Top 10 in Travel News: Week of July 8, 2015

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THE TOP 10 IN TRAVEL NEWS THIS WEEK:

1. Tube Strikes in London This Week
2. Carnival plans Cuba cruise itineraries
3. After resisting for years, JetBlue adds checked bag fee
4. Serial stowaway arrested twice in 2 days in Chicago
5. TSA tweets photo of airline passenger’s $75K cash in suitcase, draws public outrage
6. Uber is suspending one of its services in France after taxi drivers rioted in the streets
7. Delta to boost transcontinental capacity from New York JFK
8. Lightning strikes airport passenger in Columbia
9. Marriott and TripAdvisor announce instant booking
10. Los Angeles airport installing $1.5M Wi-Fi upgrade

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EVEN MORE NEWS:

• Virgin Atlantic to cut 500 from workforce
• Porter Airlines hit with fine for spamming customers
• JetBlue opens outdoor rooftop lounge, with dog walk, at NYC’s JFK Airport
• Report: Number Of Bird Strikes Going Up At Tri-State Area Airports
• American Airlines to put Boeing 787s into Los Angeles in fall 2015
• Dermatologists Warn About the Dangers of Sunburn Art
• MGM Resorts International and Celebrity Cruises Team Up to Deliver One-of-a-Kind Experiences and Benefits
• The best travel website? Sorry, there’s no silver bullet
• LAX X-Ray Machine Reveals Cat in Passenger’s Luggage
• President Obama: ‘New Chapter’ Begins as US, Cuba Will Open Embassies
• Kim Jong Un Executes Designer Of His New Airport Because He Didn’t Like It
• Pilots Fired for Letting Playboy Model Take Mid-Flight Pictures in Cockpit
• Frontier Airlines stops service to Delaware leaving the state without regular airline service
• Turkish to democratize travel with free economy transit lounge
• San Francisco hotels NOT most expensive after all
• American Airlines Is Finally Investing in Better Catering
• Uber Launches UberBoat in Istanbul
• Neutrogena is the number one sunscreen to avoid, says EWG
• New ‘Priority’ branding for Oneworld
• In-Flight Wi-Fi Will Soon Get Much Faster, Gogo Tells Wall Street
• Tech and tourism: 11 people changing the way we travel
• Seeking like-minded tourists, White House lifts photo ban on tours
• Air passenger’s awful sandwich goes viral
• Delta: Our new valet service is working
• US airline probe would need proof beyond business as usual
• Google-owned mapping company Waze is launching a ride-sharing app in Israel
• The most hilarious (and plain bizarre) holiday complaints ever
• The world’s largest airlines
• How to gain access to the most exclusive hotel pools
• 10 things to know before you book a cruise
• The Best Strategies To Reduce Your Risk of Skin Cancer
• Is the seat-back movie about to die out?
• The portfolio of Marriott International’s latest acquisition, Delta Hotels and Resorts has gone live on Marriott.com
• United States of food trucks: 51 deliciously quirky treats
• Would you spend a night in the world’s scariest hotel room?
• TSA pays out millions for stolen, damaged bag claims

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