| Edinburgh 'best place to visit in UK' Edinburgh has been named Britain's best city in an annual poll compiled by a leading travel industry... | |
| Simple Travel Policy Provides Households 3 Weeks Peace of Mind, with... ApolloMT, a brokerage firm that protects nearly 14,000 households each year against the high costs of emergency medical transport through its fully insured membership program, now offers an... |
| Airlines, airports now responding to Twitter grouses "Hour on tarmac at Heathrow because gate was blocked and then new gate didn't work so down the stairs. Everyone quiet because it's UK, not Mumbai?" Before that tweet could cause much twitter on the... |
| Tim Cordon Joins Guoman Hotels to Head Up the Cumberland LONDON, ENGLAND, September 03, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Guoman Hotels has announced the appointment of Tim Cordon as general manager of The Cumberland hotel with immediate effect. Dynamic,... |
| Almond Resorts Launches an Interactive Online Travel Agent Rewards Training Program Almond Resorts announces the launch date of their interactive online travel agent training program today, September 1st, 2010, that will help travel agents learn more about the... |
| Well Designed Journeys Launched to Serve Growing Baby Boomer Travel Market Formed to meet the needs of the growing boomer travel market and created out of a passion for small group travel, Well Designed Journeys plans luxury vacations for the discerning... |
| Timbers reveal MLS jersey sponsor: Alaska Airlines P ORTLAND, Ore. — When the Portland Timbers join Major league Soccer next season, their jerseys will be sponsored by Alaska Airlines. The Timbers announced the new title sponsor for their MLS... |
| Hyatt renovations may get ECIDA boost West Genesee Hotel Associates LP – the Hyatt’s owner of record – regarding an incentive package for nearly $2.5 million of improvements slated for the downtown hotel. Agency... |
| Airlines face multi-million payout to travel agents On Friday 3 September 2010, 18:07 Six international airlines including Qantas have lost a last-ditch legal bid over years of underpayments to travel agents and will soon be facing... |
| German railway to test train in Channel Tunnel: boss The German railway Deutsche Bahn announced Wednesday it will test a high-speed train in the Channel Tunnel between France and Britain on October 19, a move that could spur rail competition in Europe.... |
| Editorial: Colorado ski resorts should require helmets for kids If the chill in the morning air isn't hint enough, then perhaps the spate of impending ski and snowboard equipment sales are a tip-off. Ski season will soon be upon us, and with it concerns about... |
| World's biggest cruise ship nears completion The Allure of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship under construction is nearing completion in Turku, Finland. By the end of October 2010, it will be delivered to Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.... |
| Brazilian minister defends merger of TAM, LAN airlines Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Thursday the merger of Brazil's TAM and Chile's LAN airlines is legal, dispelling doubts on the approval of a plan to create Latin America's largest... |
| Australian tax office lifts 'Crocodile Dundee' travel ban SYDNEY, Sept 3, 2010 (AFP) - - Australian tax officials lifted a controversial travel ban on "Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan on Friday, leaving him free to return to his home in the United States,... |
| Earl may affect holiday travel - www.roanoke.com Almost a million Virginians are expected to travel over Labor Day weekend, the traditional end of summer, even as forecasters try to gauge how closely Hurricane Earl will sweep past the East Coast. ... |
| Irvine Marriott Hotel Eases Orange County Vacation Budgets With the... Irvine, CA (PRWEB) September 3, 2010 Everyone needs a vacation sooner or later, but budgeting an affordable trip is a challenge. Sometimes the greatest costs come from simple travel elements like... |
| Increase expected for holiday travel Labor Day travel by South Dakotans is expected to increase by 11 percent this year over last, according to a AAA survey.Of the 115,000 South Dakotans expected to travel at least 50 miles from home,... |
| Paul Hogan allowed to travel ACTOR Paul Hogan has been given permission to leave Australia after a travel ban placed on him by the Australian Taxation Office was... |
| AP Source: UNC's Little won't travel for LSU game North Carolina receiver Greg Little won't travel to Atlanta for the 18th-ranked Tar Heels' opener against No. 21 LSU due to the ongoing NCAA investigation at the school, a person with knowledge of... |
| A hotel room with a back problem Frequent travellers tend to emphasize certain necessary skills: proper packing, travelling light, eating right on the road. Add to that list an under-appreciated technique: hotel engineering.... |
| Top 8 sweetest U.S. attractions. Travellers with a sweet-tooth can indulge as they take in the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of these sweet spots, which include chocolate fountains, ice cream empires and jelly bean feasts.... |
| Airport food prices can eat up your budget Travellers may grumble about the high cost of flying, with charges for bags, seat selection and other services that once were free. But for many fliers, the fleecing starts at the airport, where they... |
| UNC receiver Little won't travel for LSU game North Carolina receiver Greg Little won't travel to Atlanta for the 18th-ranked Tar Heels' opener against No. 21 LSU due to the ongoing NCAA investigation at the school, a person with knowledge of... |
| Bumper-to-bumper again as epic China traffic jam returns A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres (75 miles) reappeared in northern China Thursday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, state media said. State television... |
| Ghana: EU blacklists cargo airlines Submit your comment The EU's executive yesterday banned one Ghanaian cargo airline from flying into Europe and limited the operations of another after the UK warned that both were unsafe to... |
| Regional airlines sputter with mishaps Jet producer Bombardier Thursday told the Global Times that the Huaxia Airlines accident in Guiyang, Guizhou Province Saturday will not hamper the future of jet sales in China. "The CRJ series... |
| Phoenix airport worker arrested in luggage thefts Michael Hegstad, 23, was arrested on suspicion he stole items worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from the luggage of passengers passing through Phoenix Sky Harbor International... |
| Hurricane blows out Continental Airlines fees Continental Airlines are sparing customers a storm of fees waiving costs for people whose flight plans may be affected by Hurricane Earl. With weather conditions expected to remain fierce, the... |
| Second homes: Beauty, wealth, variety and Pebble Beach The Lone Cypress: Tourists gladly pay for the pleasure of driving the Pebble Beach Resort-owned 17-Mile Drive, one of the most scenic roads in the... |
| Labor Day Weekend Travel Expected to Rise The American Automobile Association projects an increase of 3.9 percent from 2009.This year, more than 1.6 million Floridians are traveling at least 50 miles away from their home this weekend,... |
| More travelers turning to smartphones CHICAGO — Travel suppliers and the online agencies that sell their bookings are targeting a new breed of jet setter who cannot be bothered booking trips in advance. These travelers are... |
| Hotel guests hunker down to ride out Earl Lee Taylor of Harlow, N.C., buys ice for his family to ride out the storm as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast Thursday in Atlantic Beach,... |
| Frontier Airlines will expand Omaha service DENVER — Frontier Airlines said Thursday it will expand service in Omaha with new flights to Southern California beginning early next year and will resume seasonal nonstop service to Florida in... |
| Delta reducing Bismarck flights BISMARCK, N.D. — Bismarck is being affected by Delta Air Lines flight reductions. Airport Manager Greg Haug told KXMB that Delta in October will pull one of its two daily flights from... |
| Singapore Airlines joins Tourism WA to boost visitors Singapore Airlines and Tourism Western Australia (TWA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly promote tourism to Western Australia. The three-year partnership sees a joint... |
| Alaska Air Group reports 10% gain in August traffic Alaska Airlines , is reporting a 10 percent increase in traffic for the month of August after increasing its capacity by 7.1 percent. As a result, Alaska Airlines showed a 2.2 percent increase in... |
| POLL: Are you anti-Alaska Airlines after the Timbers news? announced a partnership with Alaska Airlines, which became the official airlines of the team and its jersey sponsor. The move makes Alaska Airlines the first airline jersey sponsor in the 15-year... |
| AAA expects more state residents to travel over holiday weekend Of the 115,000 South Dakotans expected to travel at least 50 miles from home, 102,937 will drive, an 11.5 percent increase over last year. More than 3,000 will fly, an increase of 5.6 percent, AAA... |
| Ex-STARS air ambulance clerk admits embezzling $210,000 for travel, landscaping In an agreed statement of facts filed with provincial court on Thursday, Olaronke Adunal Fakunle, 40, acknowledged she embezzled the money while working as accounts payable clerk for STARS and used... |
| Travel warning before Pope visit Traffic management plans are being finalised across central Scotland to minimise disruption during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in two weeks time. Transport Scotland advised travellers to plans... |
| Hurricane Earl travel update: Airlines waive change fees, predict Labor Day delays U.S. airlines are warning passengers flying along the East Coast from Maine to Asheville, N.C., over the next few days that they may face weather delays related... |
| SAS says to host first mile-high gay wedding Scandinavian airline SAS said Wednesday it plans to host the first-ever in-flight gay wedding in December, and is searching for a suitable couple to walk down the airplane aisle. "It will be a very... |
| Iran's first lady of skiing trains on grass The first Iranian woman to enter an Olympic ski event, Marjan Kalhor, before a grass skiing practice at Dizin Ski resort, 70 km from Tehran.... |
| Delta plans to cut premium seats on planes MINNEAPOLIS — Delta Air Lines Inc. plans to upgrade the seats on its Boeing 747s next summer, while cutting the number of seats in the plane's most expensive cabin. Delta detailed the... |
| Atlantis CEO Ron Williams will chair HTA on Thursday. Williams, president and CEO of Atlantis Adventures, one of Hawaii’s largest ocean tour operators, takes over immediately and succeeds Kelvin Bloom, who remains an HTA board... |
| Ex-Microsoft employee suing American Airlines for bad landing A former Microsoft employee is suing American Airlines for a harrowing landing that she says has caused permanent damage. Bellevue resident Jewel Thomas had worked for Microsoft for six years and... |