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IT'S a traveller's worst nightmare but lost luggage is a real threat with some 200,000 bags going missing every year. Here's how to avoid becoming a travelling statistic.

An AUSTRALIAN actress is loving her new life in America's Tinseltown and reveals to Nui Te Koha her favourite hangouts in the world's entertainment capital.

WOULD you love to sleep in Bono's bed? Or go wild in Sir Richard Branson's African bush? Jessica Hurt discovers you don't have to be rich or famous to join the stars.

EVERY country has its own specific tipping culture so, before taking off, Mr it's essential to sus out the tipping protocol of your destination from a reliable source.

THE Australian airline industry loses up to 200,000 passenger bags a year ? some of which end up being donated to charities when their owners cannot be found.

MOTHERS-to-be need to plan their holidays and air travel with some extra care, advises Aslan Shand.

JAMES Norman, a former Greenpeace worker, says claims that the travel industry is to blame for global warming are out of proportion with the facts.

PASSENGERS are demanding better and bigger planes and the world's airlines have responded by pumping a staggering $3 trillion-plus into brand new fleets.

MORE than half of Australian travellers have tried to cheat hotel minibars with tactics such as replacing bottled water with tap water, a survey has found.

LIBBY Peacock puts medical tourism in Asia under the knife as she examines the growing popularity of holiday surgery and the region's medical facilities that offer it.