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10 great American public spaces
Perhaps the most unusual designee in this year’s 10 Best Public Spaces, Santa Monica Beach, in Santa Monica, Calif. This 3.5-mile stretch of public beach draws millions of people annually.
Into the olive groves and off the beaten tourism path
Youssef, who is a professional taster and general manager of Zeyd-Olive Trade, welcomed a group of about 30 Lebanese and foreign visitors to his olive mill early Saturday afternoon.
Air travel chaos continues in France
PARIS -- Air France pilots say they have voted to continue their strike despite government concessions on plans to push back their retirement age.Air France estimates the strike - which began Friday a...
Travel tips for the inauguration
http://www.washington.org . "You really want to get at it right now," advises William Hanbury with Destination DC, the city's tourism bureau. Groups requiring 10 or more rooms can call Destination DC ...
Korean Air posts worst loss in 14 years on weak won
SEOUL, South Korea -- Korean Air Lines Co. posted its worst quarterly loss in 14 years because of high fuel costs and weakness in the South Korean won.
Paris, Amsterdam airports start partnership
The Paris and Amsterdam airport operators announced a partnership Tuesday, sharing services and exchanging ownership stakes in a bid to make the two transport hubs more competitive.Aeroports de Paris ...
RJD leader assaults Airlines manager in Patna - Times of India
MUMBAI: Union Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal MP, Akhilesh Prasad Singh allegedly beat up the station manager of Kingfisher Airlines at Patna Airport on Monday after he was not allowed to board Patna-Kolkata flight as he reported late at the ...
Dubai parties at hotel bash despite economy
Locals watch the fireworks explode over Dubai's Atlantis resort. A cast of A-list celebrities graced the red carpet for the opening of the Palm Jumeirah on the Atlantis resort. While the rest of the w...
Vogel House gets a viceregal makeover
One of the Government's most valuable ministerial homes is getting a $360,000 makeover to make it fit to serve as a temporary residence for Governor-General Anand Satyanand. The work - including ...
Cruise ship passengers in $3m cocaine sting
Around $3 million worth of illegal drugs has been seized during a raid on a cruise ship in the English port city of Southampton. Customs officials arrested seven people during the raid on the P and O...
Canton Township raising funds for dog park - Detroit News
CANTON TOWNSHIP -- Parks officials have created Friends of Dog Parks to recruit volunteers to develop, manage and seek money to build a dog park on a 4-acre parcel near Ridge and Denton roads north of Cherry Hill. The group will host its first ...
FALLS SCHOOLS: Granto leaving post early - Niagara Gazette
After a tumultuous couple months — including a blistering audit from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office and a looming budget deficit in the millions — Superintendent Carmen Granto will retire Jan. 1, half a year earlier than previously ...
Free art at Under Scan; Fontainebleau hotel; Museum of Islamic Art
Today... Never mind the National Gallery; in Trafalgar Square you'll find exciting, free art at Under Scan. The week-long temporary installation will project video portraits of over 1,000 peopl...
TheStar.com | Travel | Battlefield tours in Europe help keep the ... - Toronto ..
Verstraete Travel & Cruises has created three special tours to Europe next year to commemorate events related to World Wars I and II in France, Belgium and Holland. The tours include a "Holland Liberation 64th Anniversary Tour" (May 1-9) centred ...
Suspect arrested in hotel heists
By Stacey Mulick and Ian Demsky, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Oct. 30--Tacoma police think they've nabbed a serial robber who has been targeting hotels along the Inte...
Tourism spending up in Clark, Floyd
Tourism spending in Clark and Floyd counties in Southern Indiana increased 5.1 percent between 2005 and 2007, according to a study released Monday by the
Russian leader Medvedev heading to Cuba, Venezuela - Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev plans to travel this month to Cuba and Venezuela, which have increasing military and trade ties with Moscow. The U.S. has objected to Russia's greater links with the two countries that have ...
Disgraced Hawaii tourism leader gets $290,000 payout
Hawaii Tourism Authority pays disgraced former president Rex Johnson more than $290,000 after he resigns because of racist, sexist and pornographic e-mails
InterContinental Hotels revenues tumble
InterContinental Hotels (IHG) revealed that room revenues tumbled in October, as business customers, particularly in the US, gave its hotels a miss during the financial crisis. The warning came a...
Military airspace opened to ease air travel congestion
President George W. Bush announced Tuesday that he's expanding the Thanksgiving express lanes this year to include military air corridors in the Midwest, the Southwest and the West Coast. That's in ad...
G2E looks at what Obama may change
By Mary Perez, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Nov. 20--The economy is creating as much of a buzz as the newest technology at the annual G2E conference in Las Vegas this w...
Southwest traffic increases in October
saw paid passenger traffic increase 2.9 percent in October. Dallas-based Southwest (NYSE: LUV) saw revenue passenger miles (RPM) year-over-year increase from 6.03 billion RPM in October 2007 to 6.21 ...
Ex-Prime Ministers John Howard, Malcolm Fraser, most expensive, travel ... - Ne..
JOHN Howard is running up bills of $8560 a week in travel perks, staff, magazine and office costs, all picked up by taxpayers, as he moves on from politics to retirement. Australia's second-longest serving PM cost $257,864 between losing office on ...
South Korea, 6 European nations read to begin visa free travel to US - MSN UK Ne..
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says seven countries are ready to begin visa-free travel to the U.S. on Nov. 17. Chertoff, on an official visit Tuesday in Budapest, says the long-awaited decision is akin to "sweeping away the last ...
Lynchings part of dark past in Paris, Texas - Dallas Morning News
Paris was the site of one of the nation's most notorious "spectacle" lynchings in 1893, when a crowd estimated at 10,000 gathered to watch the torture and burning of a black man accused of murdering the 3-year-old daughter of a white city policeman ...
Hotel results tumbled last week, report says
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AP - New data from a market research firm confirmed that hotel companies suffered last week as travel was disrupted by continuing fears about the economy and the presidential election.
Akhilesh Prasad Singh alleges frame up in assault case - Hindustan Times
Union Minister and RJD MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh on Tuesday said he has been "framed" in the incident at Patna airport where he allegedly beat up the station manager of Kingfisher Airlines after he was not allowed to board the Patna-Kolkata flight as ...
Travel editor, section win honors
Miami Herald Travel Editor Jane Wooldridge has taken the silver award as 2008-2009 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year, the highest honor in travel journalism.''Even if you've never met Jane W...
Serb student wanted in US arrested by Serbia - Forbes
A Serbian basketball player who fled the United States after a bar brawl that left a fellow student in a coma was arrested Tuesday in Belgrade, police said. Miladin Kovacevic was detained on suspicion that he "inflicted severe bodily harm" on Bryan ...
HEI Hotels & Resorts Appoints Brian Mayer Senior Vice President of Operations
Will oversee a newly formed region and report to Ted Darnall, HEI's chief operating officer. "The recent formation of our third investment fund and third regional territory establishes a solid platfor...
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