard archipelago on Europe's northern edge is probably the remotest and wildest place in the Arctic with regularly scheduled flights.

Like Columbine, Aurora, Colorado, will likely lose its innocence as a scenic, mile-high Rocky Mountain town and become instead the scene of a tragedy.

Do you prefer rooftop terraces to big backyards, an evening at the theater to a night on the couch, or coffee at a café instead of a cup of tea at home alone? If so, you may want to check out one of the cities on Coldwell Banker’s new survey of America’s top 10 markets for “social seekers.”

Fly first class to Hong Kong for just four frequent flier miles and $33 in taxes. That’s the deal several United Airlines customers found online Sunday, but if it sounds too good to be true, it may just be.

It’s been some five centuries since the fall of the Inca Empire, but the civilization’s most familiar icon, Machu Picchu, is as busy as ever. With over one million tourists visiting Peru each year to explore the miraculous pre-Columbian ruins, activists hope to inspire the crowds to help stop other indigenous tribes in Peru’s “Sacred Valley” from suffering a similar fate.

Introducing “S.S. Coachella,” a cruise ship concert the pairs sand and surf with sun and sound.