CALIFORNIA TRAVEL & TOURISM COMMISSION ANNOUNCES SPECIAL OFFERS FOR CALIFORNIA WINE MONTH IN SEPTEMBER
Summer vacation may be over for the kids, but adults can still play this September with special offers for California Wine Month. For wine lovers, there's no better time to indulge their passion than harvest time, when vintners from all over the state are lovingly guiding the process in hopes of creating the next great vintage. (Market Watch)       
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GET A LOAD OF NAPA, TAKE THE WINE TRAIN
There was plenty of pooh-poohing when the Napa Valley Wine Train started choo-chooing 20 years ago from Napa to St. Helena twice a day. Locals fretted about the noise, the smoke and the general kitschiness of the little train that would wine and dine tourists. (San Francisco Chronicle)  
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NO END TO THE VIEWS
Lush, green and spectacularly beautiful, San Francisco’s Lands End feels like it has been one of the world's most scenic spots forever. But the truth is that this fascinating corner of the city, now part of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the world's largest urban national park, was once barren and windswept. (The Sacramento Bee) 
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TOURISM OFFICIALS HOST CHINESE TRAVEL DELEGATION
Solvang welcomed four Chinese travel and tour professionals for the first time on Tuesday, Aug. 11, during a statewide familiarization visit coordinated by the California Travel & Tourism Commission, the Solvang Conference & Visitors Bureau and the Santa Ynez Valley Visitors Association. (Santa Ynez Valley News)
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SEPTEMBER 15TH: CALIFORNIA WINE DINNERS AT THE MODERN, ELEVEN MADISON PARK & TABLA
In celebration of California Wine Month, several renowned California winemakers will descend upon three of Danny Meyer’s restaurants on September 15th for some special wine pairing dinners. (Wined & Dined)
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THE GREEN PREMIUM
Are consumers facing green fatigue? Are wallets biting back during tough economic times? Does the green movement have legs during an extended recession? You couldn’t hear enough about green hotelkeeping before the economy tanked in 2008. Now, do you hear the drum beat nearly as often or as loud? The author of this article doesn’t think so, especially when too many hoteliers are fighting for their professional lives and have to place green initiatives on the back burner. (Hotels Magazine)
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BUSINESS TRAVELERS GIVE UP AMENITIES TO CUT COSTS
As the recession unfolds, a growing number of budget-minded business travelers are shifting to lower-price hotels, whether by choice or because their bosses are telling them to. The biggest beneficiaries of the shift, travel experts say, are the hotels that keep prices down by not offering amenities like restaurants or meeting rooms. (The New York Times via St. Louis Today)
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AIRLINES TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT FLIERS FROM SWINE FLU
Airlines say they're preparing for the return of swine flu this fall but stop short of declaring they'll bar passengers with symptoms from planes or give refunds for trips canceled because of the illness. Rather than impose special measures to deal with the H1N1 virus, several U.S. carriers emphasize they'll follow long-standing policies that permit them to keep an ill person from flying, whatever the sickness. (USA Today)
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LAS VEGAS’ MCCARRAN JOIN U.S. AIRPORTS USING CUSTOMS KIOSKS
You’ve seen them in “Mission: Impossible” and the James Bond movies, those facial-feature scanners and fingerprint pads that give people access to high-tech secret stuff. Now, McCarran International Airport has such a gadget for people to get into the United States. (Las Vegas Sun)
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AIRLINES MAY HAVE A BUMPY RIDE IN FALL AND WINTER
Airlines cut fares to get more passengers on planes and salvage the summer travel season, but now their job gets harder heading into the slower fall and winter months. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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