CHEVY CHASE, MD (February 8, 2012) – Travel Channel returns with season six of the popular paranormal travel series, “Ghost Adventures” on Friday, March 9 at 9:00 p.m., ET/PT. Investigative duo, Zak Bagans and Nick Groff, along with equipment technician Aaron Goodwin, explore some of the most haunted locations in America to unearth the trapped souls and dark energy within. This season, the team visits spots that have never been explored by the Ghost Adventures team including the Peabody-Whitehead Mansion in Denver, CO, the Shanghai Tunnels in Portland, OR, as well as the family home of paranormal equipment inventor Gary Galka in East Granby, CT, where business gets personal as they help one family make contact with their dead daughter in a deeply personal story of love, loss and a haunted house.  

CHEVY CHASE, MD (February 7, 2012) – Travel Channel today announced the appointment of Marietta Hurwitz to Senior Vice President and General Manager of Digital. In this role, she is charged with overseeing Travel Channel’s iconic brand across digital platforms as the network focuses on multiple-platform expansion. Hurwitz will be responsible for establishing digital content and strategy aimed at keeping the network in the forefront as an entertaining, informative and reliable source for all travel-related products and services. Hurwitz will report to Shannon O’Neill, chief financial officer for the network, and will work out of the Chevy Chase and New York offices.

CHEVY CHASE, MD (February 6, 2012)– Ever wonder what happens to your lost luggage? Travel Channel provides a glimpse into the very profitable business of bidding, buying and reselling unclaimed property in the new original series “Baggage Battles,” premiering with a special one-hour season opener featuring back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, April 11 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.  The weekly half-hour series follows three teams of savvy “auction specialists” who travel to some of the most important and unknown auctions where their bids are based on sight unseen instincts. The season premiere will kick off at Miami International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world, and then the auction pros will jump across “The Pond” to London.

CHEVY CHASE, MD (January 25, 2012) –Travel Channel, the preeminent lifestyle brand and travel category leader, has tapped Amelie Tseng to lead the Network’s Communications Department as Vice President, Communications. In addition, Rick Gomes joins as Director, Communications.  These key appointments follow on the heels of Travel Channel’s plans in rolling out an aggressive programming and development slate for 2012 and will further augment the communications support of the Network’s ambitious original programming mission.  They will both be based at Travel Channel’s New York office. The announcement was made today by Eleo Hensleigh, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Travel Channel.

New York (January 17, 2012)—Beef chili, guacamole and pigs in a blanket might be common fare at most Super Bowl parties, but according to a recent poll, commissioned by Travel Channel “Bizarre Foods America” and conducted online by Harris Interactive, Americans might be upping their eating game at their next Super Bowl soiree. Out of the bizarre food choices provided, 32% (one-third) would eat muskrat chili and 18% (one in five) a pig ear sandwich! The online survey, which polled over 2,200 U.S. adults (age 18 and over), illustrates that when given the opportunity, U.S. adults have a surprisingly diverse appetite and adventurous palate for an array of “bizarre food” choices.