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Fishing boat washes ashore carrying five vacationing Brazilians
FORT LAUDERDALE - Five Brazilian migrants, including one minor, are in U.S. Border Patrol custody after their 31-foot boat washed ashore Tuesday afternoon. The three men, a woman and a young boy we...
Air cargo will recover over long term
UPS and All Nippon Airways last week agreed to a cargo alliance that will see the two companies carry cargo for each other to bring down operational costs in a slumping market, according to reports ou...
Exodus on as Metro folk travel home for All Saints’ Day - Manila Bulleting Onl..
Metro Manila’s premier thoroughfare, E. de los Santos Ave. (EDSA) along with major arteries in other cities around the country will have much less traffic today as millions of Filipinos begin their annual trek to their hometowns for All Saints ...
Air France predicts strike cost at 100 mln euros
Air France Chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta says a planned four-day pilots' strike set to start Friday will cost the airline around 100 million euros ($125 million) in lost revenues.The walkout has been c...
Travel Community Positioned to Help President-Elect Revitalize Economy
WASHINGTON, DC, NOvember 5, 2008. Roger Dow, President and CEO of the Travel Industry Association (TIA), today released the following statement on President-elect Barack Obama's historic victory: ...
Prisoners have toys taken off them
Toys have been removed from Christchurch Men's Prison's visiting area after they were used for fighting and drug smuggling. Southern assistant regional manager for the Department of Correctio...
In the Loop: Sarah Palin Invites You to Alaska - Washington Post
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lost no time getting down to work upon her return to gubernatorial duties, despite the distractions of having to cook meals for television reporters interviewing her. Job One: counteracting the effects of plummeting oil prices ...
Marriott's New Sales Force Strategy - By Nina Vetter
Creating a customer-centric sales strategy, Marriott has launched a new centralized sales initiative. This article presents an in-depth description of the initiative - Sales Force One - including its foundation, goals and implementation strategies.
U.S. Travelers, Where Are You? - Wall Street Journal
British politicians like to talk of their "special relationship" with the U.S. But American tourists don't seem to be feeling it. The number of Americans visiting the U.K. this past summer dropped to its lowest level since records on origins of ...
40-year-old cruise become floating hotel
DUBAI: Queen Elizabeth 2, the United Kingdom's luxury ocean liner, has set on its final voyage to become a floating hotel off the Gulf emirate's island. The farewell ceremonies for the 70,000-to...
To get off-piste, hop aboard a mean mountain machine - The Independent
You can't afford heli-skiing but you want a taste of powder action. Try cat skiing, says Colin Nicholson, it's a lot cheaper and will get you up there whatever the conditions Skiers and boarders who bang on about being powder addicts can be a bit of ...
Elite fliers get their own, shorter, security lines again
At some of the largest airports in the USA, elite-level fliers are increasingly rerouted to exclusive lines designed to speed them along and isolate them from the madding crowd.
Emirates Airline Receives Second A380
Emirates Airline received delivery of its second Airbus A380 superjumbo (October 24), bringing its all wide-bodied aircraft fleet to 122, inclusive of freighters. With Adel Al Redha, Emirates' Executi...
Honeywell TAWS Lawsuit Headed...
Lawyers for Universal Avionics, Sandel and Honeywell are scheduled to return to a Delaware federal courtroom next month in the long-running dispute over terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS) pat...
Digging for diamonds in Arkansas
CRATER OF DIAMONDS STATE PARK, Ark. -- In one hand I carried a white plastic bucket strapped to a couple of wood-framed screens. In the other I held on to a small shovel. My camera hung from my should...
Boeing Business Jets rides out credit crunch wave
Dubai: The Middle East has seen 33 per cent of sales of Boeing's business jets, reaching at about 65 aircraft. Since launching in 1996, the manufacturer's total sales stand at 197 business jets, 52 pe...
Qld Govt to inject $9b into tourism
The Queensland Government says it will inject an extra $9 million into the state's tourism industry. The money was raised by selling the license of the wholesaler Sunlover Holidays to another travel ...
Greek Tourism Ministry delegation visits Azerbaijan
A delegation from Greek Tourism Ministry is on a visit to Baku. The aim of the visit is to hold discussions on conducting training courses in Baku earlier next year.
MMC Taps BCD Travel As Global Travel Services Provider
MMC (Marsh & McLennan Companies) has become the latest in a steady flow of major multinational corporations to select BCD Travel as their global travel management provider. The company cited BCD T...
Thai convention bureau hosts Hanoi exhibition roadshow
By Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Bangkok Post, ThailandMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Oct. 24--The Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) is joining with the Department of Export Promotion (DEP) an...
Needy to be spared in travel pass cuts - Central Western Daily
THE State Government plans to overhaul - but not axe - the school travel subsidy, as part of a series of measures aimed at slashing spending to be included in next week's mini-budget. Included in the school travel subsidy overhaul are plans to assist ...
Trump gets green light for Scottish golf resort
BBC News has reported that Mr Trump has already invested £600 million into the project and is set to increase this figure by £1.4 billion in order to complete it. However, objections to the...
Travel down, costs up
, a Massachusetts-based financial analysis and forecasting company. Full-year 2008 domestic travel is now expected to reach only 1.987 billion trips, down 0.6 percent from 2007. Leisure travel, which...
Mount Laurel Marriott joining indoor water park trend
A $25 million indoor water park will open Nov. 12 at a South Jersey hotel. CoCo Key Water Resort, a 50,000-square-foot facility, is planned for the Mount Laurel Marriott at 915 Route 73 in Mount Laur...
CyberShift Featured in PayStream Advisors Travel & Expense Management Research R..
PayStream Advisors ' Technology Insight Series research report, "Travel & Expense Management: Leveraging Automation to Optimize Expense Management Processes." CyberShift was recognized for the ...
Los Angeles Airport Officials to Present Thanksgiving Travel Forecast, Travel Ti..
WHAT: As the holiday season approaches, officials at Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (C&BP) will ...
Travel Writing Boot Camp - Mediabistro.com
Travel writing is a way to engage with the world and to build a bridge that brings faraway places home. It wakens the senses and stands everything we take for granted on its head. Taught by veteran travel writer and mediabistro teacher James Sturz ...
Economy prompts some attractions to lower ticket prices
In Manhattan, the Sports Museum of America announced price reductions too. Tickets are now $16 for adults, $13 for seniors and college students, and $9 for children ages 6 15. Children under the age o...
Area hotels booked solid for presidential inauguration
By Bill Freehling, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Nov. 16--Before he even takes office, U.S. president-elect Barack Obama will provide an economic stimulus for...
Bush grants visa-free travel to citizens of 7 nations
Washington, Nov 12 : US President George Bush has granted visa-free travel to the citizens of seven countries, namely Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, South Korea, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, to his country.
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