hotels and accommodations
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The co-owner and inspiration behind Donna's restaurants in Mount Vernon, Cross Keys, Charles Village and Columbia watched her Mount Vernon restaurant burn in a spectacular five-alarm fire last December. But she and husband Peter Adams went ahead with a planned trip to Sicily this summer. - The opening of the $200 million luxury hotel comes amid a slow but steady recovery for the travel industry and should help boost tourism downtown, experts said.
- Vision Airlines will offer twice-weekly service between BWI and Freeport, a vacation destination that has in recent years been eclipsed by bustling Nassau.
- Canada's second largest city offers historic architecture, exceptional dining, non-stop music, and that inherent Frenchness.
- Baltimore events: Lewis Black, Double Dagger, Ravens and more
- Plan your week with our guide to what's going on in town
- Mothers look for top-notch doctors and reputable medical facilities when it comes to giving birth. But more and more, they are also pining for a bit of luxury in their hospital rooms.
- Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.
- Chip Riley, aka "FIRED-UP," a Harford County resident and Super Fan of the Baltimore Ravens, was recently inducted into the Professional Football Ultimate Fan Association (PFUFA) in Canton, Ohio.
- Hoteliers and merchants at Maryland and Delaware resorts are eager to show Labor Day travelers that there is life after Hurricane Irene — but they may have their work cut out for them, according to travel industry analysts.
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- In a hunt for more revenue, Maryland officials are weighing ways to pressure hotel-booking websites such as Expedia and Orbitz to pay more taxes — a tactic that has netted some cities, counties and states tens of millions of dollars, but left others mired in lengthy legal battles.
- Emory Grove, a 62-acre Christian retreat community in Glyndon, offers a serene, peaceful getaway to owners of 47 cottages at the center.
- As Maryland drivers cruise into the July 4 holiday, they can think of their gas tanks as either half empty or half full.
- From off-roading to sliding down snowless slopes, there's plenty of rugged summer fun in the Blue Ridge
- If Baltimore manages to build the $900 million convention center expansion and arena proposed for the Inner Harbor, business and civic leaders say, the city will join a growing list of destinations competing to woo lucrative convention business with bigger, better facilities.
- The Emerald Isle provides a calming retreat from chef John Shields' restaurant business in Baltimore
- About 719,400 Marylanders are expected to travel on vacation this holiday weekend, essentially even with last year's fairly robust Memorial Day numbers, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.
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- Wilmington event allows visitors to rub elbows with — and taste fare by — celebrity chefs
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- Why just get down on bended knee when you can woo her with a scavenger hunt?
