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The Loss of LOST Might Mean the Rise of Hawaii

Dear fans of LOST, don't pout because you're only several more episodes away from the end of the final season of your show, because the cast members sure aren't worrying. In fact, they're already on the look out for the next gig, and Daniel Dae Kim is the first to find post-LOST success as he's already signed on to play Detective Chin Ho Kelly in the upcoming remake of the late 1960s detective drama series Hawaii Five-O.

So what does this mean for travel? Well for one, it means that couch potatoes are going see the beautiful beaches and vistas of Hawaii when the series airs eventually, and that's some serious subliminal messaging. This will trickle down to hopefully help the tourism end of Hawaii's economy which struggled majorly during the recession and still needs a boast in the bottom.

So if you enjoyed Daniel Dae Kim romping through the exotic wilds of Hawaii in LOST, stay tuned for Daniel Day Lewis romping through the beaches, hotels and wilds of Hawaii in Hawaii Five-O.

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· Staying In Hawaii [Perez Hilton]
· Daniel Dae Kim Joins ‘Hawaii Five-O’ Reboot [JustJared]
· Where Fans of LOST Want to Hang Out [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel [Jaunted]

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Amazing Race's Sixteenth Season Will Premiere On February 14

Here we go again—and we say that with a smile, since we're talking about the sixteenth season of Amazing Race, which premieres quite soon, on Sunday February 14th at 8pm EST.

It feels like only yesterday that we concluded our "Chasing Racers" map that followed Amazing Race 15's teams around the globe, as we've done every season, but then it still feels like yesterday that we watched the adrenaline-heavy finale to the very first season.

Who will be this season's backstabbing villains and who will be the cute couple whose mantra is "you can do this, baby! I love you!" We still have to wait and see, but already there's a spoiler on the web from when a traveler spotted the pairs on the road, filming.

SPOILER ALERT, after the jump

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'Jersey Shore' Will Return for Second Season, But Not to New Jersey

To start the week off right, we've got a bit of sweet and sour news for you: the original cast of MTV's Jersey Shore TV show will return for a second season, just not in New Jersey. We're betting that the decision to move had nothing to do with protestors who said the show was demeaning to NJ; MTV just probably wants variety and more bikinis on-screen by taking them somewhere warmer, as they have promised, according to Gothamist:

The press release noted that twelve new episodes will air this summer, and that Pauly D, Mike, Snooki, Jenni, Sammi, Ronnie and Vinny will 'escape the cold Northeast and find themselves in a new destination.' Are they telling us Jersey Shore is returning with everything but the Jersey Shore?

Wherever they go, we hope there's a laundromat, gym and tanning salon within a quick drive and that the cast—who are likely earning more than $10K per episode for this second series—don't get their fist pump and hair pouf on from a ritzy penthouse. Still, we're curious—where are they headed? We speculated that it'd be Atlantic City before reading this announcement, but now we're wondering if they're Miami-bound, or...even better for them...to West Palm Beach? Throw your best guesses in the comments!

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· Original Jersey Shore cast returns, just not to NJ [Gothamist]
· Where Will Jersey Shore Head for a second season? [Jaunted]
· Jersey Shore will first conquer your television, then your vacation [Jaunted]
· Television travel [Jaunted]

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Book A Seat On LOST's Doomed Oceanic Flight 815

Anticipating next week's kickoff of Lost Season 6, the programmers at travel metasearch engine Kayak have buried a Lost-related easter egg deep in their site. If you've ever yearned to crack open the secrets to the Dharma Initiative—or not, as the case may be—you now have a chance to book a seat on Oceanic Flight 815, the route that began the entire mind-bending adventure. Via Mashable, all you have to do is punch in the right settings, hit Kayak's "Search" button, and an option for the self-evidently bad idea appears.

You can't really book the reservation, of course. Trying to lock it in will take you to a Lost Wikipedia entry on the doomed trans-Pacific flight. But it's still a nice little timewaster, especially if you're an obsessed fan. To unlock the easter egg, plug in a request for a SYD-LAX flight like you normally would. It has to be a one-way flight and the day has to be set for September 22, 2010, the series having aired for the first time on September 22, 2004. The price of the ticket is $4839 so you might want to sort by reverse price order after you get the results. If you've done everything right and you look down a couple rows, there it will be.

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Scranton's Airport Should Just Rename Itself 'Dunder Mifflin Airport'

If you have any business meetings with Michael Scott scheduled this spring, you’ll be pleased to see some of the renovations done to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, which desperately needs a name update itself. Officials have given the green light to open up the wallet to fund a couple rehab projects, and they’re looking to get things ready for a new restaurant. They already have ensured that there’s free WiFi for all throughout the Joseph M. McDade Terminal Building, so the new upgrades are just icing on the cake.

Midtown Sundries—they’ve got locations in North Carolina and Florida—is set to open at the airport this March. Despite their name they sell food and drinks, not stuff like toiletries and cosmetics. The restaurant looks like the typical steak, burger, and sandwich place, and they have big kid beverages, so it will definitely be a good option to drink away any flight delays.

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'Jersey Shore' Will First Conquer Your Television, Then Your Vacation

Have you thrown or attended a Jersey Shore party yet? Apparently they are all the rage, and not just in clubs where the cast is being tens of thousands of dollars to appear. People are throwing these parties in their own homes, voluntarily giving themselves "guidette poofs" with bumpits, or blowing out the Pauly D hair in good fun.

After last night's episode, we're sure that the parties will spread to whole weekend-long events, since the cast headed even further down the Shore for a mini-vacation at The Tropicana in Atlantic City. Not surprisingly, they found more girls to "pound out" and more guys to "smush."

How this benefits NJ, after the jump

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Richard Branson Might Make A Cameo On Virgin America's 'Fly Girls' TV Show

It's almost mid-season in the land of television series, and you know what that means? New shows, including the much-anticpated CW one following around the flight attendants of Virgin America. it's called "Fly Girls" and it should be sufficiently salacious and sexy, what with five high-flying hotties partying just as hard as they work.

But just how involved in the show is the airline? The LA Times recently looked into this question, and discovered everything but the show's premier date, although they did say in March. Now although you'll see plenty of Virgin America logos and planes in the show, that wasn't a term dictated by the airline; apparently Virgin gave the telveision crew free reign and simply comped the flights for the crew to shoot. But then Virgin's biggest mascot might even make an appearance; we're talking about good old Richard Branson of course.

But wait, there's more!

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Where Will 'Jersey Shore' Head For a Second Season?

What are your Thursday night plans? Either you're watching MTV's Jersey Shore or you aren't, and even if you aren't you're eventually battered with a recap of it or some news of the cast members partying it up at some point. The "guidos" are inescapable this season, and their fist-pumping antics and fake tans are money in the bank for MTV, so much so that the network is reportedly courting the cast for a second season at The Shore.

The possibility was first leaked by Vinny (far right in the photo), who was partying at La Pomme in New York City recently and flapping his mouth about it. Even if the show does return, we doubt they'll be heading back to Seaside Heights. They did pretty much everything last summer to make themselves notorious (and now hated), and Ronnie doesn't have anything good to say about the town right back:

When we first got there, everyone sees the cameras and they want to know who we are. So they were like, 'Welcome to Seaside. Welcome to Seaside.' But a few weeks later, people realized who we were and what was going on, it was like, 'Get the hell out of Seaside.'

So where will they go?...

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Is Disney Developing a 'Lost' Theme Park Ride?

The sixth and final season of Lost is less than a month away, but even if the television show is on its way out, we might be able to relive the series for years to come. If the rumors are true, the suits at Disney might be kicking around an idea to bring the show to one of their theme parks. Fans of the show—and there’s lots of them—have already started an online petition to get the attention of Mickey and friends.

One of the show’s producers recently sent out a tweet suggesting that he’d enjoy seeing Disney make an attraction about the show, and while nothing is confirmed at this point, it appears it could be in the pipeline. Over at Movieline they are reporting that a little birdie has whispered in their ear regarding Walt Disney Imagineers and a potential Lost themed ride. It would be a motion-based ride using some new theme park technology—some of the same behind-the-scenes magic that will bring Harry Potter to life at Universal Studios in Orlando.

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Twilight Spawns Its Own Reality Show in Forks, WA

First, life imitated art when The O.C. became the inspiration for a little reality show called Laguna Beach. Then, Desperate Housewives served as the basis for the original Real Housewives, and now it looks like The Twilight Saga may be spawning its own reality show too.

Once upon a time, Forks, WA was a sleepy little town in the middle of nowhere, but thanks to Stephanie Meyers, who set the Twilight books in Forks, the town has become the destination for fans of the franchise. There is even a documentary about the community called "Twilight in Forks," which will be released on DVD with "New Moon." So its no surprise that reality TV execs have come knockin' on Forks' door looking for the next big reality TV stars.

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Take A Killer Volunteer Vacation To Malaysia, 'Dexter'-Style

If you were following Dexter this season, you know that the Trinity Killer (John Lithgow) cemented his youngest victims into new construction for Four Walls, a fictional charity that built homes for the needy. In the end, Dexter took care of Trinity, but there are still plenty of people in the real world who need a home, and its Habitat for Humanity who is helping them.

Habitat for Humanity has several volunteer opportunities available in local communities and at build sites across the globe. One of them, the Global Village Program, lets volunteers experience another culture while making a difference in the lives of others.

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How to Get Tickets to 'Let's Make a Deal' at The Tropicana in Las Vegas

Wayne Brady is taking a break from Making %@it Up and is currently hosting the new-old TV game show, Let's Make a Deal which is filmed at The Tropicana and airs on CBS at 9am (Las Vegas time!)

If you were a fan of the original game show in the 60s and 70s and grew up watching the reruns in the 80s, you could get excited by this new incarnation which is far less annoying that the new incarnation of "Price is Right" with Drew Carey. And attending the show could be a fun way to kill time during the day in Vegas.

The great news is that the tickets are completely free. Tapings occur twice a day, starting at 11am. The bad (or more good news depending on how much you love costumes) is that to be selected to participate in the deal-making with Wayne, you have to be dressed in costume.

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