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Updated: 6:22 p.m. ET Jan. 25, 2007

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• Hundreds sickened aboard Queen Elizabeth 2

• Hawaii offers pleasant surprises for divers

• ‘Holy Grail’! Wynn tests ‘Spamalot’ in Sin City

• Miami golf courses primed for Super Bowl

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• Fed up with air service? So is this flight attendant

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• Globe-trotters: Time to take the Excursion Exam

• Will 2007 be a happy year for travelers?

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• Hawaii: A diver’s paradise
Hawaii is everywhere. It’s in our clothing design, on television, part of our culture ... but mostly it’s in our dreams. When the idea of a tropical paradise comes up, the first place that comes to the world’s collective imagination of island perfection is Hawaii.

• Geocaching, not just for computer wizards

• 6 best whale-watching excursions

• Cutting edge ski gadgets

• Luxury wildlife tours

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• Top 10 places to get in shape
Sure, you want to get in shape, but who wants to use those precious vacation days working out? Luckily, you can combine your desire for fitness with your love of travel on your next vacation, because there are places all over the world where getting svelte and seeing the sites go hand-in-hand.

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• How to book your vacation

• Understaffed and fed up

• Be prepared for anything on road trips

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• Vivacious Vancouver
Kayaking, cross-country skiing, windsurfing, rock-climbing, hiking, parasailing—sounds like the list of activities at some fabulous eco-resort, doesn’t it?

• Brussels: Europe's charming capital

• San Juan: Explore beyond the shore

• Nashville, Tenn: Music City, USA

• Burlington: A hipster's paradise

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• Romantic getaways for Valentine's Day
Cards and flowers are nice, but wouldn't a little getaway be a more romantic gift for Valentine's Day? And the Web is always available for inspiration if you need help picking a place to spend your time away.

• Mardi Gras in New England

• Miami gets ready to play Super Bowl host

• Puerto Rico ready for tourism boom

• Ski tales from the snowy Northwest

BUSINESS TRAVEL

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• No more lost luggage
This could be the worst year ever for misplaced bags, but there are ways for you to safeguard your suitcases.

• Singapore Girl to get new look?

• 2007 in flight: Airfares and merger scares

• Tips for healthy flying

• Program lets fliers scoot through line

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• Luxury travel gadgets from CES
The latest and greatest travel gear introduced at the consumer electronics show in Last Vegas.

• New trends in first-class flying

• Perfect 10 private island resorts

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• The world's most unusual restaurants

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• Mobile Mardi Gras may benefit again from Katrina
Mobile's Mardi Gras parades couldn't be staged without float builders like Stephen Mussell, who has built a career on the carnival's demand for rolling showpieces of splashy colors and lights.

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• Top 10 luxury attractions at Disney World
The magical world of Disney has top notch attractions for your inner child.

• Planning a cruise for friends and family

• Family holiday in N.Y.

• Give a family holiday vacation

• Oh baby! Readers recall travel tales

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• Miami golf courses primed for Super Bowl
If you're coming to Miami for Super Bowl XLI, you're coming for two reasons (besides rooting for your team): staying warm and being cool. Winter temps are in the low to mid-70s, perfect for wearing wrap-around shades to protect your retinas from the bright pastels by day and all that neon at night (yes, they wear sunglasses at night here).

• Scotland's modern golf gems

• Beware the beach massage

• Atlantic City bets on golf

• All we girls want for Christmas — golf stuff

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• Best cruises for active travelers
A decade ago, the title "Best Cruises for Active Travelers" might have been considered an oxymoron. The prevailing perception was that cruising was heavily weighted to the, well, heavily weighted.

• Woe, Canada: Visa snafu ruins cruise

• A Victory for Carnival

• Failure to launch

• A Pearl, no strings attached

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• How to cope with lost luggage
Jan. 25: With air travel booming, more checked bags are getting misplaced. TODAY travel editor, Peter Greenberg, gives tips on how to deal with lost luggage.

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• Family thrown off flight after tantrum
Jan. 24: A Massachusetts couple was asked to get off a Boston-bound flight before takeoff in Florida because their little girl would not take her seat. WHDH's Byron Barnett reports.

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• Passport rule changes

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• Moonlighting in Miami
Traveling to see Super Bowl XLI? There’s plenty of time to burn leading up to kickoff, and no shortage of things to do.

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Corbis	• A Natural Beauty Scenic and friendly, Vancouver, B.C. is a cosmopolitan city that's perfect for endless adventure year-round.
AP	• Moonlighting in Miami Traveling to see Super Bowl XLI? There’s plenty of time to burn leading up to kickoff, and no shortage of things to do.
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