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The Week in Travel (5/18/12)

The world of travel moves fast!  Let’s keep up–together.  On Fridays, Traveling IQ curates the highlights from the past week: *Hilton Hotels are working it out.    Guests at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner and the Hilton San Francisco Union Square … Continue reading

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Fleet Week New York comes OUT!

Photo via flickr The Sailors are coming to town and this year—for the first time ever—they can be openly gay. From May 23 to 30, thousands of men and women serving on U.S. Navy and U.S. Coastguard ships will debark … Continue reading

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Key West: Island House 2-4-1 Vacations

It is time to strip off your winter coat (and shirt, and pants, and…) and cash-in on two tropical vacations for the price of one.  The Island House in Key West—the historic, men-only, clothing-optional resort—is once again offering their “Buy … Continue reading

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Pittsburgh Goes Dutch

The arts in Pittsburgh are enjoying the Dutch touch in 2012. As the birthplace of pop art giant Andy Warhol, modern dance pioneer Martha Graham, and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright August Wilson, Pittsburgh is no stranger to artistic innovation.  This … Continue reading

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Winter Party Heats Up Miami

Get a tan this winter.  From February 29 to March 5, Miami heats up the season with the 10,000-guest, six-day Winter Party Festival.    This year’s events range from cocktail soirees to cultural outings to—yes—parties, parties, and more parties. And as … Continue reading

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IQ on Proud FM: Miami, Florida

Ivan Quintanilla is the featured travel expert on Toronto’s Proud FM Radio “Your Morning With Richard & Chris.” In this segment, IQ talks about thawing from the cold in Miami, Florida. Click below to listen (3 minutes): And click here … Continue reading

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Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend

From January 13-15, Washington D.C. trades the khakis and polos  for a little leather and rubber.  Every year on the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend our nation’s capital attracts some 2,000 visitors for Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend (MAL) .   The … Continue reading

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The Aloft London Excel Hotel

London’s cup runneth over and its creativity is pouring East. Thanks to new rail stations, contemporary art galleries, bohemian shops, and — of course — the 2012 Olympic Games, London’s Eastside is emerging as the city’s new, gold medal neighborhood. … Continue reading

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Cyber Monday Travel Deals

Few things appeal to me less than being trampled by a half-priced mob on the day after Thanksgiving.  I will go on record admitting I have never understood the appeal of Black Friday.  On “the biggest shopping day of the … Continue reading

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IQ in The Washington Post: Valencia

I’m a greedy tourist. When I travel, I want to experience it all: the old and the new, the quaint and the cosmopolitan, the historic and the contemporary. So when I heard about a city that flows with the ease … Continue reading

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