Plucky Survivors See America 3: The Plucky Shall Rise Again. Two years ago, two friends struggling with grave health issues decided the only suitable way to celebrate life was to visit the world's largest ball of twine. This year, the Pluckies are back on the road and heading on a loop through the U.S. southeast.

3 Biggest Mistakes Business Travelers Make. These so-called "road warriors" aren't necessarily as smart as they look. If they were, then why would they spend half their lives on the road?

Travel Troubleshooter: A Bill, But No Reservation. Our reader uses Orbitz to reserve a hotel room, but when he tries to reconfirm, he's told there's no reservation. He makes a new one, then gets billed for two. Is there any hope for a refund?

How to Have a Road Trip Without Breaking the Bank. The great American road trip is on -- even with the high cost of gas. Frommers.com reveals where to drive to without breaking the bank.

Courtyard Wows Guests and Bill Marriott With Latest Extreme Lobby Makeover at BWI Airport Hotel. Getting the CEO to gush about your hotel is every hotel manager's dream. Today, J.W. Marriott, Jr., chairman and CEO, Marriott International, Inc.

Herndon, Virginia To Get an Element. Today, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., announced an agreement with Diamond Properties, LLC and Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

Holiday Inn brand family growing strong with new look. The Holiday Inn brand family is a growth engine for IHG Lon: IHG; NYSE: IHG ] in the Americas and around the world.

Hot picks: 'Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom,' kayaking festival. For its next staged reading, Bricolage explores the colliding worlds of virtual and actual reality with Jennifer Haley's play "Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom." It's set in the comfortable world of a..

Olympics: Kayakers gamble on lane choice. Steven Ferguson and Mike Walker reckon the risk was worth it after making a sneaky booking of lane one for the Olympic K2 1000m kayaking final.

World champion Brabants seeks to join the gold rush in kayaking. The things Tim Brabants has seen in his working life should lend some perspective to whatever happens in the next frantic 24 hours of his flat water canoeing career.

Playboy girl Nicole's team wins kayaking gold. Beixiaoying Town, China, August 22: Germany has won the gold medal in women's 500-meter kayak four, giving Nicole Reinhardt a trip to the medal stand along with her spread this month in Playboy.

Gold for Britain's 'king of the kayaks'..but Britain's BMX starlet.. Great Britain's Tim Brabants won gold in the men's kayaking 1000m this morning with a barnstorming display of powerful paddling which saw him finish a length clear of his nearest rival.

Women's K4 bronze. Adelaide 5C - 13C. Few showers, chiefly afternoon. The women's K4 team has won bronze in the 500m final.

Germany looking strong, take two kayaking gold medals. Germany looked strong Friday at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, as they took two of the first four gold medals on offer for the day.

Kayaking: Medal-less son keen to try again in 2012. "Next time," said Olympic icon Ian Ferguson, hugging son Steven after his eighth place in the K1-500m final at Shunyi last night meant the younger Ferguson is yet to garner one of what his famous father has..

Bronze for Brabants in 500m kayaking. There was a wonderful divided-by-a-common-language moment on CNN World last week, when they went over to talk excitedly to their correspondent in Beijing about the British rising to third place in the medals..

Kayaking with a tube-and-worm rig catches bass. Bob Oberg caught this 30-pounder off Narragansett yestreday and returned this morning for more.

Sea Kayaking Paddle Further with Less Work. Of the large handful of methods kayakers use to paddle more skillfully, none is easier to learn than paddling faster and further with fewer strokes.

Olympics: Britain's Tim Brabants wins gold medal in K1 1,000m kayaking race. Tim Brabants, who returned to paddling two years ago because of what he called "unfinished business", today became Britain's 18th gold medallist of these Games with a masterly display of controlled paddling in..

Is Amtrak a viable solution for business travelers? Until this country invests in high speed rail, travel times will remain long, frequencies will remain few, and most business travelers will opt for the plane or automobile.