Sarah Palin on why she quit her Hawaii vacation - “In an attempt to ‘go incognito,’ I Sharpied the logo out on my sun visor so photographers would be less likely to recognize me and bother my kids or other vacationers… I have since cut our vacation short because the incognito attempts didn’t work.”

Joseph Peter Pepitone - Wore nothing but a barrel and a Santa hat, threw paint on Fabulous Vegas sign, as a form of protest.

And here’s the rest of the week’s travel news:-

Sahara cites weak demand in closing 2 Vegas hotel towers - Las Vegas Sun 
New 4000 room Vegas City Center Aria opening photos - Dealbase blog 

Donald Trump says City Center ‘an absolute catastrophe’ - LVRJ
Kirk Kerkorian says City Center ‘amazing’ - LVRJ

Asking for Orange Juice puts AA passenger in violation of federal law - Koosome 
AA apologizes for orange juice incident - CBS13

CA Tourism’s Caroline Beteta says media unnecessarily cooking up junket controversies - Sac Biz Journal
Santa Clara County’s Valley Medical Center doctors spent hundreds of thousands of tax-payer dollars at five-star beach resorts from Maui to Barbados - San Francisco Chronicle

Mexican police force aims to bring back US tourists - Mercury News
US Travel on its way to Cuba - ABC News

Treasure Island tries to calm hoteliers sick of weeds, rats - St. Petersburg Times
Officials Clear Miami’s Epic Hotel in Guest’s Fatal Illness - New York Times

Photo by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com

Posted on December 20th, 2009 by PLing
Filed under: Travel News