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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on the fracking debate

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The U.S. Secretary of the Interior talks about new efforts to bring tourism to boost jobs and about the department's new partnership with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency.
Posted In: fracking, tourism, Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior

Boring and Dull form strategic partnership

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Residents in two towns -- halfway across the world from one another -- are putting together a tourism partnership.
Posted In: Scotland, Oregon, tourism
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America woos overseas tourists

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Since 9/11, America's share of worldwide tourism has dropped 30 percent. A new ad campaign hopes to reverse the trend.
Posted In: Travel, tourism

Everyone's lining up for the Supreme Court health care hearing

Friday, March 23, 2012
The court's grounds will be clogged with a colorful mix of characters: activists, lawyers, journalists and oh, tourists.
Posted In: health care, Supreme Court, Washington D.C., tourism
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Rust Belt rolls dice and builds new casinos

Monday, February 20, 2012
Pennsylvania, Michigan and Illinois are on board with casinos, hoping to drive tourism to down-on-their-luck communities. Now Ohio is getting into the game.
Posted In: Ohio, casinos, tourism, gambling

The Vegas economy, beyond gambling

Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Forget about slot machines and blackjack. Las Vegas visitors are increasingly coming to the city to shop, eat and party at the pool.
Posted In: Nevada, tourism, gambling, Las Vegas

New Year's Eve a priceless marketing tool for NYC

Friday, December 30, 2011
The Times Square celebration brings in a worldwide audience and millions of tourist dollars to NYC every year.
Posted In: New Year's eve, New York City, tourism, Travel

Japan on the cheap

Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Six months have passed since the earthquakes that did so much damage in Japan, and the Japanese tourism agency is thinking of ways to get the word...
Posted In: Japan, Tech Report, tourism

MID-DAY UPDATE: stock exchange merger, Egypt, workers' union, and Civil War tourism

Friday, February 18, 2011
Now that the German and New York stock exchanges have tied the knot, it's time to discuss which entity is going to take a new name. Germans think...
Posted In: Civil War, Egypt, Facebook, Germany, Hosni Mubarak, Mergers and Acquisitions, mid-day update, National Park Service, New York, NYSE, stock market, stocks, tourism

Going to Madrid? Book a room at the Beach Garbage Hotel

Friday, January 21, 2011
This final note today. I don't know that this is necessarily the best advertisement for an international tourism trade fair that's starting in...
Posted In: Madrid, tourism, Travel

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