New upscale products Crystal Cruises is introducing A Year of New Developments for 2012. Each month, the luxury line is introducing new destinations, shoreside adventures and product enhancements offering additional choices in wining, dining, evening and daytime entertainment, enrichment and fitness. Avalon Waterways is gearing up to unveil two more suite ships. In May, the […]

Courtesy Shofuso Japanese House and Garden PHILADELPHIA — The new Sakura Pavilion at the Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, housed in two restored brick buildings from the 1876 Centennial Exposition, will allow the Friends of the Japanese House and Garden, which administers the site, to have a year-round presence. “With the addition of the new […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis CVB president Kevin Kane extended the live rock band’s performance twice at the 2012 BankTravel Conference in Memphis, Tenn. Attendees went to Graceland, legendary home of Elvis Presley, for a house tour and live concert. “I don’t think this group is ready to leave just yet,’ said Kane as the delegates […]

WASHINGTON – A 34-foot tower of books all about Abraham Lincoln is the eye-catching central feature of the new Center for Education and Leadership at Ford’s Theatre. The center opened to the public on Feb. 21 so that visitors can tour both the theater where Lincoln was shot and the center’s four-part museum on the […]

Courtesy Shiloh National Military Park SHILOH, Tenn. – Exactly 24,746 luminaries will shine across a Civil War battlefield to honor those killed, wounded or missing for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh. The Shiloh National Military Park will hold the “Grand Illumination” event on the evening of April 7, as part of a […]