SeaWorld, Busch Gardens to Open New Attractions in 2011
At SeaWorld's Discovery Cove interactive park in Orlando, visitors will be able to snorkel at Grand Reef, a tropical fish habitat filled with eels, reef sharks and other tropical fish while Busch Gardens Tampa Bay will introduce Cheetah Hunt, a roller coaster built in an animal habitat. More info. 

Gulf Tourism Recovering Six Months after Oil Spill
Six months after the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, tourists are beginning to return to beaches and restaurants along the Gulf of Mexico, but the gains come after a difficult summer. Full story from USA Today

Not What You Might Have Guessed
Automobile crashes are the top killer of healthy Americans traveling abroad, not terrorism or crime. Mexico ranks highest in fatalities followed by Thailand, the Dominican Republic, Germany and Spain. Full story from USA Today.
 
Airline Fees: The Rundown
A USA Today chart tells travelers what they will pay for a preferred seat, priority boarding, checking bags, changing tickets and more. 
 
Happy Holidays from TSA
Travelers this holiday will find increased security measures aimed at thwarting terrorism including body scanners and the new Secure Flight program, which requires travelers to provide more information when booking tickets. Body scanners are a growing presence in airport with almost 300 scanners now at 61 U.S. airports.  Full story from MSNBC 
 
I Can Do It All By Myself
Travelers have not only grown accustomed to using airport self-serve kiosks and now want to do more themselves, according to a new survey About 70% of the 2,500 travelers surveyed said they want automated security checks and boarding gates and two-thirds would like to tag their own bags, change flight plans by themselves and claim delayed baggage without having to work with airline personnel. Full story from the Associated Press
 
And We Thought It Was The Taste
According to researchers, the noise from an airplane's engines disturbs our senses and makes us enjoy the food less. Full story from ABC News