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AP Top Travel News At 6:26 p.m. EDT
Company known for river trips announces ocean ship
NEW YORK (AP) -- Viking Cruises, a company known for offering river cruises, on Friday announced that it was launching a new cruise line for ocean-going trips....
NYC's new Refinery Hotel draws on hat factory past
NEW YORK (AP) -- A new boutique hotel in Manhattan's Garment District is paying homage to its past as a hat factory....
Indian circuses struggle to adapt after court bans
MUMBAI, India (AP) -- In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing. A trapeze creaks as two performers perfect their throws. A Colombian daredevil shouts to his colleagues scrambling atop a giant set of spinning wheels called the Ring of Death....
Caribbean talks conservation on Branson's island
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- In a bid to safeguard biodiversity and the Caribbean's tourism-based economy, regional political leaders and corporate executives will gather Friday on billionaire Richard Branson's private island with the aim of protecting 20 percent of the region's coastal resources by 2020....
Plans languish for overhaul of NYC's Penn Station
NEW YORK (AP) -- The busiest passenger train station in the United States is a 1960s-era, utilitarian labyrinth in the basement of a basketball arena....
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