• Korean Air will check your coat at the airport while you fly off to somewhere warm. (Jaunted)
• Patents for Apple's iTravel product show how you might one day use your iPhone while cruising. (Tnooz)
• Expedia's new hotel product, ASAP—A Sudden Amazing Price, brings to mind Gilt and Groupon. (Kayak)
• More airports are getting special permission to sell liquor at all hours, or at least early morning. (USA Today)
• Speaking of which, Jay-Z (above) is interested in getting into the airport-bar business. Won't Beyoncé give him a ride on her private jet? (Jaunted)
• Amtrak will begin allowing guns on trains that take checked baggage—relax, they'll be in weapon-storage lockers, so you're safe until you enter the station. (MSNBC)
• Midrange hotels are taking over lower Manhattan: good for travelers, bad for the skyline. (Budget Travel)
• New routes on Virgin America, Air France, Qatar Airways, British Airways, and Transaero Airlines, which is based in Russia. (Jaunted)
• A look at the plans for the Creationist theme park planned for Kentucky. (Gadling)
• In two years, airlines have improved their lost-bag rate by 38 percent, which makes the fee a tad more palatable. (Wall Street Journal)
• Timelapse footage of airplanes. (Tnooz)
• You no longer need to visit Universal Studios in order to buy its souvenirs. (Gadling)
• Disneyland's candy canes are very special and you're probably not getting one. (Gadling)
• It seems like a new cruise ship launches every month—here are eight recent ones. (MSNBC)
• No airlines have been fined for long tarmac delays. (Travel Weekly)
• A nice roundup of cheap country-specific lodging options in France, Germany, Netherlands, and more. (Gadling)• How do you spell relief? Nine of the 10 largest US airlines added seats and/or flights in November. (USA Today)
• Royal Caribbean is considering solo cabins. (USA Today)
• Sofitel is introducing a new hipster brand called So. Possible tagline: It's so So. No? Why not? (USA Today)
• Happy Friday: suggestive/awkward theme park pix involving costumed characters. (Gadling)
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