Courtesy Visit Milwaukee More than 50 Boomers in Groups (BiG) travel planners met with travel industry members from across the country Oct. 21-23. The inaugural conference brought boomer travel planners and travel industry delegates together for the first time in Milwaukee. Boomers are the fastest growth segment of the population, so many industry members have […]

Image of War Scroll courtesy Discovery Times Square NEW YORK ““ One of the most important discoveries in the past century has come to the Big Apple for a special exhibit at Discovery Times Square. An exhibit on the Dead Sea Scrolls, including four pieces of parchment that have never before been seen by the […]

Two tour operators that offer active options for groups are venturing into North America for their next adventures. G Adventures and BikeToursDirect have recently introduced new itineraries in the United States, Canada and Mexico. G Adventures, a Canadian tour operator formerly known as Gap Adventures, has released 55 new tours in the United States and […]

Courtesy Natural History Museum of Utah SALT LAKE CITY — The Natural History Museum of Utah, located at the University of Utah, will reopen to the public on Nov. 18 in a new building situated in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains overlooking Salt Lake City and inspired by the diverse landscape of Utah. The […]

Kauffman Center, courtesy Kansas City CVA KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Designed by architect Moshe Safdie, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts opened in mid-September with gala performances by tenor Placido Domingo, making his first Kansas City appearance, and violinist Itzhak Perlman accompanied by the Kansas City Symphony. The modernistic center with its overarching shell […]

Bird Center, courtesy St. Louis CVC ST. LOUIS — The $3.3 million Audubon Center at Riverlands opened Oct. 15 in the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary just north of downtown St. Louis near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. The area is part of the Mississippi flyway, a major migratory route for more than […]

SALEM, Ohio — Church groups report an increase in numbers of travelers on group tours in the “Going On Faith 2011 Travel Industry Report.” Sixty-seven percent of responding churches reported a load factor average above 36 passengers per tour. That is up from 65 percent from last year. The GOF Report is the result of […]