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Miami International Airport is home to the first Johnnie Walker store in the U.S.

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The airport experience has evolved over the years in an attempt to ease the tribulations associated with air travel. recently opened in Miami International Airport’s North Terminal. Exhibit A: The first Johnnie Walker store in the U.S.

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Travel overseas and cruises during coronavirus: Australians still booking holidays

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Overseas travel is banned. But travel agents and cruise lines are fielding inquiries and, in some cases, taking bookings from eager travellers. Travel agent Barry Downs said customers were beginning to discuss future holiday plans instead of seeking refunds or postponing travel. Three: unlikely to travel again.”

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The Housing Market May Be Slowing, but Prices in These Popular Metros Are Still Soaring

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Miami, FL is home to some of the nation’s strongest home price appreciation with a 36.2% Following closely behind red-hot Miami is Memphis, TN, where cash-strapped investors have pushed list prices 32.7% year-over-year increase in the average home list price for a median home price tag of $625,000, according to Realtor.com.

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Traveller letters: Priority stickers on suitcases are meaningless

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Gripe number one: my experience of collecting my “priority tagged bags for first-off-the-carousel convenience” is way different to that of Julie Miller’s (Traveller, ) in her Flight Test review. I want to commend the use of travel agents in this rapidly changing world of travel. STRANGER DANGER.

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Trump bans cruise ships departing from the US from travelling to Cuba

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The Trump administration on Tuesday ended the most popular forms of US travel to Cuba, banning cruise ships and a heavily used category of educational travel in an attempt to cut off cash to the island’s communist government. “We will communicate to our guests and travel partners as additional information becomes available.”

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Will Decline in Foreign Homebuying Bring Relief to Domestic Buyers?

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Compared to overall buyers, international homebuyers are a small percentage, but they drive up prices in markets like New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. Limited travel between the U.S. The other percentage are overseas buyers purchasing investment properties or vacation homes. A stronger dollar, which makes U.S. housing this year.

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The top 20 cities where tourists outnumber the locals

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For every Miami resident more than 16 tourists arrive each year, making it the city with the highest visitor-to-local ratio in the world. Miami’s glorious beachfront. The top 20 cities where tourists outnumber locals: Miami – 16.4 What is it about Miami? million tourists visit each year. Photo: iStock.

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