San Diego Girl Scouts to auction off Zeppelin ride

The stakes in a San Diego Girl Scouts annual fundraising auction just got a lot higher: The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced Friday it will donate an airship ride during the event on Sept. 10.

Hot Tours: Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Justin Bieber

With ticket sales reported from the final dates of its 2010 Summer Tour, Phish takes the No. 1 spot on this week’s Hot Tours chart with a combined gross of $7.4 million from five markets.

Hotel revenue from phone calls, in-room movies drying up

More guests are bringing their own devices, taking a small but significant bite out of the bottom line as the hospitality industry struggles to pull out of a deep slump. The nation's hotel industry, already struggling to pull out of its worst slump in decades, is now suffering from another loss in revenue because of the booming popularity of cellphones and laptop computers.

Chinese students visit San Bernardino

More than 350 middle and high school students from throughout China participated in a cultural immersion program offered by Cal State San Bernardino’s College of Extended Learning (CEL). The students, ages 12–18, arrived throughout the summer in eight different groups from Shanghai, Beijing, Jiangsu and Yunnan.

TicketNetwork Advisory -- Trans-Siberian Orchestra Tour Celebrates Winter

VERNON, CT--(Marketwire - 09/03/10) - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, the group best known for their Christmas and winter themed rock operas, is hitting the road once more for two simultaneous national tours during the 2010 holiday season. Fans of the band that created classics like "Christmas Sarejevo 12/24" and "Wizards of Winter" will have little trouble finding tickets, as many of the 2010 Trans ...

Turn a Last Minute Staycation Into a Vacation Getaway by Adding New Experiences From Viator.com

From Cruises to Bike Tours, Putting a Travelers' Twist on a Local City Can Turn an Ordinary Day Into a Getaway

Piano prodigy to play at SIUE

Every four years since 1962, the Van Cliburn Foundation has hosted the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in search of the world’s best virtuosic pianists.