Travel News:

• American’s renouncing their U.S. citizenship went up six times in the second quarter from a year ago.
• An American tourist accidentally snaps finger off medieval Italian statue
• A Lion Air plane hits a cow after landing in Indonesia 
• CNN Travel has an article and slideshow with American’s most popular water parks. 
• After a huge fire at Nairobi’s international airport on Wednesday, international flights started taking off the following day reports USA Today Travel.
• USA Today reports that the Famed Love Boat made it’s final voyage to a scrap yard in Turkey.
• jetBlue shares A Day In the Life of a Maintenance Technician on it’s blog BlueTales.
• Skift reports that American Airlines again defends CEO’s $20 million severance package. CEO Horton will step down after American merges with U.S. Airways.

Travel Deals and Offers:

• Order 10 issues of NatGeo Kids Magazine for $15. When Lucas is a couple of years older I’ll be getting his a subscription. Order here.
• Loyalty Traveler has details on a promo from Howard Johnson Hotels to get a $25 gas card for booking your room on a Monday during August and September. The offer is good for stays until October 31. Find out all of the details from Loyalty Traveler here.
• Tommy Bahama is giving away a trip to the British Virgin Islands. Prize includes flights, 7 days 6 nights on a private yacht and more. Enter here by August 15.
• Win a L.A. Foodie getaway for 2 from InsideHook. Prize includes flights, 2 night hotel stay, dinners and more. Enter here by August 16.
• Enter for a chance to win a 2 night hotel stay (up to $250 per night) from Hotels.com in the Sleep, Dream, Win Promotion. Enter here by August 31 for a shot at the prize.
• 25 people will win 25,000 SkyMiles from Delta in the Extend the Summer Sweepstakes. Enter once per day until the sweepstakes ends on August 31.
• Win a 7 day trip for 2 to Japan in the Japan Train Sweepstakes. Flights, hotel, Japan Rail between Tokyo & Kyoto and more are included. Enter here by September 30.