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Thanksgiving air travel projected to fall
NEW YORK – The number of passengers traveling with U.S. airlines over the Thanksgiving holiday period will drop about 10 percent from last year as a weak economy hits consumer spending and carri...
Key casts doubt on a quick recovery
Prime Minister John Key doubts the world financial crisis can be solved within 18 months. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, ended yesterday, with the 21 leaders pledging to ...
Air France pilots protest age-range change
Pilots at Air France have started a four-day strike in protest at Government plans to raise their retirement age.
Area hotels and restaurants earn AAA awards
By John Reid Blackwell, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Nov. 15--The stock market may be tarnished and the economy in a gutter, but plenty of hotels and restaurants in the ...
Eleven of 12 Saudi hostages rescued from Mumbai hotels
DUBAI: Eleven Saudi nationals, including three diplomats, taken hostage in Mumbai's Taj and Trident-Oberoi Hotels, have been safely evacuated while one man is still missing. The diplomats rescue...
North Korea to halt tours to historic city
(AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)South Korean tourists listen to a North Korean guide, right, during their tour to North Korea city Kaesong, North Korea, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. State-run North Korean media sa...
2 PNP execs return travel money
MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE) Two of the eight police generals who went to Russia early this month for a conference have returned all or part of the money that each was given for the trip and the ot...
Cash-strapped Olympian sells gold medals
GOLD MEDALS AND RECORDS: John Konrads at Cook + Phillip Park Aquatic Centre. "I'd still put them up for auction, even if I won Lotto."
Tourism urged to lift game
Tourism could be the golden goose for New Zealand in the economic crisis but more vigilance is necessary to keep the industry competitive, a tourism expert says. The director of Auckland University o...
Madelyn Dunham, 86; Guided a Young Obama - Washington Post
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's grandmother died of cancer, he said in a statement on Monday, a little more than a week after Obama interrupted the White House race to say goodbye to her in Hawaii. Madelyn Dunham, 86, grandmother of ...
Sixth day of Alitalia strike grounds 40 flights
Alitalia was expected to cancel about 40 flights into or out of Rome's Fiumicino and Milan's Linate airports on Saturday, as a strike by air crew opposed to a takeover deal for the ailing airline ente...
Sharjah announces its participation in World Travel Market 2008
The Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) has announced its participation in the World Travel Market Exhibition (WTM) 2008, which will take place at the ExCeL in London from 10 to...
Idea for 2nd casino on Market St. draws irate reaction
By Chris Brennan, Philadelphia Daily NewsMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Nov. 13--Mayor Nutter's senior adviser on casino issues surprised some community activists recently by seeming to suggest the p...
Mumbai attacks affect Phila businesses - Philadelphia Daily News
Companies in Philadelphia and worldwide were clamping down on travel to Mumbai today, as the terrorist attacks in India reverberated on many fronts. GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C., which is based in London and has large operations in the Philadelphia area ...
Exporter Li & Fung to layoff staff, cut costs - Reuters
HONG KONG, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Hong Kong-based consumer goods exporter Li & Fung Ltd (0494.HK: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) has imposed a hiring freeze, will lay off some employees and reduce travel and other expenditure due to the global ...
Passenger trains gain favor with US public - International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON : After half a century as more of a curiosity than a convenience, passenger trains are getting back on track in some parts of the U.S. The high cost of energy, coupled with congestion on highways and at airports, is drawing travelers back ...
No Ratima parole hearing for three years
Mass murderer Raymond Wahia Ratima will not be given the chance to apply to be freed from prison for another three years, the Parole Board has ruled. Ratima was denied parole at his last hearing in J...
Luxury Caribbean Resort Group Announces New Addition: Nelson Spring Beach Villas..
The Caribbean resort is located on 3.5 acres of glorious coconut-lined beachfront property. Nelson Spring features 24 expansive and luxurious one, two, three and four bedroom villas, which appeal to families, couples, independent travelers and small groups.
Rice Tours Former Militant Stronghold in West Bank
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to continue peace talks Saturday in the West Bank with Palestinian officials.Before the talks, Rice toured the West Bank town of Jenin with Palesti...
Cleveland is stuck on
A Christmas Story 25th Anniversary Celebration & Convention is today and Saturday at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel (with some events at A Christmas Story house museum) on Public Square. The muse...
Replica of Tom Cruise
London, November 7 : A fighter Jet resembling the one Tom Cruise flew in the film 'Top Gun' has been created by a Holland-based designer, but it can only go 5mph on the road.
American Airlines daily service from Miami heralds new era for tourism in St Kit..
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM): American Airlines' commencement of a daily service from Miami to St Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport brings to nine the number flights by that carrie...
Herbst faces tough choice
By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-JournalMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Nov. 13--Herbst Gaming has until Dec. 3 to accomplish one of two tasks -- pay its bondholders more than $846.8 million or come ...
AAA predicts less Thanksgiving travel - Portland Press Herald
The number of Americans traveling for Thanksgiving will decline slightly this year, according to a forecast by AAA. About 41 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home over the holiday weekend, down from 1.4 percent, or 600 ...
Army gunning for tougher kit
Kiwi troops are in line for lighter and stronger helmets and body armour. More than 40 domestic and overseas companies have shown an interest in tendering for the project, according to army contract ...
Bank financing Landmark Hotel sees tough times
By Brian McNeill, The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Nov. 14--The bank financing construction of the $30 million luxury hotel on the Downtown Mall has had a rough ...
Guess who's not coming to dinner? - Boston Globe
Polly White (above, right), admissions coordinator at the Desert Academy in Santa Fe, N.M., laments that her daughter Ariel (facing camera below) will not fly home from Emerson College this Thanksgiving. Many others also say holiday travel is out ...
Thai protestors vow to dig in at Bangkok airports - Update
Bangkok - Brushing off bomb attacks on his followers and mounting damages done to the country, a core leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) vowed Sunday to remain at Bangkok's airports u...
'Too many tourists' threaten environment - West Online
Tourists visiting Australia's natural wonders in large numbers are threatening the environment they want to enjoy, a leading futurist says. Sydney-based writer and futurist Richard Watson warned an eco-tourism and green travel conference in Adelaide ...
Indian Tourism Ministry Suggests 15% Cut In Hotel Room Tariffs
(RTTNews) - Indian Tourism ministry suggested the Indian hoteliers to cut the room tariff by 10% to 15% due to decline in foreign tourist arrivals because of the global financial turmoil, reports sai...
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