USA Travel: Ten Southern US festivals you should taste
http://www.thestar.com/travel/article/1311755--usa-travel-ten-southern-u-s-festivals-you-should-taste
Food and wine festivals in the Southeast are hotter than a cast iron skillet full of corn bread. ?We are witnessing a proliferation of festivals in the South and across the nation,? says John T. Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance in ...
Dubai kicks off lavish annual shopping festival
http://travel.cnn.com/dubai-kicks-annual-lavish-shopping-festival-120066
Shopping takes place on a different scale in Dubai, home of the world's largest shopping mall. (Or two.) Even the discounts, when they happen, are massive. The emirate kicked off the new year with its annual shopping extravaganza -- the Dubai Shopping ...
City braces for Spring Festival travel rush
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/Metro/2013/01/08/City%2Bbraces%2Bfor%2BSpring%2BFestival%2Btravel%2Brush/
AVOID overcrowded Metro stations and high-traffic roads if you can because Shanghai is entering the peak travel season of the year as millions rush home for the Spring Festival reunion, local traffic authorities warned today. With the first phase of ...
Isle of Wight Festival travel chaos must not be repeated
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/business/local-business/isle-of-wight-festival-travel-chaos-must-not-be-repeated-1-4655748
Isle of Wight Festival travel chaos must not be repeated. MUDDY Festival goers brave the mud and high winds at the Isle of Wight Festival 2012. By Jeff Travis Published on Tuesday 8 January 2013 07:57. PROMOTERS of the Isle of Wight festival have said ...
Giant rubber duck brings Sydney festival to life
http://www.canoe.ca/Travel/Activities/Festivals/2013/01/05/20476821-relaxnews.html
A gigantic, bright yellow rubber duck floated into Sydney's Darling Harbour on Saturday as part of the Australian city's annual arts festival, a celebration where high-art meets popular entertainment. Each January hundreds of thousands of people attend ...
Win a Trip for Two to the Charleston International Film Festival
http://www.smartertravel.com/blogs/today-in-travel/win-trip-for-two-to-the-charleston-international-film-festival.html?id=13630523
Enter the Charleston International Film Festival sweepstakes by March 1 for a chance to win the grand prize: a trip for two to Charleston, including round-trip tickets on Southwest, a five-night stay at the Embassy Suites Charleston, and two all-access ...
Chinese eye US trip for festival
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90778/8078216.html
The California Travel and Tourism Commission, the state's official travel promoter, and four Chinese tourism companies have launched a project to attract Spring Festival vacationers from China. The bigger objective is to make California the top ...
Pyro maniacs: a winter fire festival in Japan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/dec/28/charlie-brooker-japan-fire-festival
We don't really "do" danger as an interactive public spectacle in Britain. The closest we get to authentic crowd-based peril is Guy Fawkes' Night, and that's traditionally preceded by weeks of stark televised warnings. What are we scared of? Burning to ...
